Amherst resident spots ‘conservation sprawl’
March 4, 2005 by Tia Bastian, Amherst NH Won’t support bond for land purchases Here we go again, using my money to buy land I’ll never use! The housing in town is already at a premium. It is these...
View ArticleHeritage Commission supports historical preservation of Exeter’s Fort Rock Farm
June 13, 2008 Seacoast Online EXETER — After a presentation by the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, the Heritage Commission decided Wednesday night, June 11 the Fort Rock Farm property...
View ArticleWindham Gone Wild!
CNHT has just learned that proposals are underway in Windham for a second new school, a new town center, and more conservation land… CNHT feels that it is imperative that Windham residents please read...
View ArticleNH climate task force would trample individual rights
August 22, 2008 Union Leader Residents of New Hampshire could soon have their ability to choose how they live, how they travel and what they buy taken away from them. The New Hampshire Department of...
View ArticleRollinsford voters nix $400G land deal
August 24, 2008 Fosters ROLLINSFORD — Voters on Saturday rejected a proposed bond for a $400,000 land purchase at a special town meeting, shrugging off appeals to look to the town’s long-term goals....
View ArticleNH gets advice from outside sources on water management
The State of NH has published a new Water Resources Primer. It outlines water management with regard to land development, climate change, infrastructure management and data gathering.. According to the...
View ArticleConservation land transfers to third parties
May 28, 2009 by Ed Naile Here is a nice little package of self-serving conservationism from the Town of Raymond. The short story: In November 2008, the Southeast Land Trust, a NH non-profit, buys some...
View ArticleRaymond Conservation Commission
June 2, 2009 by Ed Naile The Raymond Conservation Commission gets half of the current use penalty paid to that town, from anyone developing current use land, placed in account for the commission to...
View ArticleDoes Unelected Conservation Commission Overspend Taxpayer Funds?
July 14, 2009 Londonderry.net Why I opposed the Conservation Commission’s purchase of the Estey and Mack Easements by Tom Freda In the last few months, including the last two months of my term on the...
View ArticleConservation Easements are a Sustainable Development Land Grab
September 2009 by Clarice Ryan AmericanPolicy.Org One of the prime targets of the Sustainability movement is the acquisition and control of private property of this country and the natural resources...
View ArticleOne For You That Came from Me To Give To The Guy Behind The Tree
by Ed Naile There is being circulated in the Town of Raymond a citizens petition to abolish the Con-servation Commission. Let me sum it up in a word: Yippeee! Here’s another: About time! (Technically...
View ArticleBeware Conservation Articles
It has come to our attention that in Fremont, there will be an article on the town warrant that reads: Article 16: “To see if the town will adopt the provisions of NH RSA 36-A:4-a, I (b) to authorize...
View ArticleSave the Whale of a Deal
by Ed Naile, Chair Environmentalism is a funny religion but the bottom line is as always – the money. Here is a pretty open and shut case of abuse of taxpayers by several of these non-profits: See The...
View ArticleBear Paw in the News Again
Article Eleven, Placing Conservation Easements on Town Forests “Article Eleven asks voters to convey conservation easements to one or more qualified organizations to monitor seven town-owned forests....
View ArticleHow Many Slush Funds Do The Amherst Selectmen Have?
How Many Slush Funds Do The Amherst Selectmen Have? by Ed Naile, Chairman Who cares for now. We found one with $360,000.00 in it. That will do for now. Greedy environmentalistas have a problem on their...
View ArticleAgenda 21 Part III: Maryland County Abolishes Agenda 21
…now for the rest of the country Right Side News has a story about one County in Maryland that has dumped the UN’s ICLEI. The November elections marked a sea change in the political landscape at every...
View ArticleLynch Executive Order Sets Up State Water Commission
What NH Governor John Lynch has done with educational “consortiums” and an NGO such as the National Governor’s Association to impose agendas on local schools, he is now doing with town governments with...
View ArticleWhy Town Shouldn’t Have Approved SCI (Windham NH)
Why Town Shouldn’t Have Approved SCI by Ken Eyring, Windham NH “On June 4, the Windham Board of Selectmen approved Windham’s participation in a $100M Federal Planning Program that is designed to...
View ArticleWater Commission to Meet 10/29/2012
On Monday October 29 there will be a WATER SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING in CONCORD. If you value your water rights, you will attend. This meeting of the State of New Hampshire Water Sustainability...
View ArticleBig Deal, So What, Who Cares – Oh Yeah?
by Ed Naile I was looking at an article in the Goffstown News about a controversy regarding several gifts of land by private citizens to the Town of Goffstown. What could be the problem? Trust is the...
View ArticleIn Whom Do We Trust? The Springhill Farm in Chester
This is the saga of the Sweets and the Muriel Church farm, also known as Springhill Farm in Chester NH. Take a look at this place. It’s obvious the Sweets take pride in the proprietorship of their...
View ArticleSpringhill Farm Update
[Editor’s Note: The residents of Chester have filed a proper petition to request a special meeting to vote on whether the Town should evict the Sweets from their relative’s property. The residents...
View ArticleHearing on Springhill Farm Eviction to be Held December 6th
We have been following the case of the Springhill Farm which is run currently by tenant and relative of the trust owner Jay Sweet, and his family. The Sweets filed a discrimination complaint with the...
View ArticleMMRG Awarded $100,000 LCHIP Grant to Conserve Leary Field & Forest in Farmington
Gathered on December 4 in Concord for the $100,000 award presentation from the New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) to MMRG for the Leary Field & Forest...
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