NU Stock Gift Lifts Trees Not Towers

The Forest Society's campaign to thwart more than 1100 towers that would erected across180 miles of New Hampshire landscape got a lift from an ironic source this week: a $5000 gift of Northeast Utilities stock. NU and it's subsidiary, PSNH, are partnering with Canadian crown corporation Hydro Quebec to propose the private HVDC transmission line known as Northern Pass.

The anonymous donor said she was "tickled pink--and maybe a little orange" to be able to make the gift of NU stock to go towards thwarting the company's Northern Pass proposal. The stock will be sold and the $5000 will be added to the growing Trees Not Towers fund that will be used to conserve some 1800 acres that disrupt the intended route of the private transmission line.

The $5000 gift lifted the total to date over $400K, to $402,500. Nearly 400 donation have been made so far. The deadline to raise $2.5 million to conserve the land and thwart the Nothern Pass threat is Oct. 31.

AMC: Northern Pass Could Impact 95,000 Acres in NH

The proposed Northern Pass electric transmission line project would have a significant visual impact on such resources of state and national significance as Franconia Notch State Park, Pawtuckaway State Park, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and the White Mountain National Forest, according to a visual impact analysis released Sept. 26 by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC).


Visual impacts could severely affect the North Country's most valuable asset—its scenery—and its importance in drawing tourists to the region. Tourism spending is a critical economic driver in the region.

The analysis also revealed that the widening of an existing 120-mile transmission corridor up to 410 feet, and construction of additional towers up to 135 feet, could visually impact 95,000 acres in New Hampshire, including 3,000 acres in the White Mountain National Forest and six scenic outlooks and a trail crossing along the Appalachian Trail.
To read more, visit the AMC's website here.

Campaign to Block Northern Pass Surges Past $300K

More than 330 donors have contributed $310,000 to date toward the Trees Not Towers campaign to block the intended route of the proposed Northern Pass transmission line and towers. The Forest Society needs to raise $2.5 million by Oct. 31 in order to acquire conservation easements that would interrupt the route Northern Pass is attempting to find through northern New Hampshire.

Owl's Nest to Host Trees Not Towers Golf Tourney

Owl's Nest Golf Course in Campton, NH, is organizing a scramble golf tournament on Friday, Oct. 12 to raise money for the Forest Society's Trees Not Towers campaign to thwart Northern Pass.


For more information about the tournament, including sponsorships as well as participation, visit the Owl's Nest website or by calling -888-OWL-NEST (888-695-6378).

NH Author Donates Proceeds of Books Sales to Trees Not Towers

For every paperback version of Loon Cove sold from August 30 through October 31, 2012, author Pamela Lord will donate $7.00 to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests in support of te Trees Not Towers campaign to thwart Northern Pass. Visit Lord's website for details. To read more about Pamela Lord and her book, visit www.forestsociety.org