Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Search filters

Results

Trees

Court Upholds White Mountain National Forest Management Plan

Brenna Woodman | August 21, 2025

A federal court in New Hampshire has upheld the White Mountain National Forest’s management plan, rejecting a legal challenge to two proposed timber harvests. The Forest Society, along with conservation and forestry partners, filed an Amicus brief supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s ability to use well-planned silviculture to balance forest health, resilience, and multiple long-term goals.

Valnère and Hilary, two of Patricia and Oliver Underhill’s daughters

Bethlehem’s Underhill Acres Conserved as a Legacy Forest

Brenna Woodman | August 19, 2025

In summer 2025, the Underhill family donated a conservation easement on their 258-acre property in Bethlehem. Owned since 1946 and one of the oldest certified Tree Farms in the country, Underhill Acres will remain in family hands while permanently protecting its forests, wildlife habitat, and over a mile of stream and river frontage. The property will host the 2025 NH Tree Farm Field Day on September 13.

White Mountain National Forest view from the Forest Society's oldest continuously held reservation

Forest Society Leads Effort to Support White Mountain National Forest Management Plan

Matt Leahy | November 20, 2024

Our involvement here directly relates to our mission to “to perpetuate the forests of New Hampshire through their wise use and their complete reservation in places of special scenic beauty."

A sign says leaving White Mountain National Forest, land of many uses.

InDepth NH: Environmental Groups Clash Over Logging Projects at Lake Tarleton and Gorham Area

November 20, 2024

A lawsuit brought against the White Mountain National Forest Service opposing its plan to log and develop recreation opportunities and protect from runoff Lakes Tarleton and Katherine and a tract near Gorham known as the Peabody West project is not being supported by eight New Hampshire conservation organizations and one individual.

A bed in the middle of the Christmas tree fields.

Garnet Hill at The Rocks: Holiday Inspiration

Anna Berry | November 8, 2024

Garnet Hill — a clothing, bedding, and home décor company that was founded in 1976 in Franconia — focused its holiday campaign on traditions that staff members have created at The Rocks. 

Forest Notes: Managing for Resilient Landscapes: Climate Adaptation at the Peirce Reservation

Ben Aldrich, Wendy Weisiger | October 21, 2024

While every forest will face these challenges, the Forest Society recently had the opportunity to participate in a demonstration project centered at the Charles L. Peirce Wildlife and Forest Reservation in Stoddard and Windsor, one of the largest Forest Society properties. 

Fall colors at the beaver pond at Monson.

Something Wild: Conditions are Right for Spectacular Foliage

Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Jessica Hunt | September 6, 2024

“We had a ‘Goldilocks’ summer. Not too wet, not too dry, not too many insect outbreaks, and there's a lot of green leaves remaining on the trees at Labor Day weekend,” Dave Anderson says. “And all those leaves are going to change slowly over the next couple of weeks.”

A green field on Tuckaway Farm.

Forest Advocate: Forest Society joins national coalition in support of the Farm Bill reauthorization

Matt Leahy | July 30, 2024

The Farm Bill is one of the largest and most complex pieces of legislation the Congress considers.