The Bedford Land Trust is a private non-profit organization. We protect more than 300 acres of land in Bedford, by holding conservation easements on a number of properties.
Although we are a separate entity from the Town of Bedford, some of our conservation easements are on town-owned properties, such as
the Benedictine Land, Joppa Hill Farm and others.
Our Mission Statement is:
"to protect and conserve strategic parcels of land in the Bedford, NH area, to preserve our rural character, and to provide protection for water resources and wildlife habitat for the benefit of the people in Bedford and the surrounding area."
What We Do:
By holding conservation easements we help landowners protect their properties and provide mitigation for environmental impacts caused by development in town.
Land protection benefits the town by retaining wildlife habitat, protecting water resources and providing recreational opportunities.
To ensure that protection remains in place, we have a stewardship program that monitors all the properties we protect.
We Also Provide Opportunities for Everyone of All Different Ages to Have Fun Close to Home.
We build and maintain trails
and have printable trail maps for the
Van Loan Preserve, the Benedictine Land and the trails at Joppa Hill.
NEW Contact Information!!
We are still the same BEDFORD LAND TRUST, only the contact information has changed. See below:
Bedford Land Trust
c/o Cornerstone Association Management
53 Regional Drive Suite 1
Concord, N.H. 03301
Tel: 603 228-1231
Effective January 1st, the Bedford Land Trust will change our administrator function from a part time employee (Rita Carroll) to a service in Concord which specializes in supporting non-profits. Cornerstone Management Company supports over a dozen non-profits in NH. They will process our mail, take our calls and refer all business to the board. In addition they will help us publish our newsletters and fund-raising publications. This new arrangement promises to be more cost effective.
Be assured your Bedford Land Trust is run by a Board of Trustees made up of Bedford residents. Only our administration function has moved.
For those of you who know Rita, please join us in wishing her success at her new full time job at the Society for the Protection of NH Forests. She will continue to serve on the Bedford Land Trust as a Trustee.
Your membership donation helps us meet our operating, stewardship and land protection costs. Thank you for your support and Happy Holidays!
Consider giving a gift in someone’s name with a donation to the Land Trust. We will send your gift recipient a personalized card acknowledging that you have donated to the Bedford Land Trust in their name.
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