The Bedford Land Trust is a private non-profit organization that protects more than 300 acres of land in Bedford, by holding conservation easements on a number of properties. Our volunteer Board of Trustees and Advisors are dedicated to assuring the protection of important natural resources and open spaces in the town. We currently hold conservation easements on nine properties (335 acres), and own two small parcels (three acres). See our Properties page for a list of properties that we protect. Although we are a separate entity from the Town of Bedford, the majority of our conservation easements are on town-owned properties, such as the Benedictine Land, Joppa Hill Farm and others. Our work is funded solely by our membership donations; we receive no taxpayer funding.
What We Do:
We are entrusted with Conservation Easements , which enable landowners to protect their properties and provide mitigation for environmental impacts caused by development. 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 on which we hold conservation easements.
We periodically offer Guided Hikes to a conservation property that may or may not be protected by us. Check this website and local papers!
NEW! We offer you the first of a Series of Articles which we hope will include items of interest to you regarding land conservation and/or recreation on conservation lands. See our Articles page and check local newspapers.
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."
Your membership donation helps us meet our operating, stewardship and land protection costs. Thank you for your support!
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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