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For the last 50 years, Land Trusts have been created to work wth landowners who are interested in protecting open space, using a variety of methods to permanently conserve land, including purchasing land, accepting land donations or acquiring conservation easements.

On May 9, 1990, Linda Moore Hockman’s vision of a land trust in Bedford was realized when our Founding Committee met to form New Hampshire’s 37th land trust. Our goal is to help preserve the quality of life that we all want. We see a need to protect the important natural, ecological, scenic, recreational, and historical assets of our remaining open land.

In December 1993, the Bedford Land Trust acquired a conservation easement on 10 acres of riverfront land at the end of Moores Crossing Road from Stephen Foster. The land was named after Linda Moore Hockman in 1997 in recognition of her many contributions to land conservation, including her founding of the Bedford Land Trust. This parcel is the first of 10 parcels that the land trust has protected. We currently own 3 acres of land and hold conservation easements on more than 300 acres.