Strafford County

Lamprey River Preservation – Strafford County

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Granting Agency: NH State Conservation Committee

The Town of Durham, in partnership with the Southeast Land Trust of NH, and with funding assistance from a NH State Conservation Committee Moose Plate Grant, permanently protected 53 acres with 3,500 feet on the federally designated wild and scenic Lamprey River, which will help protect the Durham-UNH drinking water supply intake. The conservation of this land ensures the protection of significant wildlife habitat and continued pedestrian public access.

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(Photo Credit: Duane Hyde, SELT)

Soil Health Initiative Project Strafford and Rockingham County

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The Strafford County Conservation District, with a Mooseplate Grant from the NH State Conservation Committee, completed the Strafford and Rockingham County Soil Health Initiative Project. The project resulted in improved soil health and water quality through demonstration workshops and the rental of a Yoeman’s Plow to area farmers. The equipment lending program enabled area farmers reseeding, replanting or restoring land to effectively manage subsoil compaction, increase root access to water and nutrients, and reduce runoff to surrounding water ways.

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Yoeman Plow 1 Alena Warren, Strafford County Conservation District

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Yoeman Plow 2 Vicky Stafford, Strafford County Conservation District

Amber Acres Farm Conservation, Durham, NH

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Granting Agency: NH State Conservation Committee

The Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire, with grant funds from the NH State Conservation Committee and other funding sources, conserved 39-acres of farm land at Amber Acres Farm in the Town of Durham. This is part the Oyster River Initiative, which is a cooperative effort to conserve 211-acres along the Oyster River in order to protect productive agricultural land, habitat for New England Cottontail, and local outdoor recreation activities.

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Photo: Eric Fiegenbaum

Smith Chapel, Durham, NH

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Durham’s Smith Chapel used a grant for electrical repairs, interior and exterior trim painting, and masonry repair.

The chapel was built and named after Hamilton Smith, a NH-raised philanthropist and engineer who developed mining techniques and the London Underground.

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Spruce Woods Forest Conservation

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Granting Agency: NH State Conservation Committee

The Trust for Public Land, with funding assistance from a grant, permanently protected the 172-acre Spruce Woods Forest in the town of Durham.

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Small Farm Nutrient Management Initiative

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Granting Agency: NH State Conservation Committee

The Strafford County Conservation District, with funding assistance from a grant, completed the Rockingham and Strafford County Small Farm Nutrient Management Initiative. This improved nutrient management and raised soil and water quality through workshops and the rental lending program of a wood ash and lime spreader for farmers.

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Conservation and Microfilming, Barrington, NH

Granting Agency: NH Dept. of Cultural Resources

A grant was awarded to the Town of Barrington to conserve and microfilm town records 1940-1968 and Intentions of Marriage book, 1913-1968.

Restore the Uncovered Angel Murals at the Rochester Opera House, Rochester, NH

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Granting Agency: NH Dept. of Cultural Resources

A $10,000 grant was awarded in 2004 to the Rochester Opera House to restore the uncovered angel murals.

Designed by George Gilman Adams from Rollinsford, NH, the 950 seat Rochester Opera House opened in 1908. The Rochester Opera House is the sole survivor of five city hall / opera house designs by Adams that included a mechanism to raise the orchestra floor to an incline for theatrical performances and lower it to level for dances. The murals and intricate stenciling were discovered under several layers of paint and restored to their former grandeur.

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Installation of Water Quality Practices on Trails, Strafford, NH

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Granting Agency: NH State Conservation Committee

Using grant funds, the Town of Strafford Conservation Commission successfully completed the “Installation of Water Quality Practices on Trails” project, installing erosion control practices on the trails and increasing public access in the Isinglass Conservation Reserve Discovery Community, in Strafford, NH.

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Re-Patination of Parson Main Statue in Rochester, NH

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Granting Agency: NH Dept. of Cultural Resources

In 2011 Rochester Main Street received a $10,000 grant for the re-patination of the statue of Parson Main, which is located in Central Square in downtown Rochester.

Parson Main was the first permanent minister in Rochester. The statue is listed as a “contributing object” in the Rochester National Register Historic District. Inspired by a Moose Plate grant, Rochester Main Street volunteers raised additional money and worked to restore the fence, granite steps and landscaping surrounding the statue.

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