News & Events

Everyone at 5 Rivers is very excited about the new Swope property! Like the Winant Park property, we’ll be making many great trails. We’ll have more information soon, but we wanted to share an image of the proposed trails for the Swope Property (Click to see the larger version).

Concord, N.H.- Concord’s newest park, the Marjory Swope Park, moved several steps closer to reality today with the formal establishment of a conservation easement on the property off Long Pond Road. John Swope donated the easement to Five Rivers Conservation Trust and then donated the protected land to the City of Concord in memory of [...]

We wanted to thank everyone for a wonderful Fallfest. Without your support we woulnd’t be able to continue the work we do at 5 Rivers. Click Here to see a photo album of the event

It is my pleasure to have this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Jay Haines, the recently appointed Executive Director for Five Rivers Conservation Trust (Five Rivers), and I am delighted to have been chosen for this meaningful position. I have been a New Hampshire resident for 30 years, having relocated from Philadelphia in 1980 [...]

Here is a list of auction items that will be at Fallfest. If you haven’t ordered tickets, follow the link on the left! Live Auction Items Minimum of Five Cases of Assorted Beer One-of-a-Kind Stone Memorial, Bench or Garden Accessory Six Half Gallon Bottles of Milk from Contoocook Creamery Painting by Melissa Miller of Five [...]

Buy Your Tickets Today! Join Five Rivers Conservation Trust and friends as we celebrate more than 20 years conserving special open space lands in New Hampshire’s Capital Region! 

Your $50 donation to our great cause will earn you: an unforgettable evening with a gorgeous view from Dimond Hill Farm a property we preserved an all-local gourmet [...]

If you were at our first Fallfest in 2009 you know what a great evening it was of good friends, good food, good music, good purpose, and a great action – celebrating Five Rivers’ two decades of community conservation service.  Don’t despair if you missed it – we are celebrating again! Save the Date! On [...]

By Dr. Frank Betchart When asked to write about my motivation to be a contributor to 5RCT, my initial reaction was that this would be a “cake walk”.  It is easy to come up with a litany of reasons, but it is more challenging to be succinct and articulate about them. In the past, I [...]

Five Rivers held its 2011 Annual Meeting on May 21 at Carter Hill Orchard in Concord.  After time to catch up with friends, the gathering began with remarks from Rob Larocque.  Rob talked about how the property was protected, and the business of running the orchard.  He reminded the audience of the importance of the [...]

5 Rivers was recently featured on NHPR’s Giving Matters Click Here to Read!  

You are invited to attend the Five Rivers Conservation Trust 2011 Annual Meeting, taking place next Saturday, May 21st, at 9:00 a.m., at the beautiful Carter Hill Orchard in Concord. We are fortunate to have Commissioner Lorraine Merrill as our keynote speaker.  Lorraine is a dairy farmer and serves as Commissioner of the New Hampshire [...]

We had a great walk on the Emerson Easement in Canterbury recently. Despite the chilly temperatures, we saw a few signs of spring – spiders and grasshoppers in the fields, a soaring turkey vulture and the rushing meltwater of Peverley Stream. Emily Brunkhurst pointed out interesting signs of wildlife, including holes made by wood boring [...]

Rivington Winant, generous donor of Winant Park in Concord, passed away on February 3rd, 2011.  Five Rivers Board Chairman Mark Zankel reflects on the passing of a friend. I first met Riv Winant in June of 2006, when he and his wife Joan paid a visit to Concord.  Amongst my handwritten notes from that meeting [...]

Jay Haines, our Executive Director, recently sat down with NH Fish and Game Biological Technican Lindsay Webb to discuss the NH Wildlife Action Plan.  She was kind enough to provide us the following information. The New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) is a blueprint to keep species from becoming endangered.  Completed in 2005 (maps updated in 2010) [...]

Recently, I was snow-shoeing down the access road from Mt. Kearsarge’s parking area in Wilmont, when an animal crossed the road 20 yards in front of me.  I noticed it was about the size of a squirrel, but a bit leaner, and lower to the ground.  The animal  was absolutely white in color, except the [...]

CONTACT: Mark Zankel, Board Chair, Five Rivers Conservation Trust markzankel@comcast.net (603) 491-7848 Dijit Taylor, Chair, Hopkinton Open Space Committee dijit.taylor@gmail.com (603) 228-4614 HOPKINTON, NH — Five Rivers Conservation Trust and the Town of Hopkinton announced that they had completed the Bohanan Farm conservation project this week. In the deal, some 413 acres of Bohanan Farm [...]

The Faces of Five Rivers – Jay Haines As interviewed by Melinda Gehris There are many faces of Five Rivers. Meet one of the newest: Jay Haines. Jay joined us as the Executive Director this past May. Jay brings with him vast experience and knowledge from which the organization has already benefited. I recently had [...]