A team of residents has collaborated since 2014 to create and expand the Milan Community Forest to more than 2,000 acres.

Four New Hampshire communities and a local land trust own and manage this 843-acre property. The Center helped create this unique governance structure to make the project possible.

Our first Community Forest project in 2005 helped the town of Errol, NH, create a Community Forest that has generated $3.7 million in timber sales, supported the local economy, and given thousands of people a beautiful place to recreate.

We teamed up with the Trust for Public Land to help Mahoosuc Pathways and residents of Bethel, Maine, create a 978-acre Community Forest.

The 55,678-acre West Grand Lake Community Forest supports the region’s forest and outdoor recreation economy.