Landowner Stories & Profiles

The following profiles tell the stories of landowners in New Hampshire. They are landowners, community activists, Coverts volunteers, and leaders in wildlife habitat management. Read their stories below!

You may also be interested in Communities Taking Action for Wildlife, stories of how towns are working to protect, plan for, and restore habitats across New Hampshire.

NH Landowner Stories
	Larry Ely & Ginger Lawson: First Mountain Forest, a Hiking Haven Shelburne, NH	Years ago, Larry and Ginger, avid hikers, were looking to buy a few acres of land in the White Mountains to walk and enjoy the outdoors. "Instead, we bought a mountain," says Larry with a smile. Read more...
	Fred Ernst: Managing Land for Wildlife, Ecolonomically Acworth, NH	“We practiced sustainability of forests and encouraging wildlife was a natural part of the process. When I bought the land in Acworth in 2001, the land had beengraded” [most commercial quality trees removed], which had a lot to do with my ideas for improvement." Read more...
	Juliana & Mark Phillips: Carrying on the Tradition, Caring for Family Lands Webster, NH	The Phillips are working on land that's been in their family for generations -- "a classic New England abandoned farm" -- and have been improving the land for wildlife such as American woodcock. Read more...
	Nanci & Charlie Mitchell: Gilmanton Conservationists Work for Wildlife Gilmanton, NH	Read about landowners who have undertaken an ambitious habitat restoration project on their land in Gilmanton in order to enhance habitat for whip-poor-wills and other rare wildlife.
	Betsy Hardwick: Caring for Francestown’s Conservation Lands Francestown, NH	Read about a a town activist who has led her community to manage town lands to benefit both wildlife and people.
	David & Tanya Tellman: Taking the Long View Pine Knob Tree Farm, Bethlehem & Whitefield, NH	"If you visit Dave and Tanya Tellman, landowners in Bethlehem, you will be meeting the sort of forest enthusiasts that will make you want to go out and buy a big chunk of land, whether or not you have the time, the energy, or the means." Read more
	Carl Wallman: Looking Beyond His Stone Walls Harmony Hill Farm Northwood, NH	Read about the founder of the Northwood Area Land Management Collaborative, an initiative to encourage neighbors to "look across their stonewalls."
	David Peeler & Phoebe's Patience Campton, NH	Newly-trained Coverts volunteer David Peeler and his wife, Paula Woodward led a tour of their Campton property in the spring 2010, showcasing their many wildlife habitat improvement projects.
	The Pennoyer Family: An Outdoor Life Greenfield, NH	Read about a family who lives on their land with an eye towards raising children who know how to play (and work) outdoors. (links to Northern Woodlands Magazine article, March 2008)
	David & C.C. White: New Hampshire Homesteaders Sandwich, NH	The Whites are homesteaders who live on and work their property as a way of life, but who are also benefiting wildlife and habitats. (links to Northern Woodlands, March 2007)
	Helen Evans: The Greatest Life Under the Sun Bedford, NH	"...Helen Evans remembers the visitors who used to turn up at the door of her old farmhouse. They all wanted the same thing. 'I need some acreage,' they’d say, eyeing the fertile pasture and the expanse of oak-pine forest beyond..." Read more! (pdf)
	Gerry Langdon: On the Front Lines Epping, NH	"Take a walk along one of Gerry Langdon’s carefully constructed woods roads - through stands of hemlock, past the clearing with the small pond, through well- spaced hardwoods, carefully weeded and thinned - and you almost forget that you’re just minutes from the high- way..." Read more! (pdf)
	Andy and Jeanne Powell: Wild Meadow Woods Forever Danbury, NH	"Andy and Jeanne Powell walked an awful lot of parcels before they found the right piece of land to buy, one they knew they’d want to return to again and again. When they discovered the stream, they knew their search was over. “I needed a stream or pond to make our selection complete,” says Andy." Read more! (pdf)
	Sandy Finn: Taking Action for Wildlife is a Family Tradition Greenland, NH