With local landowners and our project partners, Bear-Paw has helped protect over 2,300 acres in our region and we hold easements on sixteen properties covering almost 1,200 acres.  Bear-Paw holds the conservation easements that permanently protect the 17 properties listed below.

The following table summarizes the properties for which Bear-Paw holds conservation easements. Most of these properties remain in private ownership and public access is at the discretion of the landowners. Brief descriptions of the properties follow.

Name	Town	Public Access Provision		Acreage
Anderson	Strafford			30
Auger	Strafford			96
Bacon	Nottingham	Yes		50
Bock	Nottingham			16
Brownell	Strafford			47
Clifford	Deerfield	Yes		82
Colwell	Strafford			150
Comte	Nottingham	Yes		132
Cramer	Raymond			158
Cruikshank	Deerfield			26
Cumings	Deerfield			17
Doane / Schorr	Deerfield			70
Lindsey	Candia			30
Rooney	Strafford			28
Rosenfield/Mallette	Deerfield/Nottingham	Yes		85
Williams	Deerfield			87
Willoughby	Deerfield			28
Total				1,135

Anderson Easement (30 acres)

Auger Easement (96 acres)

Bacon Easement (50 acres)

A pile of house-sized boulders that rival the ones in nearby Pawtuckaway StatePark, an ancient white oak that lords it over a thriving younger forest, and a half dozen or more vernal pools are among the special features that were protected by the easement on April Bacon's 50-acre Nottingham property. This parcel has enormous development potential with its 860 feet of frontage on Route 156, but April agreed to give up the right to develop it for only $20,000 (a "bargain" sale). The Town agreed to pay this amount as well as the transaction costs associated with the project. The Town also holds an executory interest in the easement. The public may enjoy the passive use of her woods for non-motorized activities such as hiking, bird watching, or educational field trips.

Bock Easement (16 acres)

This historic farm and forestland on Nielson Road in Nottingham comprises an organic farm and a rich mix of natural resources including valuable wildlife habitat. The generous donation of a conservation easement on 16.3 acres by Dina and Peter Bock protects wetlands and prime farmland soils, as well as traditional agricultural and forestry uses. It also saves scenic values by protecting over 380 feet of undeveloped road frontage and the summit of Cooper Hill, one of the highest hills in Nottingham.

Brownell Easement (47 acres)

Clifford Easement (82 acres)

Colwell Easement (150 acres)

Comte Easement (132 acres)

The Comte property is also located on Cooper Hill, one of the highest points in Nottingham, and it abuts the Bock Easement. There are 15 acres of fields that have prime farmland soils and are home to bobolinks, a species of concern in the state, plus bluebirds, indigo buntings and a variety of more common species. The remaining upland portions of the property are entirely wooded. The forest land, a certified Tree Farm since 1984, had been very well managed by previous owners, and Dan and Susan Comte, the current landowners, have continued this forest stewardship. The forest today is an excellent example of what can be done to improve woodlands that, in this case, had two liquidation timber harvests since 1920. One of the more interesting and unique aspects of this property is a five-acre black gum dominated wetland. Staff from the USDA Forest Service Laboratory in Durham extracted tree ring samples from three of these trees and found them to be over 500 years old. Bear-Paw, the Town of Nottingham, the New Hampshire Estuaries Project, and the William P. Wharton Trust partnered with the Comte's to protect the property with a conservation easement completed in 2005. The Comte's generously sold the development rights at a significant discount from their appraised value. The public may enjoy the passive use of the woods on this property for non-motorized activities such as hiking, bird watching, or educational field trips.

Cramer Easement (158 acres)

Cody Cramer and Katherine Evans generously donated two conservation easements to protect approximately 168 acres of land on Ham Road in Raymond. The easements protect valuable fields, forest, and wildlife habitat. The acreage under this easement greatly expands and enhances an area of approximately 93 acres of protected land adjacent to the property.

Cruikshank Easement (26 acres)

Doane/Schorr Easement (70 acres)

This 70 acre property includes several acres of garden, field, and orchard land which Greg Doane and Wendy Schorr manage organically. Most of the land is forested and has been well cared for over the years. The property also has wetlands, including interesting basin swamps. This easement has added value because it abuts 89 protected acres protected by Kay Williams. Both properties lie at the watershed divide between the Lamprey River/ Great Bay Watershed and the Suncook/Merrimack River Watershed. Wendy and Greg generously donated the easement to Bear-Paw. The Town of Deerfield contributed to the transaction costs associated with the project and holds an executory interest in the easement.

Lindsey Easement (30 acres)

This 30 acre property in Candia was protected by a conservation easement generously donated by Judi and James Lindsey in August 2003. The parcel is important in many ways: it contains a beaver pond, provides scenic enjoyment for the general public with its 500 feet of undeveloped road frontage on North Road, preserves open space in accordance with Candia's Master Plan goals, and enhances and expands the wildlife habitat in nearby Bear Brook State Park. The Lindsey's worked with Bear-Paw and the Candia Conservation Commission to complete this easement.

Rooney Easement (28 acres)

Rosenfield/Mallette Easement (85 acres)

Avis Rosenfield and Tim Mallette of Nottingham Road in Deerfield granted a conservation easement on 85 acres of their property through a bargain sale of development rights (i.e., sale of the rights at less than the appraised value) to Bear-Paw, the Town of Deerfield, and the Town of Nottingham. This land abuts the north side of Pawtuckaway State Park and lies a short distance from the protected land of neighbors Jack and Susie Sherburne. In addition to the vital connectivity value of the Rosenfield-Mallette easement, this exceptional property has several acres of very productive field land and managed forest land and it provides a prime view of North Pawtuckaway Mountain from a town road. Its high elevation portion supports an uncommon natural community with acidic summit rock outcrops and their associated plant and animal species. The south facing ledges provide important habitat for wildlife, which take advantage of the solar exposure. The public may enjoy the passive use of her woods for non-motorized activities such as hiking, bird watching, or educational field trips.

Williams Easement (87 acres)

This 100-acre property on North Road in Deerfield faces northerly toward Pleasant Pond. About twenty acres are open and hayed; the remaining property is managed forest and a registered Tree Farm. Kay Williams generously donated an easement to protect 89 acres of the property. The easement is held by the Town of Deerfield with Bear-Paw as an executory interest holder.

Willoughby Easement (28 acres)

The Willoughby Property on Cilley Road in Deerfield is a well-cared for wooded parcel that abuts a large property with a conservation easement held by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. That parcel abuts Pawtuckaway State Park, making the Willoughby Conservation Easement a direct addition to this very important core conservation area in the Bear-Paw region. The easement protects 28 acres in one of the largest unfragmented blocks of land in the Bear-Paw region. Don Willoughby generously donated the easement to Bear-Paw with the Town of Deerfield holding an executory interest. The Town and the New Hampshire Estuaries Project both contributed to the transaction costs associated with the project.