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State conservation stewardship office describes monitoring role, endowment funding
Summary
A staff member for New Hampshire's Conservation Land Stewardship Program told the House appropriations panel the office monitors conservation easements, relies on an endowment and Fish & Game transfers for funding, and seeks staffing and a vehicle to keep up with field work.
Charlotte Harding, who identified herself as representing the Conservation Land Stewardship (CLS) program, told the House appropriations committee the program's primary role is to monitor and steward conservation easements held by private landowners and partner agencies.
Harding said CLS focuses on "maintain[ing] relationships with the landowners" and annual monitoring to check for encroachments and incompatible uses, such as motorized or non-passive recreation on easement-protected parcels. "We monitor the properties every year for incompatible uses that are not allowed by those conservation easement deeds," she said.
The program operates with two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, Harding said. CLS draws on two funding sources: an endowment held at the state…
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