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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2008
CONTACT: Ryan Owens (603) 357-0600
ERNEST HEBERT TO KEYNOTE
CONSERVANCY’S ANNUAL MEETING
Chesterfield Town Hall site of 19th annual gathering
( KEENE)—Special announcements, awards, field trips, and a report on the record-breaking year that was 2007 will highlight the Monadnock Conservancy’s 19 th Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 23 rd. The meeting will be held at the Chesterfield Town Hall. Registration, refreshments, entertainment, and exhibits open at 8:30 a.m.; the business meeting starts at 9:30 a.m.; and field trips depart at 11:15 a.m.
The meeting is free and open to members, non-members, and the general public. For more information or to register for the meeting and optional field trips, call (603) 357-0600 or send an e-mail message to info@monadnockconservancy.org with “Annual Meeting” in the subject line.
“The past twelve months have exceeded all expectations,” said executive director Ryan Owens. “Since the last annual meeting we’ve protected nearly 3,000 new acres, embarked on the ambitious Monadnock Tomorrow agenda, and expanded the staff by two. This year’s meeting will be a wonderful chance to connect with friends new and old and celebrate what we’ve accomplished together.”
Award-winning novelist and Dartmouth College writing professor Ernest Hebert will speak about mentors—both past and present—with his talk, “Ghosts Who Haunt my Woods.” Hebert is the author of The Dogs of March, the first of his series about Darby, a fictitious Cheshire County town, among other works of fiction and non-fiction.
Special announcements will include an update on Monadnock Tomorrow, the Conservancy’s campaign to increase the pace of land conservation in the Monadnock Region. Maps and photographs of many recently protected lands will be on display. The Abe Wolfe Land Protection Award and the Philip Faulkner Award will be presented to some of the region’s foremost conservation leaders.
Following the meeting, field trips are planned to the Houghton Farm conservation easement in Chesterfield, the Ann Stokes Loop Trail in the Madame Sherri Forest in Chesterfield, and Daniels Mountain in Chesterfield and Hinsdale.
Special thanks are due to the following organizations, merchants, and individuals for their contributions to the meeting: Chesterfield Conservation Commission; Town of Chesterfield; the Works Bakery and Café, Keene; Starbucks Coffee Company, Keene; Cheshire Gardens, Winchester; Alyson’s Orchard, Walpole; United Natural Foods, Chesterfield; Homestead Farm, Walpole; Perpetual Perennials, Sullivan; High Hopes Orchard, Westmoreland; Antioch New England Institute, Keene; William and Jonah Erikson, Keene; and the Pearl Street Quartet from the Keene Community Music Center. We couldn’t do it without you.
Founded in 1989, the Monadnock Conservancy is a nonprofit, membership-supported land trust serving the 35 towns of the Monadnock Region. Its mission is “to identify, promote, and actively seek protection of significant natural, aesthetic, and historic resources in the Monadnock Region; and to monitor and enforce the protection of lands in the trust.” For more information, visit www.monadnockconservancy.org, or call (603) 357-0600.
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