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NH & VT Timber Harvesting Communities
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association (NHTOA) and its New Hampshire Timber Harvesting Council (NHTHC) are coordinating a study of how changing land ownership is affecting timber harvesting communities in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and New Hampshire’s Nash Stream area. In recent years landownership patterns have changed dramatically in northern Vermont and New Hampshire as timber companies have offered their holdings for sale. Some unusual arrangements between public and private sector owners have emerged in an effort to secure both conservation and timber values by maintaining the land in large blocks. These new arrangements may have a profound impact on the surrounding communities. Through a combination of interviews and data gathering, a study group consisting of NHTOA and NHTHC members and others are assessing the impacts of recent land ownership changes on the surrounding timber harvesting and forestry communities. The study focuses upon two parcels - the former Champion lands in Northern Vermont and the state-owned Nash Stream Area in New Hampshire. These parcels were selected because they represent recent trends: Prior large industrial ownership Public money used for either fee acquisition or easements Public input for current and future management The objectives of the study are to understand how changes in timber management on these parcels are impacting timber harvester operations and employment, saw and paper mill operations, and forester employment. The results of this study will be available June, 2003.

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NH & VT Timber Harvesting Communities