Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)

The AMC is the nation’s oldest recreation and conservation organization, founded in 1876, whose mission “promotes the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of the Appalachian region.” The AMC, along with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and other groups were instrumental in the campaign for the Weeks Act and the protection of eastern forests.

Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire (AANNH)

AANNH is a regional resource, presenting partner programs in schools & communities; producing print and on-line cultural guides; and providing assistance and opportunities to artists, schools, organizations, and arts supporters throughout our region.

To learn more about the Arts Alliance, click here.

New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV)

NHPTV engages minds, connects communities, and celebrates New Hampshire with programs that entertain, educate and enrich. Beyond its award-winning local and national television programs, New Hampshire Public Television is a leader in education and community outreach.

NHPTV provides instructional services for 206,000 students from kindergarten through high school; offers Ready To Learn programs and services for children preschool to age 8, parents, and early education professionals; and provides professional development programs and advanced technology training for educators in New Hampshire and neighboring states.

Our mission is to serve the public interest through education, culture and citizenship. Our logo represents the very people who make up New Hampshire Public Television – our viewers and supporters.

New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association (NHTOA)

History: Founded in 1911, The NHTOA began as a small group of landowners concerned with the threat of forest fires. For almost 100 hundred years, we’ve been at the forefront of any issue threatening New Hampshire’s working forests.

Today: The NHTOA is a non-profit statewide coalition of landowners, forest industry professionals, government officials, and supporters who work together to promote better forest management, conserve our working forests, and insure a strong forest products industry.

A corner stone of the NHTOA is the recognition that landowners and industry rely upon each other to conserve our shared forestland. Landowners need to generate funds to pay taxes and avoid development, while industry needs a well-managed forest to run their businesses and New Hampshire’s economy.

Future: We strive to conserve New Hampshire’s working forests for future generations through public and industry education, legislative advocacy, outreach, and cooperation within the forest community.

New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation

The mission of the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation- www.nhstateparks.org – is to protect and preserve recreation, historic, scenic and natural areas of the state, to continually provide such additional park areas and facilities, to make these accessible to the public for recreational, educational, scientific and other uses consistent with their protection and preservation, and to encourage and support tourism and related economic activities within the state.

The Division consists of three offices: the Bureau of Parks, the Bureau of Trails and the Office of Recreation Services.

Plymouth State University (PSU) – Center for Rural Partnerships

The Center for Rural Partnerships dedicates Plymouth State University’s research, outreach, and educational capacities to advance collaborative projects that promote community resilience, opportunity, and a high quality of life in rural New Hampshire.

The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society)

Founded by a handful of concerned citizens in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is now one of the country’s most effective statewide land conservation organizations. As a non-profit membership organization, the Forest Society is dedicated to protecting the state’s most important landscapes while promoting the wise use of its renewable natural resources.

White Mountain National Forest (WMNF)

The Forest Service is celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the most successful land conservation efforts in the U.S. The Weeks Act was signed into law in 1911, after a decade-long debate about the role of the federal government in protecting forestlands. The Weeks Act, named after Massachusetts Congressman John Weeks, allowed the use of federal funding to purchase forest land for conservation. The Weeks Act appropriated $9 million to purchase 6 million acres of land in the eastern United States.

The success of the Weeks Act and its contribution to the conservation of natural resources in the eastern United States has been enormous. Over 40 National Forests have been created. In addition to the 780,000 acre White Mountain National Forest, such forests as the Green Mountain, Pisgah, Allegheny, George Washington, Ottawa and many others were created, often  incorporating cut over and burned lands.  Today they are valuable forests, providing clean water, wildlife, recreation, forest products and a variety of other goods and services.

In 2011 we celebrate the centennial of the Weeks Act and explore what it took to reach a broad consensus on such an important issue, what the results were and what the next hundred years of the Weeks Act hold.

Please visit our site for more information.

Weeks State Park Association

The Mt. Prospect estate was built at the direction of John Wingate Weeks, leading conservationist, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, and Secretary of War under Presidents Harding and Coolidge. Set at the very top of Mt. Prospect in Lancaster, New Hampshire, the house and grounds provide a 360-degree panorama of mountain splendor, including the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the Kilkenny Range, the Percy Peaks, and the upper Connecticut River Valley. The 420-acre Mt. Prospect estate was given to the state of New Hampshire in 1941 by John Weeks’ children, Katherine Weeks Davidge and Sinclair Weeks.

P.O. Box 104
Lancaster, NH 03584

603-788-4961