Fashioning a Public Forest for New Hampshire – Creating the Future

Name: Fashioning a Public Forest for New Hampshire – Creating the Future
Start: August 16, 2018
End: 2018-06-14
Location: Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University

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Years before it was fashionable, Concord-native Joseph B. Walker called for the creation of “public forests” in the White Mountains. He was well-respected and articulate, yet his passionate pleas were met with loud arguments. A few heard and heeded his voice. They organized to save the forests and hired Philip Ayres to present their case to NH, New England, and the nation. Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Professor of History and head of Government Relations at PSU, will explore the long-term efforts it took to develop the White Mountain National Forest.

Free and open to all.