Land Conservation & Stewardship

The Association seeks to protect water quality within the Lake Wentworth/Crescent Lake watershed, preserve open space, protect natural habitat of wildlife or plants, preserve or enhance the viewshed, and preserve natural areas for passive outdoor recreation and scenic enjoyment by the general public. Click here for a copy of the Association’s Land Acquisition and Management Policy.

Below are a list of resources that the Wentworth Watershed Association utilizes to advance their mission of Land Conservation & Stewardship:

News & Updates about Land Conservation

Keegan Kilkelly Partners with WWA to Complete Eagle Scout Project

This season, Keegan Kilkelly, a Kingswood Regional High School senior, demonstrated exceptional leadership and dedication by successfully completing his Eagle Scout project in collaboration with the Wentworth Watershed Association (WWA). The project focused on installing crucial footbridges on the Linda Baldwin Preserve, a valuable natural space in partnership with the WWA. These newly installed footbridges…

Beaver Deceivers: Protecting Infrastructures and Ecosystems

Beaver-created wetlands have phenomenal value for humans and thousands of other species. They raise the water level and can re-shape the topography of our ecosystems with dams, canals, and lodges, making the habitat more structurally complex and valuable. Consequently, there is no better way to improve habitat than by taking measures that allow this remarkable…

Spring Essay

Written and shared by member- Christin W. Kaiser Spring has finally arrived here in the Lakes area of New Hampshire. It was a long time coming, and it did the now normal routine of throwing in a short heat wave a few weeks after the last snow drift under the evergreens melted. Now I am…

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