Conservation Commission
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Conservation Commission |
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John Crooks |
March 2026 |
Tom Crosby |
March 2025 |
Kevin Drees |
March 2025 |
Eric Fiegenbaum - Chair |
March 2027 |
Stephen Hagen - Secretary |
March 2025 |
Arul Mahadevan - Alternate |
March 2025 |
In 2005 the Madbury Conservation Commission was awarded a NH State Conservation Commission Grant. The Moose Plate Grant was for Trail Enhancement and Conservation Awareness, and was completed in June of 2007. Three products of the grant are available for download as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Kingman Farm - Madbury Town Hall Trails Map (.75MB). Originally designed in color for 13x19” printing, prints well to 8.5x11”. A limited number of copies are available at the Town Hall and the Madbury Public Library.
Quick Nature Trail Guide (1.2MB) Designed in B&W for legal size paper (8.5x14”). A limited number of copies are available at the Town Hall and the Madbury Public Library.
Nature Trail Guide, booklet that can be used with the map above. It is formatted for printing as 5.5 x 8.5. A limited number of hardcopies are available for “borrowing” at the Town Hall and the Madbury Public Library.
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NH RSA 466:30-a was adopted at Town Meeting on March 13, 2001.
...it shall be unlawful for any dog to run at large, except when accompanied by the owner or custodian, and when used for hunting, for guarding, working, or herding livestock, as defined in RSA 21:34-a, II(a)(4), for supervised competition and exhibition, or for training for such. For the purpose of this section, "accompanied'' means that the owner or custodian must be able to see or hear, or both, or have reasonable knowledge of where the dog is hunting, where training is being conducted, where trials are being held, or where the dog is guarding, working, or herding livestock. Nothing herein provided shall mean that the dog must be within sight at all times.
II. In this section, "at large'' means off the premises of the owner or keeper and not under the control of any person by means of personal presence and attention as will reasonably control the conduct of such dog, unless accompanied by the owner or custodian...
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Under NH State law, RSA 466:31, all dogs in NH are subject to laws regarding menacing, nuisance or vicious behavior.
Rules about Dogs
Trail Information
The Conservation Commission meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7pm at the Town Hall.
Parking information for Madbury-Kingman Farm- Hayes CE Trail Use:
With the closure of the UNH Kingman Farm Trail parking lot on Rt. 155, the Madbury Selectmen have offered a trial use of the lots near Town Hall on Town Hall Rd. Please review the downloadable map for additional information.
For UNH information about the closure, click here.
August 2020
Sections of trail at Kingman Farm will be closed periodically over the next few years during a timber harvest. When we are working, the trail will be flagged and signed. Be aware that harvesting equipment has limited visibility when operating. Please help keep all of us safe by remaining out of this area while we are working.
In most areas we’re harvesting trees so others have more space to grow. This technique called thinning and is a common practice for forests of this age. Some areas will be thinned more to allow certain sun-loving species to regenerate.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive forest pest, is affecting the health of hemlock trees in the area. Some infested trees that are dying will be removed. We will thin around others to improve their health. In some areas groups of trees, hemlock or otherwise will be removed to replace them with a younger age class of trees.
If you have any questions or comments you can call, text message or email me.
Thanks! Steve @ 603-534-7979 or woodlands@unh.edu
Motorized Vehicles
Motorized vehicles are not allowed on Madbury Town trails, the UNH Kingman Farm, or the Grimes and Hayes Conservation Easements (other than by owners and for emergencies).
This prohibition includes all electric bikes.
Madbury Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 9, 2023.
There will be lots of activity around town hall and the parking lots. Town Hall Rd. will be closed from 9:30am to 2pm. Do not park in the town hall lot, nor the recreation lots across the street.