Table 1. Conservation lands, acreage, protected acreage and total acreage per person for fourteen towns surrounding Hanover (Sundquist and Stevens 1999).
Town
Total Acres
Conservation Land Acreage
Protected Acres per Person
Acres per Person, 1998 / 2020 Projected
Hanover
32,087
6,154 (19.6%)
0.65
3.3 / 3.1
Orford
30,577
2,352 (7.9%)
2.26
29.4 / 26.2
Lyme
35,216
6,053 (17.6%)
3.94
22.8 / 20.6
Wentworth
26,964
4,502 (16.8%)
6.78
40.6 / 36.2
Dorchester
28,890
3,527 (12.4%)
9.09
75.0 / 62.9
Rumney
27,270
11,820 (44.0) (see note 1)
8.18
18.9 / 16.5
Groton
26,085
1,903 (7.3%)
5.70
76.5 / 67.5
Canaan
35,276
937 (2.7%)
0.29
10.7 / 9.5
Orange
14,800
4,813 (32.6%) (see note 2)
19.02
57.6 / 51.2
Lebanon
26,415
1,916 (7.4%)
0.15
2.1 / 1.9
Enfield
27,616
4,876 (18.8%)
1.16
6.5 / 5.8
Grafton
27,139
2,112 (7.9%)
2.2
27.9 / 24.9
Plainfield
33,914
2,679 (8.0%)
1.2
15.4 / 13.4
Grantham
17,951
1,796 (10.3%)
1.3
12.8 / 10.9
Note 1: Most of protected land in Rumney is White Mountain National Forest land
Note 2: Most of protected land in Orange is Cardigan Mountain State Forest land