The Ongoing Case for:More than 35 years after the passage of Current Use, the land-saving legislation still makes it possible for private landowners to maintain their woodlots and farms in the face of rising property taxes.

摘要

New Hampshire has done an admirable job of saving its orchards, working forests and dairy farms from becoming subdivisions. But when the current real estate slump ends, as it will, the owners of that legacy in land will face some familiar pressures to sell to the highest bidding developer. The southern tier, especially, still feels the induced residential growth from widening Route 101 a few years ago. Soon Interstate 93 will expand to three or four lane—each way—south of Manchester.