In June 2014, after attending a forest management course at Antioch University New England, a local resident donated to the school 74 acres of forest for future students to enjoy and use for research projects.

Located 30 minutes north of Keene in Langdon, the forest is a mix of hardwoods and softwoods identified as a hemlock-beech-oak-pine community in multiple age classes from earth to late succession. On the property, one can also find bedrock outcroppings, seeps, streams, a two-acre pond, and a one-and-a-half-acre hemlock-cinnamon fern swamp with two vernal pools. There are three one-acre wildlife openings with plans to maintain them.

Antioch University New England, the first of the graduate programs offered by Antioch College, was founded in 1964 as the Antioch Putney Graduate School. It opened its doors in Putney, Vermont to a small but passionate group of students whose learning was facilitated by a visionary faculty influenced by the progressive teachings of Horace Mann and inspired by a new revolutionary American culture demanding greater social, economic, and environmental justice.

This passion and commitment have proven resilient and sustainable through the years, even with name changes and relocations from Putney to Harrisville then Keene, New Hampshire, and to the current Avon Street campus in 1994. Antioch University New England claims its niche by integrating engaged scholarship with informed practice, and by responding and adapting to community and global needs.