NOTTINGHAM, N.H. (AP) – Residents of Nottingham have voted to borrow $850,000 to help save a forest that includes trees that may be 300 years old.

The overwhelming vote Saturday will save the 2,000-acre Mulligan Forest.

The money will help buy the development rights. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests will seek the balance of the $1.25 million conservation easement through private donations and grants.