Forests and Trees

NRCS Announces Program Sign-Up Information for New Hampshire Landowners

Agriculture or forest landowners in New Hampshire interested in protecting, conserving, or restoring the natural resources on their property through technical or financial assistance, or a conservation easement, should contact their local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office to begin the conservation planning process. Click here for more program information and deadlines.

For a woodlot visit, contact your county forester.

Do you recognize important wildlife habitat when you see it?

UNH Cooperative Extension has just published a new brochure series to help landowners learn about and help conserve important wildlife habitats found on their land.

The New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan: Habitat Stewardship Series brochures cover a variety of habitat types critical for wildlife species at risk in New Hampshire. The first four brochures, published in March 2008, focus on grasslands, marsh and shrub wetlands, floodplain forests, and vernal pools. New brochures published in June 2009 focus on peatlands, lowland spruce-fir forests, shrublands, and Appalachian oak-pine forests. Read more about the new brochures here.

			Click on the map to see a video of your Extension Educator, Forest Resources.
			The University of NH Cooperative Extension Forestry and Wildlife Program has been caring for New Hampshire's forests since 1925. Our mission is to educate New Hampshire's citizens about rural and urban forest environments, enhancing their ability to make informed natural resources decisions. We help landowners with woodlot care, long term planning, selling timber, wildlife habitat, land protection, current use taxation, and more. We help communities through support to town boards, public officials, and other community organizations. We help provide a healthy working landscape by offering the state's 84,000 landowners, 1400 loggers, 250 licensed foresters, and 100 sawmills information and technical assistance. We have a forester in each of the ten counties and forestry, wildlife, and industry specialists located at the university. Click below to view videos about the following topics: Protecting Your Land Selling Timber Hiring Professionals Wildlife Habitat Coverts Volunteers for Wildlife Community Tree Stewards Volunteers NH's Forest Industry A carefully considered timber harvest More about the Forestry and Wildlife Program of UNH Cooperative Extension Click here for contact information.