Reference Materials - NH Coverts Project Workshop

As of 2009, all of the resources provided to NH Coverts Project volunteers are available online. In an effort to make sure this resource list is as up-to-date as possible, many of these references are links to other sites where official lists are maintained (e.g. NH Fish & Game, etc.). If you detect out-of-date materials or missing information, please contact Malin Clyde at the Coverts Project office: 603-862-2166, or email here.

TABLE OF CONTENTS - NH Coverts Project Reference Materials
Wildlife Publications
Forest Ecology
Forest Management & Stewardship
Land & Community Conservation
Maps & Mapping
Effective Communication
Youth Education
Wildlife Monitoring Opportunities
Program Sponsors & Directories

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All Wildlife Publications - click here for complete list; also see "Wildlife Publications" button at left.

Forest Ecology

• Biodiversity of the Granite State
  
• Natural Communities Guide to NH
  
• Natural Communities - "Habitats" newsletter issue
• Photo Gallery of NH Natural Communities - links to NH Natural Heritage Bureau webpage
  
• Rare Plants of New Hampshire - fact sheets on many of NH's rarest plants
  
• Publications on Tree and Shrub Identification - a partial listing
  
• Identifying Shrubs in Winter - Helpful Characteristics
  
• List of New Hampshire Native Trees
  
• Guide to Invasive Plants of New Hampshire
  
• Invasive Plants - "Habitats" newsletter issue
  
• NH Forest Health - "Habitats" newsletter issue
  
• Other Invasive Plant Resources
  
• Recreation - "Habitats" newsletter issue
  
• Water Resources - "Habitats" Newsletter

Forest Management & Stewardship

• UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry and Wildlife Staff List
  
• Good Forestry in the Granite State
• WMUR NH Chronicle Video: Managing Your Own Woodlot
  
• Help For Landowners: Cost Sharing Programs  
  
• Silvicultural Principles for NH Forest Types
  
• Managing Riparian Forests factsheet
  
• Timber Harvesting and Silviculture - a fact sheet with tips to insure a successful timber sale.
  
• New Hampshire's Foresters - a fact sheet
  
• Selecting a Forester - a fact sheet
  
• Directory of Licenced Foresters in New Hampshire
  
• Landowner Goal Assessment Forms - worksheets to help you identify your objectives about your land
  
• Five Indicators of a Good Timber Harvest ("Nute's Notes")
  
• High Grade Harvesting: Understand the impacts, know your options
  
• Photos of trees marked for a timber sale
  
• Best Management Practices for Forestry: Protecting NH's Water Quality
  
• A Guide to Logging Aesthetics: Practical Tips for Loggers, Foresters, and Landowners (online order form: $7)
  
• Current Use - Freguently asked questions
• Forest Stewardship & Current Use: A Primer - fact sheet
  
• Overview of Current Use Assessment RSA 79-A
  
• Owning a Piece of the Forest: A Primer for Current and Prospective NH Landowners
  
• Guide to NH Timber Harvesting Laws
• Forest Resource Management:   A Landowner’s Guide to Getting Started (order form, $12)

Land & Community Conservation

• Preparing a Conservation Plan - an overview for community members
• Conservation Easements: A Step-By-Step Guide
• Does Open Space Pay?
  
• Natural Resource Inventory Guide for New Hampshire
  
• Conservation Planning Slide Show - PowerPoint
  
• Community Conservation for Wildlife - PowerPoint
  

Maps and Mapping

• Online Resources for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping
  
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) & Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
  
• GRANIT Data Mapper - link to NH online map program, including conservation lands, wildlife habitats, and more
  
• Getting to know the GRANIT Data Mapper (course materials)

Effective Communication

• Writing A News Release
• Sample News Release (how to structure)
• Sample Coverts Project News Release announcing new Cooperators (finished template - you add the details)
• How to Give a Presentation, including checklist, how to structure your talk, tips for public speaking

Youth Education

• Project Learning Tree - trains teachers & educators to use a NH-based, hands-on environmental curriculum
  
• Project Home - a program for schools and teachers to build schoolyard habitats
  
• Project WILD - a training program for volunteers to deliver wildlife programming in schools
  
• NH Forests Forever Guide - for youth grades 5-8, companion to CD available from NH Fish & Game
  

Wildlife Monitoring Opportunities

• A Landowner’s Guide to Inventorying and Monitoring Wildlife in New Hampshire (size: 1.2 MB)
  
• Volunteer Opportunities with the NH Fish & Game Non-Game and Endangered Wildlife Program and Cooperators
  
• The NH Reptile and Amphibian Reporting Program (RAARP)
  
• Keeping Track
  
• Birds in the Forested Landscape

Program Sponsors & Directories

• UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry & Wildlife Staff
  
• UNH Cooperative Extension Staff Directory
  
• NH Fish & Game Directory
  
• NH Division of Forests and Lands Directory
  
• NH Natural Heritage Inventory
  
• NH Department of Environmental Services
  
• Quality Deer Management Association
  
• NH Regional Planning Commissions
  
• Directory of Licensed Foresters
  
• Directory of NH Certified Loggers & Forest Product Truckers
  
• Who’s Who in NH Agriculture