This guide will help you become a better observer of wildlife, and help you understand the needs of different wildlife species and where they might be found on the land. You also will learn how to conduct your own inventory of different wildlife species and to monitor changes in their numbers over time. Finally, you will learn about statewide and national wildlife monitoring programs where your skills, knowledge, and data collection can contribute to broader wildlife studies.

New England’s only native cottontail rabbit species is in peril. Over the past few decades, the New England cottontail has seen significant declines throughout its range, and the ongoing trend of habitat loss will further threaten the species in coming years. Fortunately, private landowners are in a position to make a significant contribution to the restoration of the species.

A document, published by NH Fish & Game and the Jordan Institute detailing how land use regulations can provide New Hampshire municipalities with tools for natural resource and wildlife habitat protection.

Presentations used at the 2010 Coverts Project Workshop, Greenfield NH, Sept. 23-26, 2010

Presentations from the 2011 Coverts Project Workshop, Greenfield NH, September 21-24, 2011

East Foss Farm, a 164 acre land tract, is owned by the University of New Hampshire. It is actively managed by the Woodlands and Natural Areas Office under the direction of the Woodlands and Natural Areas Committee, a campus interdepartmental and inter-disciplinary group. Used by the university for teaching and research, the property is open to the public for recreational purposes.

You can realize your full potential as a steward of your forest by using this guide, entitled Forest Resource Management: A Landowner’s Guide to Getting Started.

Focus on using forest management to manage for a variety of birds.

Second edition 2010. The purpose of this guide is to provide New Hampshire landowners, and the professionals that work with them, practical recommendations on sustainable management practices for individual forest ownerships. From this website, the entire book or individual chapters can be viewed and printed as pdfs or individual chapters can be viewed and printed as html.

An online mapping program for the state of NH, that you can use to create maps that include many natural resource features.

Website containing raw GIS data and other online tools for mapping of natural resources and other community resources in New Hampshire.

About the NH Wildlife Action Plan:  Habitat Stewardship Brochure Series publications.  Links to UNH Cooperative Extension website.

This brochure focuses on headwater streams as wildlife habitat, including how to identify good habitat, threats to these habitats, which wildlife are found in headwater streams, and what landowners can do to help protect these areas for wildlife.

A brochure focusing on the wildlife of hemlock-hardwood-pine forests in New Hampshire, how to recognize this habitat, and why these forests are important.

This brochure focuses on wildlife found in northern hardwood-conifer forests, and provides information about how landowners can provide habitat and care for it to help wildlife in need of conservation.

This brochure focuses on the wildlife habitat value of shorelines in New Hampshire, including wildlife that use shorelines, how to identify high quality shorelines, and what landowners can do to help wildlife that depend on shoreline habitat.  

This source examines species of floodplain forests, how to recognize floodplain forests, and why they are important.

This source focuses on the species of grasslands, how to recognize grasslands, and why they are important. 

This source focuses on the species of marsh and shrub wetlands, how to recognize marsh and shrub wetlands, and why they are important. 

This source focuses on the species of vernal pools, how to recognize vernal pools, and why they are important.

Links to the NH Dept. of Environmental Services website with factsheets about recommended methods for development that help protect wildlife habitat.

Links to NH Fish & Game webpages describing 27 habitats of conservation concern identified in the NH Wildlife Action Plan.

How to Manage & Restore Habitats on Community Land - a step by step guide from "Taking Action for Wildlife"

How to Protect Wildlife Habitats Through Voluntary  Land Conservation

Anyone interested in locating vernal pools in their area -- landowners, towns or conservation groups -- can get detailed guidance from this complete how-to manual.