Thanks to Conservation License Plate funding (www.mooseplate.com), the New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau offers the Visiting NH’s Biodiversity series of interpretive trail guides and site descriptions. At these selected sites, visitors can see and experience good examples of the special natural features that we keep track of, including the state’s old forests, rare or unusual plants, exemplary natural communities and ecosystems, and remarkable wetlands. The list is divided into Guides (sites that have full brochures) and Profiles (sites currently only described online).
Guides
These 2-page brochures can be viewed with Adobe Reader, and printed out either single or double-sided. Currently guides have been created for the following sixteen sites (on average, we create about 2-3 new ones in any given year). Clicking on the name takes you to a copy of the guide, clicking on the "images" link takes you to photos of the site:
Bellamy River Wildlife Sanctuary Marshes (Dover) -- site description and images
Fox State Forest Black Gum Swamp (Hillsborough) -- site description and images
Franconia Ridge Alpine Zone (Franconia) -- site description and images
Franconia Notch Old Forest (Franconia) -- site description and images
Great Bay Discovery Center Salt Marsh (Stratham) -- site description and images
Hurlbert Swamp (Stewartstown) -- site description and images
Ice Gulch (Randolph) -- site description and images
Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve (Manchester) -- site description and images
Merrimack River Conservation Area Floodplain Forest (Concord) -- site description and images
Mt. Cardigan Subalpine Summit and Rocky Ridge (Alexandria/Orange) -- site description and images
Philbrick-Cricenti Bog (New London) -- site description and images
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge (Jefferson) -- site description and images
Ponemah Bog (Amherst) -- site description and images
Rhododendron State Park (Fitzwilliam) -- site description and images
West Branch Pine Barrens Preserve (Madison) -- site description and images
West Rattlesnake Mtn Rocky Woods and Outcrops (Holderness) -- site description and images
Profiles
NH Heritage Brochures are not yet available for the following sites, but each has one or more features tracked in the NH Natural Heritage Bureau’s database of exemplary natural communities and systems, rare plants, and endangered wildlife species. Click on each site name to link to a web page with a brief site overview, directions, website links, and images. See the map (pdf file) below for site locations. These sites are all possible candidates for future guides. List updated 6/14/09.
Alpine Garden (Mt. Washington) – Alpine Zone
Big Pines Natural Area (Tamworth) – Old White Pine Trees
Black Mountain (Haverhill / Benton) – Subalpine Zone & Red Pine Forest
The Bowl (Waterville Valley, near Sandwich) – Old-Growth Forest
Bradford Bog (Bradford) – Atlantic White Cedar Swamp
College Woods (Durham) – Old-Growth Forest
Devils Hopyard (Stark) – Talus Ravine
Fourth CT Lake (Pittsburg) – Peatland
Fox State Forest, Mud Pond Bog (Hillsborough) – Peatland
Green Hills Preserve (Conway) – Rocky Ridge
Heath Pond Bog (Ossipee) – Peatland
King Ravine (near Gorham) – Montane Acidic Talus System & Rock Glacier
Loverens Mill Preserve (Antrim) – Atlantic White Cedar Swamp
Madame Sherri Forest (Chesterfield) – Exemplary Forest Communities
Moose Brook State Park (Gorham) – Rich Mesic Forest
Mt. Eisenhower (Chandlers Purchase) – Diapensia Shrubland & Alpine Tundra System
Mt. Monadnock (Jaffrey) – Subalpine Rocky Bald System
Nancy Brook (near Bartlett) – Old-Growth Spruce - Fir Forest
Odiorne Point State Park (Rye) – Coastal Rocky Shoreline / Salt Pond Marsh
Ossipee Lake Natural Area – Sandy Pond Shore System
Pawtuckaway State Park (Nottingham) – Variety of Ecological Features
Pisgah State Park (Chesterfield/Westmoreland/Hinsdale) – (01/06/10: coming soon)
Plainfield Sanctuary (Plainfield) – Wide Variety of Wildflower Species
Rhododendron State Park (Fitzwilliam) – Wildflowers
Snyder Brook (Randolph) – Old Forest & Waterfalls
Tuckerman Ravine (near Pinkham Notch) – Alpine Ravine System
Umbagog Lake (Errol) – Lake / Peatland / Wildlife
Urban Forestry Center (Portsmouth) – Forests & Salt Marsh
Velvet Rocks Ravine (Hanover) – Rich Mesic Forest
Welch-Dickey Mtns. (Thornton / Waterville Valley) – Jack Pine Community & Subalpine Peak
White Lake State Park (Tamworth) – Pitch Pine & Peatland Kettles
of places to visit New Hampshire's biodiversity
(map complements the above lists of sites)
Guides and Profiles list sorted by NH Division of Travel & Tourism's Regions
several images from Visiting NH's Biodiversity sites:


site brochures:
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