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 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.
NH Heritage receives many calls from people asking where they can see good examples 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. To meet this need, we have prepared interpretive trail brochures and profiles for sites where people can view unusual and high-quality natural communities in New Hampshire.
Guides
These 2-page brochures can be viewed with Adobe Reader, and printed out either single or double-sided. Currently brochures have been created for the following thirteen sites (on average, we create about 2-3 new ones in any given year):
Bellamy River Wildlife Sanctuary Marshes (Dover) images
Fox State Forest Black Gum Swamp (Hillsborough) images
Franconia Ridge Alpine Zone (Franconia) images
Franconia Notch Old Forest (Franconia) images
Hurlbert Swamp (Stewartstown) images
Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve (Manchester) images
Merrimack River Conservation Area Floodplain Forest (Concord) images
 Mt. Cardigan Subalpine Summit and Rocky Ridge (Alexandria/Orange) images
Philbrick-Cricenti Bog (New London) images
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge (Jefferson) images
Ponemah Bog (Amherst) images
Rhododendron State Park (Fitzwilliam) images
Sandy Point Discovery Center Salt Marsh (Stratham) images
West Rattlesnake Mtn. Rocky Woods and Outcrops (Holderness) 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 7/14/08.
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
Devil's 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
Ice Gulch (Randolph) – Talus Ravine
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
Pawtuckaway State Park (Nottingham) – Variety of Ecological Features
Plainfield Sanctuary (Plainfield) – Wide Variety of Wildflower Species
Snyder Brook (Randolph) – Old Forest & Waterfalls
South Moat Mountain (Albany) – Rocky Ridge & Red Pine Forest
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
West Branch Pine Barrens (Madison) – Pine Barrens & Rare Moths
White Lake State Park (Tamworth) – Pitch Pine & Peatland Kettles
Statewide Map
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:
 
 
the series so far:
   
   
   
 
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