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Forest Society  Ecological Reserves (EcoReserves) Bretzfelder Park Bethlehem, NH February 27, 2008 Society for the Protection of  New Hampshire Forests Peter Woods Ellis
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156 Reservations 42,500 Acres
 
Pieces Patterns Processes
The Goal of Natural Areas “ To sustain the elements of biodiversity and ecological processes that are present; other uses are secondary.” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Criteria for Selection ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],McGreal Forest
Eco-Reserve Classes Class 1 - Strict Nature Reserve No harvesting or manipulation except in the case of an emergency Class 2 - Habitat/Species Management Area “ Active intervention and vegetation management is allowed only in order to insure the maintenance of habitats, meet the requirements of specific species, and/or maintain or enhance other priority ecological values.”
Fee-owned Properties 156 Reservations 42,500 Acres
Monadnock Lost River Kaufmann EcoReserves 31 EcoReserves 6,500 Acres (15%)
Dame Forest
 
 
 
Dame Forest
Dame Forest - Rare Plants Pale green orchid ( Platanthera flava ) Large bur-reed ( Sparganium eurycarpum )
Dame Forest - Rare Animals Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) Blanding’s turtle ( Emydoidea blandingii )
Semi-rich Appalachian oak – sugar maple forest Dame Forest -   Natural Communities
Dame Forest -   Habitat
Merriman Forest
 
Criteria Met ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Criteria Met Steep Slopes (>35%)
 
Harmon Preserve
 
Harmon Preserve
 
 
 
 
Gap Mountain
 
 
 
Semi-rich mesic sugar maple forest  Red oak – pine rocky ridge  Gap Mountain -   Natural Communities
Gap Mountain -   Geology Concord Granite
Gap Mountain - Rare Plants Goodenough's sedge   ( Carex nigra ) Squirrel corn   ( Dicentra canadensis )
Gap Mountain -   Sedge Restoration
Merrimack River  Outdoor Education  and  Conservation Area  (MROECA)
 
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MROECA - Natural Communities
Rich sugar maple – oak – hickory terrace forest Silver maple – false nettle – sensitive fern floodplain forest MROECA - Natural Communities
MROECA - Wildlife
Oxbow marsh MROECA - Natural Communities Purple loosestrife   ( Lythrum salicaria )
MROECA - Invasive Plant Control
 
Yatsevitch Forest
 
Criteria Met Exemplary Natural Community: -Rich Mesic Forest
Criteria Met Rare Plants: Galearis spectabilis (Showy Orchis) Dryopteris goldiana (Goldie’s Wood Fern)
Criteria Met Uvularia grandiflora (Large-Flowered Bellwort) Dicentra canadensis (Squirrel-corn) Hydrophyllum virginianum (Northern Waterleaf) Rare Plants:
Criteria Met Sanicula trifoliata (Three-leaved Sanicle) Senecio obovatus (Round-leaved Ragwort) Uncommon Geologic and Physical Features -Gile Mtn. Formation:  Interbedded slate/phylite, calcite-ankerite metasiltstone, and greenschist. -Steep slopes (>35%) Rare Plants:
Criteria Met Ecological Linkages
Yatsevitch Forest  Invasive Plant Treatment

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