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New Hampshire Wildlife Management Areas
Forest Peters Wildlife Management Area
Town: Northwood
County: Merrimack
Acreage: 456
Acquisition History: The Land Conservation
Investment Program (LCIP) purchased the property in 1991 from Pearl
I. Peters and Seth F. Peters.
Description: The property consists of
forestland, deeryards, and wetlands that form the headwaters of
the Lamprey River.
Common Wildlife: Moose, deer, ruffed grouse
and waterfowl habitat the area.
Special Notes: Forest Peters abuts the
LCIP-acquired 662-acre Northwood Meadows State Park and another
300 acres owned by the University of NH on Saddleback Mountain.
Another LCIP local project in Deerfield lies between the Northwood
Meadows/Peters tracts and Pawtuckaway State Park, nearly linking
them. This network of outstanding conservation land is all within
30 miles of Concord and provides excellent wildlife habitat as well
as tremendous passive recreation opportunities
Directions: Forest Peters WMA can be accessed
from Northwood Meadows State Park, or from Blakes Hill Rd, Mountain
Rd., or Tower Rd.
DeLorme N.H. Atlas and Gazetteer coordinates:
Page 29, E 8
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