Wildlife
FAQs
Questions, do we get questions! Find out how to handle wildlife
situations of every description.
 New
Hampshire's Wildlife Action Plan
Fish and Game worked with partners in the conservation community to create the
state's first Wildlife Action Plan. The plan, mandated and funded by the federal
government through the State Wildlife Grants program, will guide efforts to restore
and maintain species of concern and critical habitats -- keeping species off
of rare species lists and saving millions of dollars in the process.
Click
here to learn more!
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Wildlife Species in New Hampshire:
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Please don't
feed the deer* (PDF) -- Brochure to download, explaining
how feeding deer does "More Harm Than Good." |
State of the Birds report
Special
download: Pocket Guide to N.H. Animal Tracks*
(PDF, 466 KB)
BATS - White Nose Syndrome and New Hampshire's bats
A Natural Investment: Since 2000, State Wildlife Grants have transformed species
and habitat conservation in New Hampshire
N.H.
Wildlife Rehabilitators List
Bobcat study -- Click here to follow this study and post your observations. A cooperative project of N.H. Fish and Game and the University of New Hampshire.
Wildlife
Profiles
The lowdown on bears, bats, moose and more, from N.H. Fish and Game
and UNH Cooperative Extension.
Nongame
and Endangered Wildlife Program
Find out what Fish and Game is doing to protect wildlife species
that are not hunted, fished or trapped in New Hampshire. Wildlife Action Plan news, project
updates, Wildlines newsletter, wildlife species lists. Help
support New Hampshire's endangered and threatened wildlife!
New Hampshire's Bobcat Study -- click here for information.
NH
Reptiles and Amphibians (includes Frogs, snakes, salamanders, and turtles
of NH pages)
Small Grants Program for Wildlife Habitat Restoration and Enhancement
The N.H. Fish and Game Department has a Small Grants Program to help landowners with a minimum of 25 acres restore or enhance habitat for wildlife. Funding of up to $2,000 per year (no more than $6,000 over a ten-year period) is available for the creation and/or maintenance of wildlife habitat within the property. Examples of projects that may qualify for funding include: brush clearing or mowing to maintain grasslands and shrub-lands; release of old apple trees; and maintenance of woodland openings. In exchange for the grant, landowners agree that their land will remain open for non-motorized public access activities, including hunting. For more information, contact the Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461, or e-mail wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov.
Click here for extensive wildlife control information from Cornell University Cooperative Extension.
Osprey Cam!
Live streaming video
from the osprey nesting platform at the Ayers Island Dam
in New Hampton, NH, courtesy of Project Osprey partner Public Service
of New Hampshire.
Creating
Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Managing Grasslands,
Shrublands, and Young Forest Habitats for Wildlife: A Guide
for the Northeast. Chapter-by-chapter downloads will help you
understand and manage early successional habitat for wildlife value.
Wildlife
Watching
Get started watching wildlife with these tips from New Hampshire's
watchable wildlife coordinator. Learn how to find, observe and photograph
critters safely and with minimum impact.
Bear
FAQs
"How to Avoid the Incidental Taking of Lynx and Wolves," (PDF 430KB), from NHFG; publication for trappers includes interesting details on how to tell the difference between sign of lynx and bobcat, and wolf and coyote, using track patterns and other info.
An Outdoor Enthusiast's Guide to Wildlife-related Diseases
Lyme
disease --
Click here for a bulletin (PDF File, 150KB), including symptoms
and prevention strategies, from the N.H. Department of Health and
Human Services.
What's
the risk? Are you more likely to get EEE or West Nile Virus
from a mosquito bite or Lyme disease from a tick?
"Don't Let the BAD Bugs Bite" looks at the risks
and rewards of getting outside.
Avian Flu --
Click here for a fact sheet on how N.H. is preparing for bird flu, what you should know about bird flu, and State and National
links with more information.
Big Game Plan -- Click
here to download New Hampshire's Big Game Plan.
(PDF, 525 KB) The Big Game Plan will guide deer, moose, bear
and turkey
management through 2015.
Wildlife Management
Area Guide
Guidelines
for winter feeding of wild turkeys in New Hampshire
Please don't feed the wild turkeys!! But if you insist, here's how
to do it with minimal
damage to the population.
Become
a Wonders of Wildlife Volunteer
Help introduce youth to the Granite State's wildlife and aquatic
resources.
CWD Update
-- Status of Chronic Wasting Disease in New Hampshire
Hunting
in New Hampshire
Species, seasons, licenses, etc.
Planning to become a Wildlife Control Operator?
Certification classes are offered annually. Click
here for information on becoming a WCO.
Landowner
Incentive Program
NH Fish and Game is soliciting proposals for Landowner Incentive
Program (LIP) grants to conserve species and habitats at risk
through
the acquisition of conservation easements. Click here for information and application guidelines. Please note: There will not be an LIP grant round in 2008.
