Introducing...
Whites-to-Ossipees
Wildlife Connectivity
Keeping wildlife connected between the White Mountains and the Ossipee Mountains of central New Hampshire.
An ecologically rich swath of land runs north to south through western Tamworth and
eastern Sandwich. This "corridor" of fields and forests, rivers, and marshes supports large and wide-ranging mammals - moose, bear, deer, bobcat, otter, fisher and mink - some roaming
and interbreeding between the Sandwich Range of the White Mountain
National Forest to the north and the Ossipee Mountains to the south.
And where large animals roam, there is a rich diversity of smaller
wildlife.
During the past 40 years, landowners and conservation groups have conserved thousands of acres in this "Whites to Ossipees Connectivity" area. In 2009, recognizing the value of the corridor and the extent of the progress already made in keeping it wild, the Tamworth Conservation Commission refocused its land conservation efforts in this area.
The Commission, in partnership with the Sandwich Conservation Commission and the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests, is working with local and regional land conservation groups and private landowners, using a variety of land preservation tools, such as conservation easements, to help facilitate actions that will maintain the diversity and connectivity of wildlife populations.
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