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The state’s first assessment of pine marten distributioncontinued for a second year over the summer, withresearchers searching the Jefferson/Lancaster/Gorhamarea for these reclusive mammals that are as beautiful asthey are secretive. Members of the weasel family, pinemarten are on New Hampshire’s threatened species list.

The project began last year, when the researchteam, led by Jillian Kelly, a biological technician with theNongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, live-trapped 34 pine marten in order to see what kind ofhabitat they’re using and to get an idea of their overalldistribution.

The first phase of the study was conducted in thearea north of Route 26 in the towns of Pittsburg,Clarksville, West Stewartsville, Columbia, Colebrook andthe Dartmouth Land Grant.

This year’s more southern study area yielded onlythree pine marten. Two were caught in the Nash StreamState Forest, while the third was caught near a recentclearcut in higher elevation habitat in the DixvilleNotch area.

The methods used were identical to last year’s: theresearch team set up five baited trap lines and kept themin place for two weeks before moving them to a newspot. The traps were checked daily.

Further study is needed to draw conclusions aboutthe vast difference in capture rates between last year’ssampling and this year’s, but Kelly noted some interest-ing possibilities. Because of fewer logging roads, the teamcould not set the trap lines in the higher elevation foreststhey had targeted in the first part of the study. The threepine marten that were captured were in higher elevationhabitat that was more accessible.

“The farther south you get, the more importantthat higher elevation habitat is for pine marten,” Kellysaid, noting that higher elevation forests have manyunique qualities. “The structure of the forest is important,

State’s First PineMarten StudyContinues

Phenomenal Year forBald Eagles

It was a record-setting yearfor bald eagles in NewHampshire. Bald eaglesfledged 11 young thisbreeding season, the mosteaglets ever in the historyof the recovery effort,which began in the mid-1980s. The past

productivity record was six fledglings.Eight territorial pairs arrived in New Hampshire in

early spring; this has occurred just once before. Sevenpairs nested and six of those nests were successful – allrecord highs. One pair even raised three chicks tofledging age, a rare feat since most bald eagles raise justone or two chicks per season.

Successful recovery efforts around the region

Phenomenal Year forBald Eagles

State’s First PineMarten StudyContinues

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IIn its fifth and final year, agroundbreakingpartnership called ProjectOsprey has not onlyachieved its ambitiousgoal to restore osprey tothe state, but also is beingheld up to conservationleaders around the nationas a model for public-private partnerships.

Project Osprey is acollaboration between theNongame and Endan-gered Wildlife Program,Public Service of NewHampshire and theAudubon Society of NewHampshire. The ospreythemselves really startedthe project when they began hijackingPSNH’s utility poles for nesting sites. PSNHcame to the table with money, equipmentand manpower to help erect poles withmanmade nesting platforms for the ospreyto use instead. As a result of the partnership,poles were erected all over the state, some toattract osprey to areas they were not yetusing, but that offered suitable habitat.

These efforts, in addition to monitor-ing and protection actions by Audubonand the Nongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram, have resulted in New Hampshire’s

ospreys making significant progress overthe last five years.

This year’s numbers tell awonderful story. Fifty-

three young osprey fledged this summerfrom a record high of 34 active nests. Thesenests covered four out of five watersheds inthe state. Prior to the initiation of therecovery program in 1990, osprey breedingactivity was concentrated in just onewatershed — the Androscoggin.

“It was a great year. Osprey arestarting to spread out across the state andbecome more abundant in other water-sheds, especially the Merrimack, which didgreat this year with eight active nests and 17young fledged,” said Nongame andEndangered Wildlife Program biologistMike Marchand. Osprey numbers in other

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– 12 active nests and 14 youngfledged; Connecticut River – fiveactive nests and eight youngfledged; Great Bay/Seacoast area –nine active nests and 14 youngfledged.

That ospreys are doingso well in New Hampshire

has much to do withProject Osprey.

John Kanter,coordinator of

the Nongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram, realized the full impact of ProjectOsprey earlier this year when the director ofthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service usedProject Osprey as an example of successfulpublic/private partnerships at a nationalwildlife conservation meeting. “Thatclearly showed how significant thispartnership really was,” Kanter said. “Ihope that learning about and celebratingosprey restoration will inspire an increasedcommitment from people – and frompotential future wildlife partners – to worktoward conserving all New Hampshirewildlife.”

One last goal to be accomplishedthrough Project Osprey is the completionof a formal recovery plan. The plan willidentify management guidelines to helpensure continued breeding success forosprey and lead to steps for removing themfrom the state’s threatened and endangeredwildlife list.

Project Osprey A threatened bird’s best friend

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A pair of bald eagles that are the first to neston Squam Lake in 71 years can now do sowithout the constant threat of humandisturbance, thanks to a coalition of lakeresidents, local conservation organizationsand wildlife professionals.

The coalition has built a robust andaesthetically pleasing floating fence aroundLittle Loon Island to keep boaters andswimmers a safe distance from the eagles’nest, which is clearly visible in a tall pinetree. The system of buoys features signsalerting boaters to the eagles’ presence andtheir need for peace and quiet. Theredwood buoy system replaces a makeshiftone built last year, the first year the eaglesnested on the island.

It quickly became clear last year thatthe eagles needed protection. People swamnear the nest, boated close to the shorelineand even climbed up onto the tiny island toget a peek at the eagles or to have a picnic.

“That would likely have led to nestfailure,” said Jim Oehler, the Nongame andEndangered Wildlife Program biologistwho coordinated the protection effort.

Several individuals and organizationswere instrumental in building the fence,

including local residents Rick Van de Poland Will Grinnell, who procured suppliesand built the buoys with help frommembers of The Squam Lakes Association,the Squam Lakes Conservation Society, theSquam Lakes Natural Science Center andthe Audubon Society of New Hampshire.The fence was paid for with moneyraised from New Hampshire’s conserva-tion license plates, or “moose plates.”

The Squam Lakes Associationhired two interns from Plymouth StateUniversity to monitor the eagle nest onweekends. Jeremy Mears and ChrisMartin held vigil from a boat,handing brochures to boaters toeducate them about the eagles. Theyalso noted both eagle and humanbehavior and any effect the peopleseemed to have on the eagles.

Joe Kabat, who owns a nearby campand is a member of the Squam LakesAssociation, said people respected thefloating boundary during a four-hour stintthat he spent monitoring the eagles. “I waspretty impressed with the people who camethrough,” he said. “They stayed outside[the boundary], and they were respectful.”

The eagles successfully raised theirone chick to fledging age this year. Last year,they hatched two eggs, but only one chicksurvived to fledge.

Seeing bald eagles nesting on SquamLake again is a thrill for the people who lovethe lake and have striven to improve itswater quality for decades, Kabat said. “Itmeans we have a healthy ecology here, andthat has taken a number of years to comeabout … it’s not an accident,” he said.

The Squam Lakes Association, now100 years old, and other groups haveworked to overcome damage to thewatershed from harm done to it in the past,such as unenlightened farming practicesnear the lake.

It all seemed worthwhile oneSaturday in August, when the bald eaglechick stretched its wings and took off fromthe nest. Kabat and others were luckywitnesses. “People were cheering — quietly— to see this immature eagle fly by itself,”he said.

For more information on SquamLakes and the eagles, visit The Squam LakesNatural Science Center atwww.nhnature.org or The Squam LakesAssociation at www.squamlakes.org.

the amount of deadfall…and the amountof snow is also important. We want toexplore these relationships more.”

Kelly will do plenty of thatexploration as she analyzes the studydata and uses it to writeher master’s degreethesis for theUniversity ofMassachusetts atAmherst. Mean-while, the study,funded in partwith conservationlicense platedollars, will formthe foundationfor furtherresearch that willultimately shape pine martenprotection in New Hampshire.

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Piping Plovers Productivity Holds Steady

FFive pairs of piping plovers arrived in NewHampshire to breed this year, down fromseven pairs in the previous three years. Ofthe five pairs, four established nests, two atSeabrook Beach and two at HamptonBeach. The female from the fifth pairdisappeared soon after arrival, so that pairdidn’t nest. A total of 15 eggs were laid. Four

were lost to a high tide, leaving 11 to hatch.Biologists believe the decrease in the

number of nesting pairs this year may be amatter of lifespan. Piping plovers generallylive for five to eight years. The species wasdiscovered nesting in New Hampshire eightyears ago, which means those first breederswould likely have died by now.

“We believe that pairs that have beennesting here for years are dying out, andnew pairs are coming in. This is a transitionyear for New Hampshire’s plovers,” saidJessica Dill, who monitored plovers for theNongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram over the summer. However, despitethe fewer numbers of nesting pairs,productivity held steady this year with anaverage of one chick fledged per pair.

Piping plovers face several challengesas they attempt to nest and raise theiryoung. They arrive on New Hampshire’sbeaches in April when the weather is stillcold and, in many years, snow is stillpresent. Then as the breeding season is infull swing, the weather is warmer and thebeaches become popular summertimedestinations for thousands of people.

Balancing human uses with endan-gered species management is an effort the

N.H. Fish and Game Department has beenworking towards for eight consecutiveyears, together with other state depart-ments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,local town officials and several dedicatedvolunteers. Each spring, recovery teammembers erect temporary fencing aroundpiping plover habitat and nests and educatebeach users about the birds. The Nongameand Endangered Wildlife Program hires amonitor to help protect the birds each season.

Of the 11 plover eggs that hatched,four chicks made it to fledge. Three tinychicks, about the size of a cotton ball, werelost during a spring storm that broughtheavy rains and high tides. In addition,four chicks were lost to unknown causes,which may have been the result of human-related impacts. Overall, more than 70piping plover chicks have successfullyfledged since protection efforts began eightyears ago.

Piping plovers that successfully breed inNew Hampshire will help the overall AtlanticCoast population to reach full recovery.

For more information on the currentstatus of the Atlantic Coast population ofpiping plovers visit http://pipingplover.fws.gov/status/index.html.

Service who is helping to jump start theVermont program.

Longevity is also playing a big role inincreasing New Hampshire’s breeding baldeagle population, according to Amaral.“What’s sustaining our eagle recovery is thatwe’ve got pretty good survival of our adultbreeders,” he said.

These adults who are living long, fulllives form the base of New Hampshire’srecovery as they return year after year tobreed. As their young mature to breedingage at about five years old, they start to seekout breeding sites near where they fledged,allowing the state and region to increase thenumbers of breeding bald eagles each year,Amaral said.

The Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program continues to partner withthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the

Audubon Society of New Hampshire tomonitor and protect bald eagles, which areconsidered state endangered and nationallythreatened. For more information on thecurrent status and distribution of baldeagles visit http://endangered.fws.gov andsearch for bald eagles.

greatly factor into New Hampshire’sincrease. Since eagles don’t recognizeboundary lines, birds from surroundingstates often may breed here in NewHampshire. Maine, New York and Massa-chusetts have strong recovery programs.Vermont, however, doesn’t yet have abreeding population of bald eagles.

This year, biologists determined to fillthat gap by bringing nine eagle chicks fromother states to Vermont’s southern LakeChamplain. Eight of the eaglets weresuccessfully “hacked out,” or cared for byhumans until they fledged. Since eaglesimprint on the area in which they fledgeand often return to the general vicinity tobreed later, the effort bodes well for therecovery effort in the entire region, saidMichael Amaral, an endangered speciesspecialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

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New Hampshire’s only population ofKarner blue butterflies is coming backsteadily. Karner blues, the state’s officialbutterfly, are both state and federallyendangered. The Nongame andEndangered Wildlife Program works withthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the N.H.Army National Guard and many otheragencies and volunteers to protect andstrengthen the population, located at theConcord airport and an abuttingconservation easement.

This summer, the Karner blue captive-rearing program enjoyed an outstandingbreeding season. During the first brood inMay, biologists released about 200 butterfliesthat resulted from eggs they had protectedinside over the winter. Before releasing them,they collected about 4,000 eggs that theykept protected until they hatched into larvaand then turned into butterflies. This processyielded about 1,200 butterflies for the secondbrood in July, an astounding increase

considering that just a few years ago, theprogram struggled with fewer than 50butterflies per season.

“When you start with about 50butterflies and in a few years have over1,200, to me it shows all the hard work ispaying off,” said Alina Pyzikiewicz, theNongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram biological technician carrying outthe captive-rearing program.

About 500 of the butterflies werekept in captivity until their eggs could becollected (3,000 of the eggs will beprotected over the winter). For the firsttime, biologists this year were able to releasethe rest of the butterflies, about 750 in all,directly into the wild to lay eggs thereinstead of in captivity.

“I think this was a breakthrough yearfor the program,” said Michael Amaral,endangered species specialist with the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service. “When we sawthat those animals released directly into thewild survived and laid eggs and reproducedin the wild … that’s what this project is allabout. That was really exciting for everyoneinvolved.”

In another first for the program,butterflies actually laid eggs on the wildblue lupine plants that schoolchildren havebeen planting on the easement property forthe past several years.

Biologists are continuing to bringKarner blue eggs from a larger population in

Goulet was digging a hole for thelupine when she uncovered two stones thatlooked distinctively formed by some humanhand. She consulted with Boisvert, whomade a preliminary identification that thestones, made of hornfels, were parts of anincomplete tool, possibly the headof a spear or knife, and could beanywhere between 700 and9,000 years old.

Nongame and Endan-gered Wildlife Program staff arelooking forward to the opportunity to

help Boisvert find out more aboutpossible Native American activity at thesite while continuing to protect the areafor the endangered Karner bluebutterfly.

Saratoga, N.Y., to Concord in order to increasegenetic diversity and strength. They are alsoproviding New Hampshire larvae and eggs toNew York for the same purpose.

To learn more about Karner bluemigration patterns and survival rates andbirth rates, the recovery project teamrecaptured many of the released butterflies,which had been marked on their wings foridentification. One of the interesting results

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The Concord conservation easementwhere Karner blue butterflies aremaking a comeback is to be the site ofan archaeological exploration this fall.Richard Boisvert, New Hampshire’sstate archaeologist, plans to team upwith Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program staff to explore thesite, where biological aide Celine Gouletmade a surprise find while plantingwild blue lupine over the summer.

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The number of federally and state-endangered roseate terns nesting on SeaveyIsland in the Isles of Shoals nearly doubledthis year. In the fourth year roseate ternshave chosen Seavey for nesting, 106 chicksfledged from 112 nests (there were 65 nestslast year). Roseate terns tend to make theirnests in established common tern colonies.The Nongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram and the Audubon Society of NewHampshire re-established a common terncolony on Seavey in 1997, and the roseatesare increasingly taking advantage of it.

Arctic terns, a state-endangeredspecies, are also showing interest, with sevennests this year, one more than last year.

Common terns, a state-endangeredspecies, continue to be the main breeders onthe island by far, fledging 1,936 chicksfrom about 2,580 nests, which is aconservative estimate that represents an

increase over lastyear’s 2,414 nests.

“Our colony isnow officially the largest

common tern colony in theGulf of Maine and tied for

first for roseates,” said DanHayward, the Nongame and

Endangered Wildlife Program’s leadbiologist on the project. The growing

colony has played an increasingly importantrole in buffering the impact of distantenvironmental disasters, like oil spills andother forms ofpollution, and hasprovided refugefor birds abandon-ing collapsingcolonies across theGulf of Maine.

The productivity of the commonterns was down significantly from last year,though compared to the exceptionally lowproductivity seen this year in many seabirdand shorebird colonies across the arctic andnortheastern region, the Seavey Islandcolony fared very well, thanks to theNongame Program’s persistent crew. Thereare several possible reasons for this decrease,Hayward said. Clutch sizes were smallerthan previous years; the cold spring mayhave affected hatchlings as well as thetiming of the terns’ major food source,forage fish migrating past Seavey; andpredatory gulls were particularly damagingthis year, he said. Gulls kill chicks and eat

the terns’ eggs.“We saw the heaviest gull pressure

that we’ve seen out there so far,” Haywardsaid. “We documented more predation thisyear than in most years combined. We evensaw an adult tern eaten by an adult black-backed gull.”

The gull pressure is one of the reasonsthe Nongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram hires two tern monitors to live onthe island each breeding season. Thepyrotechnics they use and their merepresence remain an integral part of the

project. This year,Melissa Barney,who returned forher second year,and Martin Beanwere the tern

biologists who lived on the island, kept thegulls in check and monitored and docu-mented the tern breeding season. Haywardspent about seven weeks there as well.

All of the terns usually leave theisland by the end of August. NewHampshire’s visiting common terns havenow returned to Argentina and Brazil; theroseates have gone back to central andnorthern South America; and the Arcticterns have headed for the southwest coast ofAfrica.

For more information on this projectand others involved in the Gulf of MaineSeabird Restoration effort, please visitwww.projectpuffin.org orwww.nhaudubon.org.

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of this study was that Karner blues arestarting to spread out a bit and make use ofsome of the habitat created or restored forthem.

“They stayed mostly within therelease site, but some did disperse intoabutting management areas and, moreimportantly, some went over the fence ontothe airport land and were using lupine thathad been transplanted to that area,” said

Celine Goulet, the Nongame and Endan-gered Wildlife Program biological aide incharge of habitat restoration.

To continue improving habitat forKarner blues and other rare butterflies andmoths, the recovery team has continuedplanting wild blue lupine and other plantsrequired for the creatures’ lifecycles and willconduct a controlled burn on part of theeasement this fall to stimulate the growth of

these and other important plants.The Army National Guard, which

has a facility next to the easement, has beenan important partner in Karner blueprotection. The Guard has improvedhabitat for Karner blues, and provided acaptive-rearing facility and restorationmoney through land-use mitigationagreements.

“Our colony is now officially thelargest common tern colony in the

Gulf of Maine”

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Valley Middle SchoolKelly BouwensZachary BoyajianLucille S. BoydKenneth J. BraccioJoseph A. BradleyKyra BrennanMr. and Mrs. James BrighentiMartin L. BrinerJames and Cindy BronsonMary Anne BroshekJennie BrownLorraine and Frank BrownMike and Joan BrownAlice BrownSherry BryantLouise BuckleyCheryl Bucklin-NilesRob BurbankHal J. BuschKarey N. CaldwellKatie CallahanVincent J. CapowskiJon P. CarlsonBill CarpenterFrank CarrSimon Carr

Carol CarrierJohn and Cindy CarrollLinda and Joseph CasazzaEllen E. CascaddenPatricia CerarGeorge K. ChaitHarriet ChaplinJon and Brenda CharpentierLouise R. ChaseRobert A. CheneyLynn ChongMary ChristyH. V. and Virginia O. ChurchRichard CimikoskiDebi ClarkEloise ClarkJames A. ClarkLauraette ClarkGlenn D. ClarkJohn and Hannah ClementsDr. and Mrs. Arthur E. CohenThe Cordingley FamilyRichard A. Cook and

Rebecca L. CourserAnn CrabbE. CraumerRichard P. CreaSean CroteauRichard and Carol E. CrouseDavid J. CroweAlbert CuccinelloMalcolm CurrierAdam CzarkowskiMichael DaellenbachFlorindo F. Dal PanMarjorie DannisNatalie DavisMr. and Mrs. Frederic R. DaweDavid DeifikNancy DenoncourtPatricia DesantisDaniel I. Dockham Jr.Ellen DoktonLaurence DonoghueE. C. DowMeryl B. Draper Jr.Harrison and Betsy DrinkwaterRegina DruganKleta DudleyNancy-Jane DuncanDavid R. Duval, D.O.Brenda DymentDave Eastman/Country EcologyClare M. EckertBruce and Sharon Edwards

J. Ann EldridgeChris E. EllisonPeter EppigBrenda and Dave ErlerMike and Bobbi EvansMrs. Jean L. EvvardArtie FaucherEdna FellWilliam S. FischerPaul T. and Cheryl Ann FitzgeraldJim and Mary FougereStephen and Denise FoxJohn F. French VIAnn S. FriendDonna FrostRoland GagneValerie GalvinMr. and Mrs. Albert S. GarloJoseph C. GauciErnest T. and Edith GaultWayne GauthierGeorge and Sandra GavutisMr. and Mrs. Garry GerossieNancy and Len GerzonDavid E. GillisJohn G. Gittzus, MDPaul GraczykThomas P. GradyDavid A. GrahamP. GrahamGeorge E. GreenJames E. GreenChristine GreenspanShirley W. GuillemetteCharles HafnerMary D. HaigJill A. HalkinMr. and Mrs. David HalstedKeith and Dorna HamerB. HansenMichele S. HansenCharlotte HartwellDr. and Mrs. Fred HatchTimothy M. HayesSheryl HeastonScot HeathRick HelprinPeter HigbeeKaren HollandJonathan HotchkissJim HoweMrs. Gwendolyn HoweSuzanne HuardJoe and Wendy HurrayWesley O. Hurst Jr.

Jane HustonRick and Connie HutchinsHenry and Mary IronsRuth Tanner IsaksMike IvoneMarc and Debbie JacobsAlan and Jessica JansujwiczWilliam and Donna JenischAlden and Kathy JennessWalter W. JohnsonGregory C. KendallRobert KilpatrickRay KimballGrace W. KingJean KlukVerne H. KneelandStanley and Nina KnowlesHarry R. Knowles Sr.Theodore KnupkeJohanna KosofskyMike KramerElizabeth P. KruseSibyl F. LabonteLawrence LabrieJames LacyRonald LafreniereWalter and Debi LancasterFred G. LaneJohn LanierCharles LanniSteven and Terri LapointMr. Al LarsonKaren P. Bennett and

J. Andras LazarHon. Ted and Beverly Leach

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Robert R. LeBreuxC. Raymond LechevetMichael LemieuxDebra LevesqueRaymond E. LieberTrue Kelley and Steven LindblomMelvin E. ListonSusan S. LombardRaymond LongaKelly E. LongfritzRichard D. LongoMark D. Luedke, MDEarl P. MagoonMr. and Mrs. Arthur MannKeith E. MaraPaul MarcouxFrank MarinoJohn R. MarsdenMichael MartinSandra W. Martin/

The Little Nature MuseumDennis and Tracy MartinoTim MasonVernon W. MatsonMichael E. MaxwellRobert McGeeJoseph W. McHugh Jr.Carol and Clay McKenneyPete McVayElizabeth S. MerriamGeorge MerrillJohn P. MerrillJoe and Peggy MeyetteDon MillerRichard W. MillerL. David Minsk

Nanci Rae MitchellEdward L. and Barbara MoreauAnn MorganAnne MorganKenneth E. MoultonDeborah J. MunsonEdward T. MurrayLisa MutinaBruce H. MyrickDenise NaivaDeane and Carrie NavaroliSally NeedellGloria J. NewtonWilliam NicholsPat and Don NiswanderAlice and Paul NoyesJon Nute/Ext. Educator,

Forest ResourcesNancy OhringerMarcia L. OsbornAlan S. PalmerPeter and Rebecca PaquetteCynthia PawlekH. Peter PearsonAnthony PescosolidoNeal D. PetersonTony PiontekDiana Arsenault and Peter PirnieGayle A. Plouffe/

aka Viola SwampLarry PotterDr. Jim PowersJack PrescottJoseph PuglisiRobert C. PuthMr. and Mrs.

Walter J. RadermacherKen ReedAnn A. RehlanderLeonard ReitsmaScott Ricard & FamilyDell and Wendy RicePamela M. RielRuth Monk and Mike RileyH. Elizabeth RingKaren RobertsRalph Roberts Jr.Bruce RoseLinda RousseauVernon RussellJames RyanHarold D. RyeLouis SavianoBarbara and Ray SchenkeEric W. Schloth

Mr. and Mrs. John G. SchreiberLinda SchultzMrs. Arnold R. SchultzBob SchurJim and Catherine SchwenderBeverly and James SeipelRaymond SevignyNeil M. SewallHorace W. Seymour IIIPat Myers and Carolyn SheehanE. ShivellJanet G. SillarsWilliam O. SimpsonRichard D. SizerCatherine SkobyPamela J. SkoviraPeter M. SlatteryClarence W. SleeperDavid SmithJeff and Dottie SmithMartha SmithNorma SmithAustin L. SmithersPaula M. SobolewskiA. William SorgeDeborah L. SpadaroL. SpaneyMrs. Dana M. StanleyGary P. StansfieldNancy StearnsDiana C. SterlingR. Newcomb StillwellWalt StockwellFrank C. and Patti Storey Sr.Thomas P. StraughanMr. and Mrs. Alanson H. Sturgis Jr.Jacqueline TaxterRichard V. TaylorJohn TearHeli TemfordE. David and Martha Tenney Sr.Ned TherrienMaureen TimminsFrank J. TomczykowskiSusan TuckerAllan E. UptonRaymond ValliereRobert VanessePaul VasquesRodney S. ViensWilliam S. Wadsworth Jr.Patrick and Theresa WalkerBob and Peg WaltherTim WarrBob Warren

Nancy WatkinsKathy Vertefeuille and

Bradley WebberBoyd WestonDavid and Jane WhiteCynthia R. WilkieJohn O. WillisWilliam W. WillisMary WilsonRichard WilsonLillian WiseSusan and Larry WolfeCraig WoodThomas M. WoroniakCarole and John WymanLawrence W. YearkeCarol YoungWinifred Scovill YoungPaul ZavadaJudith B. ZivicGranite State Rod and Reel RepairRaymond Sportsman’s ClubAnonymous (24)

OTHERBenjamin AbbottRobert Adams Sr.Widge ArmsD. E. AshStephanie AtkinsonAlice M. BadaJames M. BaileyAdine D. BakieRonald BarberEvelyn Barrett/Alpha Delta Kappa,

N.H. Alpha ChapterWilliam E. BarrettBea B. BaxterSteven D. BeauchesneBruce BeaurivageFranklin and Trudy BeckB. D. BeckerKevin and Keith BlanchetteMarilyn Bott

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Joanne DragaettiRichard and Susan DrescherJulie R. DurginJane Cooper FallNeil and Dianna FallomClayton E. FeganKathy FitzpatrickDavid A. FleetPatricia FleurieChristine FransonDavid J. FrenchBob FrostSally GallagherRobert GamlinCharles R. GamperRobert GarlandEdward GayRobert W. GefvertMargaret L. GillespieWilliam GordonWayne C. GouldDr. and Mrs. Philip Gregorio

Frances HaaseJohn M. and Martha D. HallLucy H. HallDale and Penny HardyNorman D. HarrisJean HarrisonMary E. HartmanTheresa HarwoodHoney HastingsPaul HeinemannPeter HelmBetty HerrinKaryl HillJudy HohenadelMark HollisMr. and Mrs. Dennis W. HowardAllen Howe, Sandra Sonnichsen

and Thomas HoweMr. and Mrs. Ronald HoweThad M. HunterYorick HurdVirginia L. JensenJack JohnsDavid S. JohnsonRodman JordanJohn Michael KallelisJohn and Judy KeenanRonald M. KelleyFaith KentFaith KimballRobert and Cynthia KingHorst W. KlussmannMelvin KriegerLynn La BonteA. R. LafondAlice LandmanDebra LaValleyWilliam B. and Shirley A. LeakGloria M. LeavittKathryn G. LeClairSusan LeclairGary M. LeeKenneth E. LewisMary Ann LewisRaye R. LiebertJim and Judi LindseyArnold LowreyHowie and Lisa W. LyhteAnthony LyonPatrick B. MahoneyStephen and Cheryl MairsB. MannJan MarshallWilliam B. and Nancy S.Marshall III

Robert E. Mc IntoshGloria Mc KinnonFrancis and Emily McGeownGlenn and Joan McKibbenRep. Betsy McKinneyJohn V. McNamara Jr.N. B. McWilliamsEsther MerrillJed MerrowBob and Elsie MillerDonald W. MischkeRick MitchenerJill M. MonbleauDiane MoreauCharlie MorenoR. J. MorrellGeorge and Evelyn MorrisonGeorge F. MuellerMartin J. NobleJames F. NortonC. R. NurseDaniel NuteKeith and Sarah NyhanWilliam O’ConnorLinda OhlsonKenneth and Laura OsgaMs. Marianne I. PageGilbert ParkerMr. and Mrs. John ParkerJohn R. PattersonDouglas A. Payne Sr.Russ PeirceLee J. and Susan J. PelletierRobert PelletierWilliam D. Penhale, MDJohn B. PenneyMr. and Mrs. James PhilbrickClark PhillipsEdward K. Piel Jr.John H. PinkhamForrest PrattBenjamin PrattRoscoe and Patricia PutnamWilliam W. QuainOliver QuistRichard ReedKathleen Conners and

Michael ReynoldsRobert L. RichardsonJames RobinsonEdwards B. RossDave M. RowellBarbara M. RoyGlenn R. SaundersCarleton Schaller Jr.

Helen B. ScribnerRichard A. SenterHazel SharekBob ShepherdRobert L. ShermanR. A. SkardaMary E. SloatScott C. and Patricia SmithThomas SmithRuth K. SousaneMike SpeltzEd StanleyRichard StevensGwen StosePete ThomasLloyd Tibbetts Sr.Ronald E. TowleJanet TowseWaino TuominenVan H. VanVlietVeronica VarelaJohn J. VervilleBertha VioletteFrank C. VolpeWarren WalkerDr. Robert D. WallaceWilliam H. WallaceWinifred Ward/Starr KingJanet WatsonPeter and Gail WelchClifton L. WellsCathy and Jeffrey WhiteRobert K. WolfeDouglas R. WoodwardRobert P. WoodwardMrs. John W. YorkLynn ZeltmanMoose Meadow FarmN.H. Bear Hunters AssociationWalpole Conservation

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Pine Marten ProjectPine Marten ProjectPine Marten ProjectPine Marten ProjectPine Marten ProjectPat KellyMike KujalaDick LaFleurSarah LaPlanteKurt RienhartLesley RowseJane RyanJohn Ryan

TTTTTernernernernern PPPPPrrrrrojectojectojectojectojectKelly BridgesKristen CovinoJoe DerrickJohn HudsonDarren HuffMichael Sharkey

Karner Blue Butterfly ProjectKarner Blue Butterfly ProjectKarner Blue Butterfly ProjectKarner Blue Butterfly ProjectKarner Blue Butterfly ProjectChris AndrewsDenise BirdBonnie CaruthersVicki ChaseSandy CrystallRenee DeMelloGary DoaneJane JonesMariah KeenanElinor KehasJanice KelleighScott LauziereDustin LederStacy LukeMatsie MairsJanice MellianAris MoorePeggie OgertAnne-Marie ParrLiza PoinierChristine RichardWendy SchorrVeronica VarelaNancy Von Wahlde

Piping Plover ProjectPiping Plover ProjectPiping Plover ProjectPiping Plover ProjectPiping Plover ProjectAustin BashlineGalen BealeJoan BonnetteJason BriggamanDenis DillonKatie DillonPam FailingDon FelixKevin FlemingCindy McFayJoan McKibbenKen MogueNancy SawyerJoAnn O’ShaugnessyClinton PittsEva PowersLeo Smock-RandallTy Wivel

OCTOBERThe fall hawk migration makes anexcellent reason to take a hike upyour favorite mountain to view thebrilliant colors of fall and catch aglimpse of these fascinating birds ofprey as they soar over themountaintops.

NOVEMBERAquatic frogs head for the bottom ofponds to dig into the mud. Theirmetabolism and heart rates slow asthey settle in to spend the winterunder the ice. American toads,meanwhile, dig themselves into dryground for the winter.

DECEMBERPine marten, found in high elevationareas, are active both above andbelow the snow surface. Long hairbetween the pads of their feet helpskeep them warm.

TThank You Volunteers!Thank You Volunteers!

The Nongame and EndangeredWildlife Program was fortunate to haveso many dedicated and caring peoplecome out and volunteer on the variousprojects again this year. The time thatvolunteers contribute is greatlyappreciated! 2004 volunteers included:

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