Landowner Wallman Easement North & NE 228-1,2. County

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1 Northwood Area Land Management Collaborative (NALMC) Lot Name Lot Code WmnN Town Landowner Wallman Easement North & NE Northwood Current Condition Summaries 228-1,2 Map-Lot Lot Size (ac.) Lot Size (ha.) County Location Rockingham Acres Conserved Landowner Contact Info South of Harmony Hill Rd, northeast of jct with Winding Hill Rd, west of NMSP Main Lot and north of Gallagher CE 18 Winding Hill Rd Bo 289 Northwood, NH Boundary Description Ecept for out lot (132-2), the west edge follows town roads to the edge of the Johnson CE at an iron pipe; the north line follows old BWF to a well-marked corner between Johnson and Fletcher (Wallman); N line of Wallman CE NE is indistinct; E edge along NMSP well-marked; along Gallagher is a stonewall Site Visit # Site Visit # Site Visit # Site Visit # Acres by Type Upland Forest Wetland Forest Open Upland Open Wetland 3.42 Developed.87 Other 2.3 Frontage Roads in feet 3712 Trails in feet 5165 Per. stream in ft 2510 Lake or pond in ft Public Access None Allowed Motorized Hiking/Walking Hunting/Fishing Public Access Notes Parking Lot - NALMC Trail along Winding Hill Rd; otherwise Harmony Hill Rd Wallman Easement North & NE Page i

2 NALMC - Current Condition Summaries (cont'd) Natural Communities Acidic Sphagnum Forest Seep Alder-Dogwood-Arrowwood Alluvial Thicket Black Gum-Red Maple Basin Swamp Hemlock Forest Hemlock-Beech-Oak-Pine Forest Hemlock-Cinnamon Fern Forest Hemlock-Cinnamon Fern Swamp Hemlock-White Pine Forest Red Maple-Sensitive Fern Swamp Red Maple-Sphagnum Basin Swamp Riparian Forest Seasonally Flooded Red Maple Swamp Significant Ecological Areas Wallman Black Gum Swamp, Wallman-Gallagher Basin Swamp Both interconnected swamps with old growth structure, significant habitat value, vernal pools Wallman Seepage Swamp - seepage forest, unique plants Wallman Grassland Bird Field - best open grassland habitat in NALMC area, sev. unique grassland birds, pollinators Typical Wildlife Species Mammals Black Bear Eastern Coyote Gray Squirrel Hairy-tailed Mole Meadow Vole Mink Pine Vole Porcupine Raccoon River Otter Red Squirrel Short-tailed Shrew Snowshoe Hare White-tailed Deer Reptiles/Amphibians Birds American Robin American Woodcock Baltimore Oriole Bobolink Chestnut-sided Warbler Indigo Bunting Northern Cardinal Prairie Warbler Ruffed Grouse Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Wild Turkey Yellow Warbler American Toad Garter Snake Green Frog Green Snake (rep.) Pickerel Frog Red-backed Salamander Red-spotted Newt Spring Peeper Treefrog Two-lined Salamander Wood Frog Probable: Four-toed Salamander Wallman Easement South Page ii Fish/Aquatic Macros Blacknose Dace Eastern Brook Trout Canada Darner Dot-tailed Whiteface Eastern Forktail Ebony Jewelwing Four-spotted Skimmer Marsh Bluet Northern Bluet Racket-tailed Emerald Stream Criuiser Widow Skimmer

3 NALMC Current Condition Summaries (cont'd) General Topography Rolling fields above MWd till slopes draining northeast, then northwest toward Harvey Lake; large basin wetland in central part; NE includes a low hill above Lamprey River Soil Types Canton, v. stony WD (8.1%) Catden Variant VPD (2.6%) Chatfield-Hollis-Canton SED (18.6%) Montauk, v. stony WD (11.9%) Paton, v. stony WD (30.3%) Ridgebury & Whitman, v. stony PD & VPD (13.2%) Other soils: upland (14.5%) wetland (.8%) Current Stocking hemlock, red maple, beech, white pine, red oak, yellow birch Timber Access Ecellent - off Harmony Hill Road Operating Chance Timber Management Constraints Wet Soils (16.6%) Steep slopes (6.9%) Bouldery & ledgy terrain (0%) Rare & Endangered species habitat (none known) Non-forest (44.4%) Good - established trails; some steep slopes, wetlands Stewardship/Management Goals NALMC Forest Management Restrictions Map Wallman Easement North & NE Page iii

4 Northwood Area Land Management Collaborative (NALMC) Current Condition Summaries Lot Code Lot Name Landowner Lot Size (ac.) Lot Size (ha.) WmnS Wallman Easement South Northwood Town Map-Lot Location West side of Winding Hill Road south of jct with Harmony Hill Road; abuts Anthony NRCS Easement to the south Rockingham County Acres Conserved Landowner Contact Info 18 Winding Hill Rd Bo 289 Northwood, NH Boundary Description Site Visit #1 North and east sides abut Winding Hill Road (partial walls), south and west line follows stonewalls, otherwise unmarked Site Visit #2 Site Visit #3 Site Visit # Acres by Type Upland Forest Wetland Forest Open Upland Open Wetland Developed Other Frontage Roads in feet 2300 Trails in feet Per. stream in ft Lake or pond in ft Public Access None Allowed Motorized Hiking/Walking Hunting/Fishing Public Access Notes Off Winding Hill Road through one of two barways Wallman Easement South Page i

5 NALMC - Current Condition Summaries (cont'd) Natural Communities Hemlock-Beech-Oak-Pine Forest Hemlock-Cinnamon Fern Forest Hemlock-Cinnamon Fern Swamp Red Maple-Sensitive Fern Swamp Red Maple-Sphagnum Basin Swamp Significant Ecological Areas Wallman South Black Gum Swamp - 1-acre basin swamp in middle of lot, wildlife habitat, seasonal pools, ecellent feeding area for woodcock, turkey, deer Typical Wildlife Species Mammals Deer Mouse Eastern Coyote Gray Squirrel Hairy-tailed Mole Meadow Vole Porcupine Raccoon Red Squirrel Short-tailed Shrew Snowshoe Hare White-tailed Deer Reptiles/Amphibians Birds American Robin American Woodcock Baltimore Oriole Bobolink Chipping Sparrow Indigo Bunting Northern Cardinal Ruffed Grouse Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Wild Turkey Yellow Warbler American Toad Garter Snake Green Frog Pickerel Frog Red-spotted Newt Spring Peeper Treefrog Wood Frog Probable: Eastern Milksnake Redbelly Snake Ringneck Snake Wallman Easement South Page ii Fish/Aquatic Macros Dot-tailed Whiteface Eastern Forktail Four-spotted Skimmer Green-striped Darner Marsh Bluet Racket-tailed Emerald Springtime Darner Stream Criuiser Widow Skimmer

6 NALMC Current Condition Summaries (cont'd) General Topography Flat, hilltop terrain with perched till soils that have been modified for agriculture; two swamp basins in an otherwise upland open land area Soil Types Endoaquents, sandy PD (1.1%) Paton, v. stony WD (46.7%) Ridgebury & Whitman, v. stony PD & VPD (24.7%) Udorthents, smoothed ED (.3%) Woodbridge, v. stony MWD (27.2%) Current Stocking red maple, hemlock, white pine, black gum Timber Access Good, but very little viable upland timber on property Operating Chance Timber Management Constraints Wet Soils (25.8%) Steep slopes (0%) Bouldery & ledgy terrain (0%) Rare & Endangered species habitat (none known) Non-forest (70.1%) Poor Stewardship/Management Goals NALMC Forest Management Restrictions Map Wallman Easement South Page iii