Community Conservation Cohort 2022
SEPTEMBER 29
CONSERVATION TOOLS
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2022, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
The Zoom videoconferencing link will be sent to participants on September 28
This session will provide an enhanced understanding of the variety of conservation tools that are available to you to protect natural resources in your community.
AGENDA
Please complete preparatory work below before September 29
Watch
- Land Conservation Options (11 min.)
- NH Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) and Habitat Maps (14 min.)
Read/Review
- Conserving Your Land, Sections 1 and 2
- Find your local land trust/s on the NH Land Trusts Map
- Using Your NRI
- Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) Maps background
Community Group Work
- Familiarize yourself with your town-owned lands and their levels of protection. Are any of these lands managed for wildlife? Is there potential for future conservation or management?
- Review your commission's strategy for prioritizing lands overall for conservation, such as, a checklist, conservation plan, informal strategy etc. Review the Wildlife Action Plan maps and data for your town and consider how these can be used to help you prioritize areas for conservation.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
If you would like to explore more, dip into some of the resources below:
- Study: Land Conservation Boosts Local Economies
- Taking Action for Wildlife booklet
- Wildlife & Climate Change in NH (video, 22 mins)
- Habitat Stewardship brochures
- Focus on Wildlife brochures
- NH Wildlife Corridors
- Introductory Overview of GRANITView (video, 9 minutes)
- GRANITView Online Mapper
- Getting Started with GRANITView fact sheet
- Aquatic Restoration online Mapper
