Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Research

Division

Habitat

Survey Name

Survey Purpose

Nulhegan

Forest

Predicting Density and Occurrence of Keystone (Snowshoe Hare) and Umbrella (American Marten) Species using LiDAR

To identify and predict structural conditions that are critical for both Snowshoe Hare (early successional) and American Marten (late successional) at landscape scales that will directly inform forest management in the region.

Nulhegan

Forest

Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative  Project

To evaluate the use of habitats and movements of American Woodcock during migration.

Nulhegan

Forest

Northern Institue of Applied Climate Science Forest Management Project

To evaluate the efficacy of adaptive silviculture climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

Learn more about climate change management techniques within the Nulhegan Basin Division spruce-fir forests. 

Nulhegan

Forest

Functional Diversity, Rehabilitation, and Ecosystem Service Resiliance  Project

To develop, evaluate and describe new and alternative management approaches that can significantly increase ecosystem health and resilience, while enhancing timber productivity, biodiversity and greenhouse gas sequestration in degraded stands in the Northern Forest Region.

Nulhegan

Forest

Evaluate Winter Tick Population and Impacts on Moose

Evaluation of the winter tick population and impacts on Moose.