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WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE – NORTHEAST TURTLES: STATE CONSERVATION AREA NETWORKS AND PLANS HELP GUIDE ON-

THE-GROUND CHANGE ON PRIVATE LANDS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Josh MegyesyNH Fish & Game Dept.

Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program

11 Hazen Dr.

Concord, NH 03301

603-271-1126

Joshua.Megyesy@wildlife.nh.gov

Initiative provides options and incentives to willing landowners for

improvements to habitats and BMPs

• Easements, restoration, and habitat management (e.g., nesting creation/enhancement)

• Buffers, filter strips, brush management

• Early successional habitat development

• Seasonal timing of land management

Using guidelines and focal areas developed

through regional efforts are essential for

greatest conservation benefit

• Workshops and on-

site trainings for

NRCS

conservationists and

other staff

• Region by region,

targeting specific

areas of interest

• Keeping turtles in the

conversation on

private land within

focal areas

• Working with NRCS

state biologist to

develop materials for

landowners and staff

Funding for NHFG staff to provide tech.

assistance and monitoring through a

NFWF/NRCS grant

Land Protection:

• The Nature Conservancy

• Southeast Land Trust

• Bear-Paw Regional Greenways

Currently many turtle practices fall under EQIP(environmental quality incentives program)

WRE (wetland reserve easements) for land

protection and habitat improvement

In development is a Conservation

Practice Standard for turtles: State by

state participation with dedicated funding

for turtle specific practices

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