Whitetails in Winter
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Let's Go Fishing
"Let's go fishing!" seems like a straightforward invitation. Just hike to the
shore or hop in a boat and go -- right? But for someone with a disability, a
fishing trip may not be quite so simple. Volunteer fishing instructor Tony Monterio
helps make the experience available to all anglers. He's part of the N.H. Fish
and Game "Let's Go Fishing" program that removes barriers for people with disabilities
who want to fish. Let's Go Fishing coordinator Mark Beauchesne teaches casting
and angling techniques to the disabled on the Androscoggin River. Join Monterio's
fishing party on Highland Lake. Wildlife Journal also talks with beginner
anglers and visits with visually-handicapped campers learning to fish on Lake
Kanasaka.
This program segment depicts a project that was funded in part by your purchase
of firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing tackle and motorboat fuels
through the Federal
Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs.
Wild
Ways: Snowshoeing
For thousands of years, long before today's lightweight styles became popular
for wintertime trekking, native people used snowshoes to travel in winter weather.
For modern-day explorers, snowshoes offer an excellent way to see wildlife when
everything seems to be buried under sky-high snowdrifts.
Nikki Pizzo, a naturalist with the Appalachian Mountain Club <www.outdoors.org>,
leads host Lisa Densmore into the high country on snowshoes to look for signs
of life in the middle of a White Mountain winter.
Whitetails in Winter
New Hampshire's harsh winters take a toll on the official state animal, the
white-tailed deer, since the state is at the northern limit of its habitat. Some
folks think they are helping the wild deer by feeding the herd but biologists
from N.H. Fish and Game caution against this. UNH grad student Matt Ross and
Fish and Game biologist Will Staats study the deer and explain how people and
the animals can live better together. Follow Ross as he collects browse for
his study, and learn about the Kilkenny deer energy expenditure study.
This program segment depicts a project that was funded in part by your purchase
of firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing tackle and motorboat fuels
through the Federal
Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs.
Wild
Places: Sculptured Rocks Natural Area
The Cockermouth River looks tame enough... but over the millennia, its flowing
waters have fashioned a granite fantasyland known as Sculptured Rocks Natural
Area. Sculptured Rocks began many years ago as a one-acre acquisition by the
state of New Hampshire; today, the area encompasses hundreds of acres of conservation
land. Sugar maple, yellow birch, hemlock and pine have grown up out of former
pastureland to create a unique forest habitat.
It's a nice place to have a picnic, take some pictures, explore, fish for brook trout. Most of all, it's a geologist's -- or a surrealist's -- dream: the rock has been smoothly scoured into polished ledges, potholes, and serpentine shapes -- the strangest collection of natural artwork this side of Utah.
Sculptured Rocks offers no conveniences -- just a place to park and a walking trail -- but the scenery and recreation make it one of the natural gems of New Hampshire.
Sculptured Rocks is two miles west of Groton village between N.H. Routes 3A
and 118. Access is from Sculptured Rocks Road, off Groton Road. The N.H. Division
of Parks and Recreation maintains a page about Sculptured Rocks at www.nhparks.state.nh.us/ParksPages/NaturalHome.html.
Click
here to download a map of the area.
