Provide technical information and assistance to landowners, land managers, foresters, conservation agencies and organizations, and other decision makers so that important fish and wildlifehabitats are…

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded New Hampshire Fish & Game a Formula Grant of $854,000 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. This award funds technical assistance and information services designed to support fish and wildlife habitat conservation across New Hampshire. Key deliverables include providing technical guidance to landowners, land managers, foresters, and conservation agencies on habitat identification, management, and protection; assisting public and private landowners with enhancement, restoration, or protection of significant wildlife habitats; identifying and conserving high-priority lands; and delivering training to landowners, natural resource professionals, and local decision makers on wildlife conservation techniques and human-wildlife conflict resolution.

Expected outcomes of the grant include more informed decision-making by landowners and managers regarding wildlife habitats, increased adoption of wildlife-friendly practices on both public and private lands, and expansion of acreage managed or conserved for wildlife statewide. The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension serves as a planned sub-recipient conducting numerous grant activities. Primary beneficiaries are landowners, their representatives, local and statewide decision makers, and the broader public that benefits from improved wildlife conservation and habitat management practices across the state.

Provide technical information and assistance to landowners, land managers, foresters, conservation agencies and organizations, and other decision makers so that important fish and wildlifehabitats are properly identified, managed and protected. Activities include assisting public and privatelandowners with enhancing, restoring, or protecting significant habitats on their properties, assisting withidentifying and conserving high priority lands for wildlife, providing training to landowners, natural resourceprofessionals, and local decision makers on wildlife and habitat conservation techniques, as well as resolvinghuman-wildlife conflicts. Expected outcomes include more informed decisions by landowners and managers withrespect to wildlife habitats, more wildlife-friendly practices on both private and public lands, and more acresmanaged or conserved for wildlife. Intended beneficiaries are landowners, their agents, and local and statewidedecision makers, who want information about wildlife and who will be encouraged to incorporate improved habitatmanagement practices on their lands and in their policies. Wildlife, and the public that enjoys these resources, will benefit from more acres managed or conserved for wildlife statewide. The university of new hampshirecooperative extension is a planned subrecipient under this project conducting many of these activities.