Northwood Area Land Management Collaborative (NALMC)
Lot Name
Lot Code
Gall
Landowner
Gallagher CE
Town
Northwood
Current Condition Summaries
Lot Size (ac.) Lot Size (ha.)
Gallagher, Chris,Dorothy
228-3
Map-Lot
County
Location
Rockingham
79.07
Acres Conserved
Chris & Dorothy Gallagher
33 Winding Hill Rd
Northwood, NH 03261
Boundary Description
NW bound along Winding Hill Rd and Wallman hedgerow wall; NE edge
along stonewall of Wallman CE NE; southeast bound along NMSP (well
blazed, mostly stonewall); SW bound running centerline to Old
Mountain Road
Site Visit #1
4-30-2013
Site Visit #2
12-21-2013
Site Visit #3
3-16-2015
Site Visit #4
Acres by Type
52.02
Upland Forest
7.92
Wetland Forest
17.61
Open Upland
Open Wetland
Developed
1.52
Other
Frontage
Roads in feet
410
Trails in feet
2678
Per. stream in ft
Lake or pond in ft
Public Access
x
Motorized
Hiking/Walking
Hunting/Fishing
Public Access Notes
Van de Poll / EMC
79.07
Landowner Contact Info
East side Winding Hill Road next to Wallman
None Allowed
32.00
x
Private easement (not posted)
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NALMC - Current Condition Summaries (cont'd)
Natural Communities
Black Gum-Red Maple Basin Swamp
House & garden
Hay field
Upland Scrub
Hemlock-Beech-Oak-Pine Forest
Hemlock-Beech-Oak-Pine (aggrading)
Hemlock-Cinnamon Fern Forest
Hemlock-Cinnamon Fern Swamp
Intermittent Stream
Mixed Hardwoods (aggrading)
Red Maple-Sensitive Fern Swamp/Stream
Red Maple-Senstive Fern Swamp
Red Maple-Sphagnum Basin Swamp
Semi-Rich Oak-Sugar Maple Forest
Scrub-Shrub Upland (regenerating)
Vernal Pool
Significant Ecological Areas
NMSP-Gallagher Black Gum Swamp Complex - uncommon
swamp type, rare plants, excellent wildlife habitat
Wallman-Gallagher Basin Swamp - uncommon swamp type,
groundwater discharge site, wildlife habitat, deer wintering
area
Typical Wildlife Species
Mammals
Black Bear
Eastern Coyote
Ermine
Gray Squirrel
Mink
Moose (old)
Porcupine
Raccoon
Red Fox
Red Squirrel
Snowshoe Hare
Striped Skunk
White-tailed Deer
Van de Poll / EMC
Reptiles/Amphibians
Birds
American Crow
Black-and-White Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pine Warbler
Ruffed Grouse
Tree Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wild Turkey
Dusky Salamander
Green Frog
Red-backed Salamander
Red-spotted Newt
Spring Peeper
Treefrog
Two-lined Salamander
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Fish/Aquatic Macros
Cicada-killer
Fiery Searcher Beetle
Scud (amphipod)
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Spotted Cranefly
Stick case Caddisfly (Fabria sp.)
NALMC Current Condition Summaries (cont'd)
General Topography
Watershed divide property, with eastern section draining
southerly into the Lamprey R.; eastern forested part
moderately well-drained with sev. intermittent streams
Soil Types
Chatfield-Hollis-Canton fsl WD (16.6%)
Montauk fsl WD (4.3%)
Paxton fsl WD (41.5%)
Ridgebury & Whitman, v. stony PD & VPD (7.7%)
Scituate-Newfields, v. stony MWD (7.1%)
Woodbridge, v. stony MWD (19.8%)
Other soils: (3.0%)
Current Stocking
Timber Management Constraints
red maple, beech, hemlock, white pine, red oak
Wet Soils (10.7%)
Steep slopes (17.8%)
Bouldery & ledgy terrain (0%)
Rare & Endangered species habitat (none known)
Non-forest (24.2%)
Timber Access
Excellent, off Winding Hill Rd via Old Mountain Road
Operating Chance
Good to Excellent, some seeps, stream, and basin wetlands
Stewardship/Management Goals
NALMC Forest Management Restrictions Map
1) Maintain open fields for grassland birds
(bobolinks) and flower pollinators
2) Maintain Old Mountain Road for NALMC Trail
and access to eastern portion of the property
3) Conduct timber management operations in
winter to protect integrity of streams and seepages
in eastern part
4) Continue to promote patch cuts to increase early
successional habitat species diversity (American
woodcock, ruffed grouse, etc.)
5) Maintain a 100-foot buffer from black gum
swamps in north central and northeastern parts to
protect integrity of basin swamps
Van de Poll / EMC
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