Conservation: Botany of the Bearcamp Valley Corridor
Apart from the implications for wildlife resulting from contiguous forest blocks, “biological corridors” also are essential to maintaining biodiversity. As the climate changes, the ranges of specific species will alter. This is true for all five dominant NH forest species in accordance with both primary climate models (Canadian climate Model & Hadley Climate Model), and specifically so for Sugar maple which is thought to be nonexistent or close to nonexistent in NH forests by 2050. Range movement becomes increasingly difficult in a fragmented landscape. Certain species may experience geographic “patch” isolation lending to regional extinction. As such, biodiversity must be a primary component to the importance of establishing wildlife/easement corridors.
