Wapack Wilderness

The Wapack Wilderness is a convert|1400|acre|km2|0|sing=on tract of forest in the towns of Rindge and New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The land is owned by the Hampshire Country School, a small, private school for students who do not thrive in traditional settings. It abuts Binney Pond Natural Area and land conserved by the New England Forestry Foundation [http://www.newenglandforestry.org/] . Watatic Mountain Wildlife Area [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/rmp/rmp-mtWatatic.htm] is two miles (3 km) to the southeast, and Annett State Forest [http://www.nhparks.state.nh.us/ParksPages/Annett/Annett.html] is two miles (3 km) to the northeast. The headwaters of the Millers River flow from the area, feeding into Converse Meadows and Lake Monomonac before entering Massachusetts [Poor, Eric. "Easement would protect convert|1400|acre|km2|0: Rindge, New Ipswich conservation commissions each plan $50K donation to $1.4 million effort." Monadnock Ledger-Transcript 30 January 2007: 3.] .

The wilderness contains more than a mile of the historic Wapack Trail and features wetlands, rare natural communities, rocky ridges, and old-growth forest. The area is rich with wildlife, including moose, bobcat, fisher, mink, weasel, beaver, otter, white-tailed deer, coyote, red fox, ducks, warblers, and salamanders.

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External links

* [http://www.hampshirecountryschool.org/ Hampshire Country School]
* [http://www.wapack.org/ Friends of the Wapack]
* [http://www.newipswichcc.org/ New Ipswich Conservation Commission]
* [http://www.newildernesstrust.org/article/articleview/8645 Northeast Wilderness Trust]