Cornish Wildlife Management Area

Wildlife Management Area in New Hampshire, US

Cornish Wildlife Management Area

Connecticut River boat access after ice-out, 2019. Mount Ascutney in Vermont in the background.

Nearest town| Cornish, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 43°28′43.25″N 72°22′40.33″W﻿ / ﻿43.4786806°N 72.3778694°W﻿ / 43.4786806; -72.3778694
Governing body| New Hampshire Fish & Game Department
Website| wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/wma/cornish.html

The Cornish Wildlife Management Area is one of 124 New Hampshire State Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). It is located in Cornish and covers 29 acres (120,000 m2; 12 ha).

## History

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The Cornish WMA was purchased in 1972 with Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act funds to, in this case, provide anglers access to the Connecticut River. A boat ramp was subsequently built on the property in 1974.[1] As of May 2013, there were eight agricultural preservation restrictions or conservation easements along New Hampshire Route 12A in Cornish, all of which have been set up by private landowners to protect the farmland for future generations. The Cornish Wildlife Management Area and Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish also protect land along Route 12A.[2]

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## WMAs

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WMAs, in general, are designated for protection and improvement of habitat wildlife, and for public recreation, including hunting, fishing, trapping (by permit only), and wildlife watching. WMAs are subsidized by the Federal government under the authority of the Dingell–Johnson Act (aka the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act), enacted in 1950, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for state fish restoration and management plans and projects.[3]

## See also

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### Other nearby Wildlife Management Areas

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Vermont

* Little Ascutney Wildlife Management Area, Weathersfield and West Windsor – 860 acres and included Little Ascutney Mountain and Pierson's Peak
* Hawks Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Cavendish and Baltimore – 2,183 acres in the southern Green Mountains
* Knapp Brook Wildlife Management Area, Cavendish and Reading – 1,530 acres
* Arthur Davis Wildlife Management Area, Reading, Vermont, 7,788 acres
* Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area, Springfield – 216 acres
* Densmore Hill Wildlife Management Area, Hartland – 252 acres
* Plymsbury Wildlife Management Area, Plymouth – 1,859 acres

New Hampshire

* Spaulding Wildlife Management Area, Charlestown, New Hampshire – 54 acres, next to the Hubbard Hill State Forest
* Chase Island Wildlife Management Area, Cornish, New Hampshire – 10 acres on the Connecticut River

### Nearby state lands

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* Pillsbury State Park, Goshen, New Hampshire
* Gile State Forest, Springfield, New Hampshire

### National Wildlife Refuges in New Hampshire and Vermont

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New Hampshire

* Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
* John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
* Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
* Wapack National Wildlife Refuge

Vermont

* Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

## References

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1. ^ Cornish Wildlife Management Area, geographical data via GeoNames
2. ^ Natural Resources Inventory, Cornish, New Hampshire, Cornish Conservation Commission (2013)
3. ^ "Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act". Federal Wildlife Laws Handbook. Center for Wildlife Law, University of New Mexico School of Law. n.d. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2008.

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Protected areas of New Hampshire

Federal|

| National Historic Parks and Sites|

* Saint-Gaudens NHP

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National Forests|

* White Mountain

National Trails|

* Appalachian Trail

National wild and scenic rivers|

* Lamprey River
* Nashua River
* Wildcat Brook

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Great Bay
* John Hay
* Silvio O. Conte
* Umbagog
* Wapack

Other protected areas|

* Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State|

| State parks|

* Ahern
* Androscoggin
* Annett
* Bear Brook
* Beaver Brook Falls
* Bedell Bridge
* Cardigan
* Chesterfield Gorge
* Clough
* Coleman
* Crawford Notch
* Daniel Webster Birthplace
* Deer Mountain Campground
* Dixville Notch
* Echo Lake
* Eisenhower Memorial
* Ellacoya
* Endicott Rock
* Forest Lake
* Fort Constitution
* Fort Stark
* Franconia Notch
* Franklin Pierce Homestead
* Gardner Memorial Wayside
* Governor Wentworth Historic Site
* Greenfield
* Hampton Beach
* Hannah Duston Memorial
* Jenness
* Jericho Mountain
* Kingston
* Lake Francis
* Lake Tarleton
* Madison Boulder
* Milan Hill
* Miller
* Mollidgewock
* Monadnock
* Moose Brook
* Mt. Sunapee
* Mt. Washington
* Nansen Ski Jump
* North Hampton
* Northwood Meadows
* Odiorne Point
* Pawtuckaway
* Pillsbury
* Pisgah
* Rhododendron
* Robert Frost
* Rollins
* Rye Harbor
* Sculptured Rocks
* Silver Lake
* Taylor Mill
* Umbagog Lake
* Wadleigh
* Wallis Sands
* Weeks
* Wellington
* Wentworth
* Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion
* White Island
* White Lake
* Winslow

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State forests|

* Abbott
* Agnew
* Allen
* Alton Bay
* Ames
* Ammonoosuc
* Annett
* Annie Duncan
* Ashenden
* Ayers
* Ballard
* Bear Mountain
* Belknap Mountain
* Benton
* Big Island
* Black Mountain
* Blair
* Blue Job Mountain
* Bowditch-Runnels
* Cape Horn
* Carroll
* Casalis
* Chemung
* Cilley
* Connecticut Lakes
* Connecticut River
* Contoocook
* Conway Common Lands
* Cowden
* Craney Hill
* Cushman
* Davisville
* Davis-White
* Devils Slide
* District #5
* Dodge Brook
* Eaton
* Fall Mountain
* Fay
* Feuer
* Foster & Colburn
* Fox
* Gay
* George Duncan
* Gile
* Gilmore
* Goodwin-Chandler
* Grant
* Green Mountain
* Hamel
* Harriman-Chandler
* Haven
* Hemenway
* Hodgman
* Honey Brook
* Hubbard Hill
* Huston-Morgan
* Hyland Hill
* Kearsarge Mountain
* Lang Station
* Lead Mine
* Leighton
* Litchfield
* Little Pine River
* Livermore Falls
* Lord Pines
* Lovewell Mountain
* Low
* Marshall
* Mascoma
* Mast Yard
* Max Israel
* Meadow Pond
* Merrimack River
* Merriman
* Mt. Major
* Nash Stream
* Nottingham
* Nursery
* Opechee Bay
* Page
* Page's Corner
* Paugus Bay
* Percy
* Pine River
* Piscataquog
* Powwow River
* Prescott
* Province Road
* Ragged Mountain
* Reed's Ferry
* Rock Rimmon
* Russell
* Russell-Abbott
* Russell-Shea
* Saltmarsh Pond
* Sanborn
* Scribner-Fellows
* Second Presidential
* Sentinel Mountain
* Shadow Hill
* Shaker
* Shieling
* Sky Pond
* Soucook River
* Southeast
* Stevens Pines
* Strawberry Hill
* Sugar Hill
* Swain
* Taylor
* Totten Trails
* Upton-Morgan
* Urban Forestry Center
* Vienna Smith
* Vincent
* Wade
* Walker
* Welton Falls
* West Iron Works Road
* White Farm
* William Thomas
* Woodman

Wildlife management areas|

* Cornish

Other|

* Chandler Reservation
* Kauffmann Forest
* Lost River Reservation
* Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary
* Sheldrick Forest Preserve

* New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

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