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NH 7. Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge (Cherry Ponds). Acreage: 700. 



Location: Jefferson County; Whitefield, N.H.-Vt. Quadrangle; 5 miles E of 

 Whitefield Village; reached via U.S. 3 and Rt. 1 15; from the Whitefield airport, 

 drive 1 mile N along the Boston and Maine RR right-of-way and then follow the 

 tracks 1 mile further on foot. 



Description: Two northern bog ponds including 87 acre Cherry Pond and the 

 several acre Little Cherry Pond. Cherry Pond averages about 3 ft in depth. Both 

 ponds are decreasing in size as bog development progresses. They attract 

 Hooded Mergansers, Wood Ducks, and Pied-billed Grebes. The greatest con- 

 centration of nesting Ring-necked Ducks in the state has been recorded for 

 these ponds. Bald Eagles and Marsh Hawks have also been reported. Cherry 

 Pond is the type locality for two water plants — Potamogeton robbinsii and 

 Eleocharis robbinsii. Dr. J. W. Robbins discovered these plants in 1829. An ex- 

 tensive, largely open, black spruce-tamarack heath surrounds Cherry Pond and 

 a narrow floating bog mat surrounds Little Cherry Pond. Beaver activity has 

 been about the only disturbance. 



References: Lyon, C. J., and H. F. Bormann (eds.). 1962. Natural areas of New 

 Hampshire, p. 39. 



Encroachments: None currently; however, construction of flood control dams is 

 possible at any time and lumbering is another potential threat to the area. 



Ownership: Brown Co. of Berlin, N.H. and New Hampshire Audubon Society 

 (304 acres). 



Data source: Henry A. Laramie, Jr., New Hampshire Fish and Game Depart- 

 ment, 34 Bridge St., Concord, N.H. 03301; Paul G. Favour, Jr., Acadia National 

 Park, Bar Harbor, Me. 04609. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Tudor Richards, Executive Director, Audubon 

 Society of New Hampshire, 63 North Main St., Concord, N.H. 03301 . 



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