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c {, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We wish to thank Dr. Thomas D. Lee, C. Barre Hellquist and 

 Mark J. McDonnell for their helpful comments on the manuscript. 

 The cooperation and support of Mr. Richard W. Dyer, Office of 

 Endangered Species, USFWS and Mr John Lanier, White Mountain 

 National Forest, USFS is gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks 

 is due Ms. Sherry Holmes, Mr. Robert Vinton and Mr. Douglas 

 Ryder, undergraduate students at the University of New Hampshire 

 who braved many hours of inclement weather to gather data for the 

 project. Tess Feltes prepared the cover illustration and graphs. 



Programs of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station are open to all 

 persons without regard to race, color, national origin or sex. The University of New 

 Hampshire is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. 



