Preface * Acknowledgements * Background * Pre-European Conditions * European Settlement Period * Wildlife Responses to Landscape Change * Why Can't We Just Let Nature Take Its Course? * Understanding Wildlife Habitats * Wildlife Habitat * Community Organization and Structure * Management Practices * Other Factors Affecting Wildlife Populations * Visualizing Forest Change and Wildlife Responses * Northern New England * No Management Scenario * Uneven-Aged Management Scenario * Even-Aged Management Scenario * Summary * Southern New England * No Management Scenario * Uneven-Aged Management Scenario * Even-Aged Management Scenario * Summary * Getting Started: An Inventory Checklist and a Prescription Key * Monitoring Your Success * Points to Remember * Appendixes * Appendix A: Common Woodland Wildlife Species Occuring in New England * Appendix B: Agencies and Organizations That Provide Technical Information * State Agencies that Provide Habitat Management Recommendations in New England * State Natural Heritage Programs That Privide Information on Ecosystems and Rare Species in New England * State Cooperative Extension Wildlife Specialists in New England * Sources of Spatial Information for Landscape Context in New England * Timberland and Woodland Owners Groups in New England * New England Forestry Links on the Internet * Notes On The Images Created To Visualize Forest Change * Literature Cited * Further Reading.