Positions

Overview

  • Matt is a professional wildlife biologist and NH Licensed forester. As State Wildlife Habitat Specialist for UNH Cooperative Extension he works throughout NH in close partnership with the NH Fish & Game Department to assist private landowners and communities improve habitat for wildlife. His specialties include planning commercial timber harvesting to improve forested wildlife habitat, shrubland & young forest ecology & management, field management to benefit vertebrate and invertebrate wildlife, wetlands wildlife ecology, the role of native and invasive plants as habitat for wildlife, and bird ecology & identification.

    Matt works out of his home office in Gilmanton Ironworks, NH
  • Principal Investigator On

  • Technical Information and Guid  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2021 - 2023
  • Technical Information and Guidance in Wildlife Management - Job I Technical Assistance  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2021 - 2023
  • Ext Wildlife Conservation  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2019 - 2021
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2019 - 2021
  • NRCS Turtle Monitoring and Conservation  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2017 - 2019
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2018 - 2019
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2018 - 2019
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2018 - 2019
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2018 - 2019
  • Document Entire Community of Adult and Fledgling Shrubland-and Mature Forest-Nesting Songbirds  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2016 - 2019
  • Document Entire Community of Adult and Fledgling Shrubland-and Mature Forest-Nesting Songbirds  awarded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 2017 - 2019
  • Use of Transmission Line ROW & Clearcuts Buy Adult and Juvenile Birds  awarded by Nuttall Ornithological Club Inc 2017 - 2018
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2017 - 2018
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2017 - 2018
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2017 - 2018
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2017 - 2018
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2015 - 2017
  • New England Cottontail  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2015 - 2017
  • Technical Info and Guidance (NH F&G Cooperative Agreement I)  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2015 - 2017
  • Vegetation and Landscape Characteristics Predicting the Occurence of Declining Shrubland-Dependent Songbirds in Four Types of Anthropogenic Shrubland Habitats  awarded by Nuttall Ornithological Club Inc 2015 - 2017
  • The Effects of Invasive Shrubs on Insect Abundance and Seasonal Fecundity of Common Yellowthroats in Powerline Corridors  awarded by Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) 2011 - 2015
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2013 - 2015
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2013 - 2015
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2013 - 2015
  • Metapopulation Dynamics of Shrubland Birds in Openings Management for New England Cottontails  awarded by Wildlife Management Institute 2014
  • Effects of Invasive Shrubs on Songbird Breeding Success in New Hampshire Powerline Corridors  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2012 - 2014
  • The Effects of Invasive Shrubs on Insect Abundance and Seasonal Fecundity of Common Yellowthroats in Powerline Corridors  awarded by American Wildlife Conservation Foundation, Inc. 2011 - 2014
  • The Effects of Exotic Shrubs on the Breeding Success of Songbirds Nesting in Powerline Rights-of-Ways in the Northeast US  awarded by Avian Power Line Interaction Committee 2013
  • Extension Wildlife Technical Training and Information  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2011 - 2013
  • Extension Wildlife Technical Training and Information  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2010 - 2011
  • Extension Wildlife Technical Training and Information  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2009 - 2010
  • Critical Habitats Outreach Project  awarded by New Hampshire Charitable Foundation 2009 - 2010
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2008 - 2009
  • NH Landowner Incentive Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2008 - 2009
  • Wildlife Action Plan Job 1: Project Management  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2008 - 2009
  • Wildlife Action Plan Job 1: Project Management  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2007 - 2008
  • Extension Wildlife Conservation Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2007 - 2008
  • NH Landowner Incentive Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 2007 - 2008
  • Teaching Activities

  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2020
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2020
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2019
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2019
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2018
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2018
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2017
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2017
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/Natural Resource Taught course 2016
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2016
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2016
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2015
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2015
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2014
  • Wildlife Habitats Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • A.A.S. Forestry Technology, University of New Hampshire
  • B.S. Wildlife&Wildlands Sci.&Mgmt, University of New Hampshire
  • M.S. Wildlife&Wildlands Sci.&Mgmt, University of New Hampshire
  • Full Name

  • Matthew Tarr