Gale Meadows Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is an approximately 707-acre parcel located in the towns of Londonderry and Winhall. It is owned by the State of Vermont and managed by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. It includes a 195-acre man-made pond that averages 8 feet deep and has a maximum depth of about 20 feet. The principal tributary to the pond is Mill Brook. Sited on a peninsula along the western shoreline is an 1800’s vintage farmhouse and barn. The property and pond can be accessed by the developed boat launch located at the easternmost point of the pond off Haven Hill Road in Londonderry. Another option is to park on the shoulder of the Winhall Hollow Road, which bisects the northwesterly portion of the property. Though located in the Southern Green Mountains biophysical region of Vermont, the terrain on Gale Meadows WMA is gently rolling. The highest elevation within the WMA is 1,465 feet and the lowest is 1,335 feet, the high water mark of the pond. It contains forested wetlands, several small meadows, and forest cover of mostly softwoods such as white pine, red spruce, balsam fir and hemlock. Much of the land provides habitat for deer, including approximately 50 acres of deer-wintering area. The pond and surrounding lands are used by a variety of wildlife. Rare species found within Gale Meadows WMA include Eastern pearlshell mussel, low water milfoil, and there has been one sighting of a black-backed woodpecker. Significant natural communities within Gale Meadows WMA include spruce-fir tamarack swamp, dwarf shrub bog, vernal pools and seeps.