During the Revolutionary War, Pond of Safety offered refuge for American soldiers captured and freed by the British. Today, five streams provide over 10 miles of special riparian habitat that supports bear, coyote, moose and several boreal species of birds. In 2001, the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program, the Trust for Public Land and the towns of Jefferson and Randolph, New Hampshire, worked with Hancock Timber Resource Group to protect 13,500 acres surrounding Pond of Safety. Through land sales and a conservation easement, Pond of Safety now links two tracts of the White Mountain National Forest.