 Flora and fauna in the preserve include more than 500 types of trees and wildflowers, the pink lady's slipper, cardinal flower, and Indian pipe, such animals as red fox, bobcat, coyote, eastern copperhead snake, and more than 140 bird species, including wood duck, ruffed grouse, pileated woodpecker.People have used the area for hunting as far back as 5,000 years ago, according to archaeological evidence found in the park.A sawmill was once located below Godfrey Pond in the preserve, a part of the area's history as a lumbering and charcoal-burning center, especially in the 19th century.