Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
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Larson Creek Watershed<br />
Larson Creek is a 4-mile long intermittent stream originating in Cunningham Swamp. The<br />
stream flows through rural areas and pastures before emptying in<strong>to</strong> Sand Bay. Larson Creek is part of an<br />
8.9 square mile watershed.<br />
• The surrounding land use is predominantly cropland with lesser amounts of idle cropland, other<br />
natural area, and single family residential.<br />
• Soils are shallow <strong>to</strong> deep, well drained, and almost level <strong>to</strong> moderately steep. A sandy loam or loam<br />
subsoil overlays sandy loam or find sandy loam till or dolos<strong>to</strong>ne bedrock. (USDA SCS 1978).<br />
• Larson Creek is classified as a warm water forage fishery, with a fair habitat ranking.<br />
• Fish known <strong>to</strong> use the stream include walleye, northern pike, and white sucker. Snapping turtle<br />
(Chelydra serpentines) are also known <strong>to</strong> live in the stream.<br />
• It is unknown if nay threatened or endangered plant and animal species are present, as biological<br />
inven<strong>to</strong>ries have not been completed.<br />
CONSERVATION GOALS:<br />
• Enhance and maintain the integrity of the large lowland cedar and ash swamps (i.e., May and<br />
Cunningham Swamps).<br />
• Res<strong>to</strong>re and maintain the water quality and landscape buffers along the stream corridors <strong>to</strong> protect the<br />
fish spawning areas of Lost Creek and Larson Creek.<br />
THREATS:<br />
• Possible threats <strong>to</strong> this large wetland complex include the effects of nearby agriculture and future<br />
residential growth.<br />
• There are major sinkholes and solution features receiving non-point source pollution, creating the<br />
potential for water quality problems.<br />
• Sedimentation threatens wetlands in this complex.<br />
• Carp in the harbor and surrounding wetlands stir-up low-lying sediment disturbing native plant and<br />
animal growth.<br />
INFORMATION NEEDS / GAPS:<br />
• Plant and animal inven<strong>to</strong>ries are needed<br />
• Develop a list of individuals and organizations interested in conservation efforts<br />
Sawyer Harbor / Lost Creek & Larson Creek Watersheds Complex 73