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Appendix 2.Lower New England\Northern PiedmontPriority Bird Species of LNE-NP: Secondary TargetsSpeciesAI- PT-09 PIF09 AI-17 PT- PIF17 AI- PT-27 PIF 27 GLOBAL Habitat Comments0917 27Bicknell's Thrush 2 3 23 4 3 24 21 Northern forest,mountain topimportant to north,watchlistWood Thrush 4 5 24 4 2 21 5 5 24 20 Hardwood forest watchlistBlue-winged Warbler 5 5 26 3 2 20 2 3 20 19 ShrubGolden-winged Warbler 2 4 26 3 2 25 2 3 25 25 Shrub watchlistBlack-throated Blue Warbler 2 3 22 2 3 21 3 2 21 20 Northern hardwood high scores in all,important to north,watchlistPrairie Warbler 3 5 23 2 2 19 2 3 20 20 Shrub watchlistCerulean Warbler 2 3 24 2 3 25 25 Swamp/hardwood high scores, inc inregion, watchlistProthonotary Warbler 2 3 21 2 3 21 21 Swamp/hardwood high enough scores,low AI, watchlistWorm-eating Warbler 3 3 24 4 3 25 21 Hardwood watchlistLouisiana Waterthrush 4 3 23 4 1 20 3 2 20 19 HardwoodKentucky Warbler 2 3 21 2 3 21 19 Hardwood/shrub high enough scoreslow AI, watchlistComments:Bicknell’s Thrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler will be priorities in the northern portion of the ecoregion.Prothonotary Warbler and Kentucky Warbler will be priorities to the south.Dickcissel, Henslow’s Sparrow, and Bobolink, although not appearing on this list because of low population sizes, should be considered a management priority when they occur atpriority sites.DC/MD nominated loggerhead shrike. The loggerhead shrike has a global PIF score is 17. The cutoff criteria for this bird list as 19.9/20/2000 CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT Page 1 of 1
Appendix 3Lower New England\Northern PiedmontViable Community Occurrences Grouped by SubregionSubregion So NE Plains Totals NE LNE Plains Totals Hudson River Totals No. Piedmont Total Mountain and Highlands Total GOAL SELECTED221Ae 221Af 221Ag 221Ai 221Al 221Ba 221Bb 221Bc 221Da 221Db 221Dc M212Bb M212Bc M212Bd M212Cb M212Ccbogs and acidic fensacidic dwarf shrub bog 2 6 8 5 4 9 2 2 1 1 4 6acidic dwarf shrub bog: northern 3 3 1 1Black spruce -tamarack bog 1 1fen: acidic 8 4 12 2 7 9 3 2 5PP bog50 56Calcareous fenfen: calcareous 11 11 4 2 6 2 2fen:neutral 2 1 3 1 1213 23Cliff/outcropcliff:acidic:low-mid elev. 1 6 1 1 1 1cliff:calc:high elev. 2 1 3cliff:calc:low-mid elev. 1 6 1 2 7 10 1 1 2cliff:neutral:low-mid elev. 1 1riverside outcrop & bluff 1 1 1 1 1 2 3traprock outcrop 1 1 2outcrop: calc: verylow to mid elev 1 1 1 2 3 3 3outcrop:acidic:low-mid 2 2 3 1 4outcrop:shale, low to mid elev 1 1open talus 1 1 1 1talus:neutral:northtalus:neutral:south 2 2talus:acidic 4 1 5 2 1 3talus:acidic/subacidic 1 1 1 325 66Deciduous or mixed woodlandPP-heath outwash woodlands 1 1PP-SO outwash woodlands 2 2 7 7 1 1PP-SO rocky summit 4 4 2 1 3 1 2 328 21Floodplain forest and woodlandFloodplain forest 4 4 3 2 5 2 1 3 1 7124 16Marsh and wet meadowmarsh 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 224 8Othercave 1 11Palustrine forest and woodlandhemlock hardwood swamp 2 2Hemlock swamp 1 1 1 1Red maple-NWC swamp 1 1red maple-tamarack calc peat swamp 2 1 3Black gum-redmaple swamp 2 2 1 1Black spruce swampNWC conifer swamp 1 1seepage forest 2 2seepage swamp: acidic 1 1 1 2 3seepage swamp: calc/neutral 7 7 2 2 2 2 4shrub swamp 1 1 1 1 2Spruce swamp 3 1 4swamp: acidic 3 3 5 1 6swamp: alluvial 1 1 2 1 1 1swamp:acidic308 47Pond and lakepond 1 1 2 2pond: alkaline 1 1 1 1pond: vernal 2 2Lake/lakeshore 1 1pondshore: calcareouspondshore:acidic 4 5 9 1 140 18Ridgetop/rocky summitsummit: acid, high elev 2 2summit: acid, low to mid 1 1 3 3 6 1 3 1 3 7summit: calc, high elev 1 19/20/2000 CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT 1
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Lower New England - Northern Piedmo
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TABLE OF CONTENTSCOVERINTRODUCTIONA
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IntroductionEcoregional Planning in
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AcknowledgementsEdited Version and
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combinations based on surficial geo
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Priorities and Leadership Assignmen
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Portfolio SummaryA total of 1,028 s
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each local population with respect
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potential target list for future co
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iteration ecoregional plans, specie
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RESULTS FOR SPECIES *Modification t
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documented in BCD making analysis v
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PLANNING METHODS FOR ECOREGIONAL TA
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sandy outwash and forested swamps a
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and distribution pattern for each e
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disproportionately large percentage
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to that ecoregion alone. Those syst
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Locating examples of patch-forming
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systems. Conversely, high elevation
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The minimum goals based on generic
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Results for Terrestrial Communities
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Table 6. Minimum conservation bench
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• The National Vegetation Classif
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of ecoregions, from the Northern Ap
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How much larger than the severe dam
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Scaling factors for Matrix Forest S
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Roads are also source areas for noi
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ungulates. We simply discussed thes
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conservation plan must be done to r
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position, its geology and its eleva
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this block, miles of streams, dams
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Connecting Area or Ecological Backd
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MATRIX SITE:NAME:STATE/S:SIZE:Total
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Block developmentTwo sets of ecoblo
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Table 12. A description of the elev
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There are 27 ELU types entirely mis
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Freshwater Ecoregions and Ecologica
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classes: size 1) headwaters to smal
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Figure 2: Watershed Aquatic System
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targets should also include conside
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have also not been extensively rese
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Table 5: Confidence Code1 High Conf
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TYPECHARACTERISTICSELU signatureSIZ
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Midreach streamentering large lakes
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Major stresses: Using the following
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Aquatic Systems Results for Lower N
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Figure 1: Ecological Drainage Unit
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IV. MiddleConnecticut3450 sq.mi.Riv
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Table 3: Fish and Mussel Distributi
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merrlowctcapeupctmidct3E-03100Nativ
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Figure 2: Size 2 Watershed SystemsR
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TWINSPAN RelationshipsThe hierarchi
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13 and 14 split from 15-17 primaril
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Table 5: Size 2 Watershed System Su
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Table 6: Size 3 Watershed System Su
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Figure 7: Reach Gradient ClassesREV
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Of these 480 possible combinations,
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Units supported the distinctiveness
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Condition ResultsGIS ScreeningSize
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Size 2 Watershed: Landscape Context
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Table 10: Size 2 Watershed Landscap
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Table 16: Dams on Size 2, 3,4 River
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Most of the dams in the analysis re
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Page 135 and 136: Range in Landscape Context Ranking
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Page 139 and 140: Table 27: Portfolio Size 2-4 Exampl
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Page 147 and 148: Threats AssessmentThe Core Team mad
Page 149 and 150: • Work with TNC Eastern Conservat
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Page 153 and 154: Ecological Land Unit (ELU):Mapping
Page 155 and 156: Integration: A portfolio assembly p
Page 157 and 158: Representativeness: Captures multip
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Page 165 and 166: KEY TO TERMS OF FEDERALLY LISTED SP
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Page 177: Appendix 2Lower New England\Norther
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Page 197 and 198: DRAFT LNE-NP Ecoregional Plan 9\20\
Page 199 and 200: BibiliographyLower New England GIS
Page 201 and 202: BibiliographyD.P. (compilers), 1994
Page 203 and 204: Bailey, R.G., P.E. Avers, T. King,
Page 205 and 206: Gerritsen, J., M.T. Barbour, and K.
Page 207 and 208: Leopold, L.B. and Wolman, M.G. 1957
Page 209 and 210: Pulliam, H.R., 1988. Sources, sinks
Page 211 and 212: Steedman, R.J. 1988. Modification a
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