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Table D.1 Parcel Scoring Sheet Developed for the Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Rivers Conservation Plan Feature Parameters Parameter Variables Score Max. score Habitat Features (Total Points=70): Forests and Headwaters Parcel Forest Acreage ! ! 5 1–10 acres 1 — 11–50 acres 3 — >50 acres 5 — Parcel Forest Type Diversity ! ! 5 deciduous only 1 — mixed deciduous and conifer 3 — pure conifer stands >5 acres 5 — Forest with Headwaters Stream ! ! 5 1,000 ft of primary tributary forested 5 — Forest Part of Larger "Core" Forest ! ! 5 part of 50–100 acre uninterrupted forest 1 — part of 100–300 acre uninterrupted forest 3 — part of >300 acre uninterrupted forest 5 — Habitat Features: Wetlands Wetland Acreage ! ! 5 5 acres 5 — Wetland Type Diversity ! ! 5 1 type present (based upon NWI or 1 — observed) 2 types (e.g., emergent and forested) 3 — 3 types (e.g., multiple types of emergent) 5 — Habitat Features: Riparian areas Buffer Size and Quality ! ! 5 50–200 ft of forest or old field both sides 1 — 200–1000 ft forest or old field both sides 3 — >1,000 ft forest or old field both sides 5 — 248
Feature Parameters Parameter Variables Score Max. score Streamside Pastures Willing to ! ! 5 Fence will fence 50–200 ft of pasture 1 — will fence 200–1000 ft of pasture 3 — will fence >1,000 ft of pasture 5 — Special Floodplain Features ! ! 5 with one feature (e.g., floodplain) 1 — with 2 features (e.g., floodplain and 3 — terraces) 3+ features (e.g., also oxbows, old channels) 5 — Habitat Features: Fish Habitat and Fishing Access Stream Designation (HQ, CWF, ! ! 5 etc.) WWF 1 — CWF 3 — HQ-CWF 5 — Instream Fish Cover ! ! 5 with one feature (e.g. logs/woody debris) 1 — 2 features (e.g. logs, deep pools, undercut 3 — banks) 3+ features (e.g. also thick root mats, riffle 5 — substrate) Site Usage for Fishing ! ! 5 used for fishing 70% of time 5 — Owner Willing to Allow Public ! ! 5 Access access allowed but parking restricted 1 — access allowed and parking available 3 — on-site willingness to improve access on-site 5 — Improved Access to Other Fishing ! ! 5 Sites 300–600 ft new off-site fishable waters made accessible 1 — 249
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Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Pr
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land to development. Strong communi
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Human resources available to facili
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other communities, organizations, a
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TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures .
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8.3 Sustainable Development and Gov
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Figure 5.14. Average summer phospho
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Figure 10.3. Management Areas propo
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND PLAN AUTHORSHIP
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working with interested teacher and
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Figure 1.3. Perceived importance of
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1.3 Watershed Plan Focus The primar
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Figure 2.2. Detail of the south-cen
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Figure 2.4. Physiographic provinces
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westward. Although the paucity of f
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via the Erigan River, a major river
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Warren and Whittlesey can be found
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evised paleoenvironmental picture,
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characteristic ground stone tools,
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phase represent the most common Lat
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including flexed and extended inhum
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with the appearance of European tra
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania wa
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of $800 for the purchase of The Tri
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In addition to these townships, the
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Pittsburgh Railroad had reached New
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Figure 3.3. Density of registered a
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the Whittlesey and Warren III stran
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Table 3.3. Properties in the Study
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Table 3.3—continued Name Address
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Table 3.3—continued Name Address
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"Little Ice Age"), and the validity
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"massasaugies" (Eastern Massasauga
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eport (Col. John Fleeharty) lamente
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flowing streams. The starting point
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elow the park." Apparently the pump
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A submerged arching sand feature is
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of the lake plain and upland areas
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characteristics, and are important
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Lake section (see Figure 2.4). Nota
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Figure 5.2. Flow time series for Tw
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Figure 5.4. Flow time series for Co
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Figure 5.8. Flow per square mile pe
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area that have thicker glacial depo
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Table 5.4. Protected Water Uses for
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Stream Zone County 3—East Branch
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5.10.2 Permitted Discharges The two
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Figure 5.14. Average summer phospho
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Figure 5.15. Graphical analyses of
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Figure 5.17. Average summer nitrate
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Figure 5.19. Mercury concentrations
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Figure 5.20. Map showing locations
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Figure 5.22. Number of stream miles
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91 Figure 5.24. Results of Campbell
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Table 5.6. Range in Number of E. co
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Figure 5.26. Maximum E. coli counts
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The recent investigation completed
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Figure 5.30. Sources of known nondo
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6 NATURAL RESOURCES 6.1 Animal Life
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Rank Status Taxon Common Name Globa
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Table 6.2. Pennsylvania Vertebrate
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Table 6.3. Noted Occurrence of Spaw
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Figure 6.4. Water quality designati
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Figure 6.6. Fishing hours spent on
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Figure 6.7. Comparative analysis of
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Figure 6.9. Percentage breakdown of
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A small number of the birds listed
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phytoplankton by Dreissena allows l
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populations increase. Corbicula flu
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Rank Status Taxon Common name Globa
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Rank Status Taxon Common name Globa
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Two other forest wetland plant comm
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6.2.4 Emergent Wetlands Over half o
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alleghaniensis), sugar maple, red m
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Table 6.6.Percentage Composition of
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Figure 6.18. Detail of the largest
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Figure 7.1. Responses made by study
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Figure 7.3. Spatial distribution of
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Presque Isle State Park is connecte
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Table 7.2. Number of Recreational O
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lakefront recreational properties,
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Map Id Subwatershed Comment 51 41.5
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Bayfront Center for Maritime Studie
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Other watershed associations or wat
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Figure 8.1. Child poverty rates in
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comprehensive vision or plan, have
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and municipalities should be encour
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5. In order to sustain maximum biod
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10 PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR AC
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easements for riparian areas, and p
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Table 10.2 Management Areas Defined
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Figure 10.2. Example of how GIS can
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Figure 10.4. Example of how GIS can
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Watershed Portion MAs Main Subwater
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Restoration actions Management Area
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11 REFERENCES CITED Abrams, M. D. 2
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Broyles, B. J. 1971 Second Prelimin
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Cooper, N. L., J. R. Bidwell, and D
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Dzurko, Robert 1972 Conneaut Creek
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Goodyear, A. C. 1999 The Early Holo
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Jasim, S. Y., A. Irabelli, L. Schwe
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Leighton, R. 2006 Pennsylvania Fish
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Michaels, A. 2005 Pennsylvania Has
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2007d Waterways, Wetlands, and Eros
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Richardson, J. B., and J. B. Peters
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Soon, W. and S. Baliunas 2003 Proxy
Page 217 and 218: Tomikel and Shepps 1967 Trasande, L
Page 219: Whitley, D. S., and R. I. Dorn 1993
Page 223 and 224: Preparing For Watershed Conservatio
Page 225 and 226: Introduction (cont’d) In March of
Page 227 and 228: Executive Summary Overall, responde
Page 229 and 230: Executive Summary (cont’d) Cont
Page 231 and 232: Summary Of Key Groups (cont’d) Ur
Page 233 and 234: Please Indicate Whether You Agree,
Page 235 and 236: In Your Opinion, Is The Need For Im
Page 237 and 238: If You Had To Choose Between Proper
Page 239 and 240: Favorite Locations For Recreation I
Page 241 and 242: Favorite Motor Boating Locations To
Page 243 and 244: Favorite Hiking Locations Location
Page 245 and 246: Favorite Swimming Locations Total R
Page 247 and 248: Knowledge Of Historic And Prehistor
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Page 253 and 254: LERC Rivers Conservation Plan Publi
Page 255 and 256: • Mason: As far as education, get
Page 257: • Kloss: Educate people about Act
Page 261 and 262: Great Lakes Commission http://www.g
Page 263: Center for Economic and Environment
Page 267: The Erie County portion of the Penn
Page 271 and 272: Feature Parameters Parameter Variab
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