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Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford

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E6<br />

Agriculture<br />

The ten-year goals identified for CSF are to promote biological diversity, to promote healthy forest<br />

vegetation, <strong>and</strong> to provide dispersed recreational opportunities.<br />

<strong>Guilford</strong>, like the rest <strong>of</strong> Connecticut, is losing oak trees at the rate <strong>of</strong> 10 percent per decade from a<br />

series <strong>of</strong> factors. The CSF management plan proposes to sustain oaks <strong>and</strong> pine <strong>and</strong> early successional<br />

habitat while minimizing impact upon habitat for interior nesting birds. Seven percent <strong>of</strong> Connecticut’s<br />

mammals (e.g., rabbits, bobcat) <strong>and</strong> 14 percent <strong>of</strong> Connecticut’s birds require the young forest habitat.<br />

The plan delineates areas in <strong>Guilford</strong> for sawtimber, poles, <strong>and</strong> thinning. A site-specific operations plan<br />

undergoes review by DEP’s Wildlife, Fisheries, <strong>and</strong> Rare <strong>and</strong> Endangered Species Divisions. Areas to be cut<br />

go out to bid to loggers <strong>and</strong> sawmills. The cutting operatons follow best management practices to protect<br />

streams <strong>and</strong> the forest floor.<br />

In regards to disposition <strong>of</strong> property, the State has both acquired forestl<strong>and</strong> (420 acres added to<br />

Cockaponset in Madison in the last ten years, for example) <strong>and</strong> disposed <strong>of</strong> forest l<strong>and</strong> in recent years,<br />

however, there are no current plans to alter the status <strong>of</strong> these forestl<strong>and</strong>s in <strong>Guilford</strong>.<br />

References<br />

Bell, M. 1985. The Face <strong>of</strong> Connecticut: People, Geology <strong>and</strong> the L<strong>and</strong>, Bulletin 10.<br />

State Geological <strong>and</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> History Survey <strong>of</strong> Connecticut<br />

Bloomer, N., Reference Librarian, <strong>Guilford</strong> Free Library<br />

Connecticut Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Protection. 2001. The Connecticut Green Plan: Open Space<br />

Acquisition-Fiscal Years 2001-2006. Hartford, CT<br />

Connecticut Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Protection. 2003. Management Plan for Cockaponset State<br />

Forest - Killingworth Block, (available at <strong>Guilford</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Hall)<br />

Daniels, B.C. 1979. The Connecticut town: Growth <strong>and</strong> Development, 1635-1790. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan<br />

University Press<br />

Fallucci <strong>and</strong> Walicki, LLC. Madison, CT 1997 Timberl<strong>and</strong>s Forest Management Plan, (available at <strong>Guilford</strong><br />

<strong>Town</strong> Hall)<br />

<strong>Guilford</strong> Agricultural Society website: http://guilfordfair.org<br />

Jenkins, E.H.. 1925. Connecticut Agriculture. In The history <strong>of</strong> Connecticut: Volume II, ed. N.G. Osborn,<br />

289-425. New York: The States History Company<br />

Merchant, C. 1989. Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, <strong>and</strong> Science in New Engl<strong>and</strong>. Chapel Hill: University<br />

<strong>of</strong> North Carolina Press<br />

<strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resource</strong>s Conservation Service (NRCS) website: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/<br />

O’Hare E. 2004. Preservation Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Technical Assistance Programs for Farml<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Managed Forestl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

<strong>Guilford</strong>, CT. Available from <strong>Guilford</strong> Free Library<br />

Appendix<br />

E-1 Agricultural Products <strong>of</strong> <strong>Guilford</strong><br />

Maps<br />

E-1 L<strong>and</strong> in Agricultural Use<br />

<strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Inventory</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Guilford</strong>, CT

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