Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Appendix B-3c Photo framed by aircraft window Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment Town of Guilford, CT
APPENDIX B-4 Quick Facts About Long Island Sound Long Island Sound (LIS) is 110 miles long and 21 miles wide at its widest point. The linear shoreline of CT is 130 miles, and the coastline is estimated to be 618 miles (includes coves and embayments) with 95 miles of publicly owned beaches LIS covers 1,300 square miles and its average depth is 65 feet and its tidal range is 2.7 feet (east) and 7.4 feet (west). The Race is 350 feet deep and twice a day, 25 billion gallons of water rush into the Sound Salinity averages 28 parts per thousand (ppt) representing 2 billion tons of dissolved salt Because of the teeming life and great variety of dissolved materials in LIS, light penetration is often less than 30 feet below the surface (compare more than 200 feet in the Sargasso Sea) LIS (and all oceans) soaks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via white caps and plumes Long Island Sound Watershed Watershed extends to Canada and covers 15,820 square miles. It is inhabited by 14.6 million people and it is estimated that 1 in 10 Americans live within 50 miles of LIS 90 percent of freshwater entering LIS comes from the Housatonic, Connecticut and Thames Rivers and any pollutants entering this vast watershed can ultimately harm the Sound Living Resources As of 1997, the Sound leaded the nation with 42,000 acres cultivated as oyster farms with an annual harvest of 700,000 bushels Of the 60 million eggs produced by an adult female oyster in the wild, only 42,000 survive the larval stage to settle on the bottom. Of these, only about 13 survive to become adults The American eel is catadromous, lives in freshwater, and spawns in the Sargasso Sea. The female lays 10- 20 million eggs and the larvae swim 1,000 miles back to LIS and the rivers LIS once had 50,000 acres of salt marsh – less than half remains today Estuaries in general Due to the mixing of nutrients from land and sea, estuaries are among the most productive natural systems on earth, producing more food per acre than the richest mid-western farmland There are over 130 estuaries throughout the US of which 28 are designated as a “Nationally Significant Estuary” through the National Estuary Program (NEP). LIS is one of the first to receive this distinction. Over 75 percent of commercially and recreationally important fisheries depend on estuaries Over 45 percent of all endangered and threatened species rely on estuarine and coastal waters, as do 75 percent of all endangered and threatened birds and mammals and 30 percent of all wintering waterfowl Sources: various Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment Town of Guilford, CT B-4 Appendix
Page 1 and 2:
TOWN OF GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT Natur
Page 3 and 4:
TOWN OF GUILFORD Natural Resource I
Page 5 and 6:
Acknowledgments The Conservation Co
Page 7 and 8:
Introduction What are natural resou
Page 9 and 10:
INTRODUCTION 1 Orthophoto 2 Land Us
Page 11 and 12:
ACRONYMS Acronyms used in this docu
Page 13 and 14:
Section A. GEOLOGY A.1 Introduction
Page 15 and 16:
of us give much thought. The reason
Page 17 and 18:
former river delta. This material,
Page 19 and 20:
A.9 Summary Guilford’s geological
Page 21 and 22:
Section B. COAST B.1 Introduction S
Page 23 and 24:
oysters and clams are raised in upw
Page 25 and 26:
Mammals: Mink, deer, raccoon, otter
Page 27 and 28:
Habitat destruction Before passage
Page 29 and 30:
Section C. FRESHWATER C.1 Introduct
Page 31 and 32:
Fishes: largemouth bass (non-native
Page 33 and 34:
Floodplains are low-lying areas tha
Page 35 and 36:
evaluation of current designated ar
Page 37 and 38:
Section D. Uplands D.1 Definition a
Page 39 and 40:
Black oak, red oak, and white oak d
Page 41 and 42: Traprock Ridges This ecosystem is r
Page 43 and 44: Invasive plants in Guilford’s upl
Page 45 and 46: Section E. AGRICULTURE E.1 Introduc
Page 47 and 48: E.5 Marketable Resources: Products
Page 49 and 50: Timberlands The approximately 600-a
Page 51 and 52: Endnotes 1 For statutory definition
Page 53 and 54: Section F THE DARK NIGHT SKY F.1 In
Page 55 and 56: Section G NATURAL SCENIC RESOURCES
Page 57 and 58: PUBLIC VANTAGE POINT SCENIC VIEW Sc
Page 59 and 60: G.4 Summary Guilford’s scenic res
Page 61 and 62: Section H OPEN SPACE H.1 Introducti
Page 63 and 64: the Scenic Roads Advisory Committee
Page 65 and 66: • State of Connecticut’s Guilfo
Page 67 and 68: Town of Guilford, Planning and Zoni
Page 69 and 70: Section I NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED RE
Page 71 and 72: particularly in North Guilford, are
Page 73 and 74: I.6 Threats and Concerns: the Futur
Page 75 and 76: References Demrow, C. and D. Salisb
Page 77 and 78: Section J SIGNIFICANT NATURAL RESOU
Page 79 and 80: J.4 Location and Ecological Content
Page 81 and 82: GAPS Areas for Future Study and Con
Page 83 and 84: Afterword Future Considerations As
Page 85 and 86: TOWN OF GUILFORD Natural Resource I
Page 87 and 88: APPENDIX B-1 Guilford Coastal Data
Page 89 and 90: APPENDIX B-2 Natural Resource Inven
Page 91: Natural Resource Inventory and Asse
Page 95 and 96: APPENDIX C-1 Listing of Guilford’
Page 97 and 98: • Unnamed stream - flows under Ro
Page 99 and 100: APPENDIX C-2 Wetland Soil Categorie
Page 101 and 102: APPENDIX C-3 Water Protection Agenc
Page 103 and 104: APPENDIX D-1 Birds of Guilford, Con
Page 105 and 106: Page 3 - Birds of Guilford, Connect
Page 111 and 112: Appendix D-2 Natural Resource Inven
Page 113 and 114: APPENDIX E-1 Agricultural Products
Page 115 and 116: Dairy There are no longer any opera
Page 117 and 118: F-1 NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA AT N
Page 119 and 120: APPENDIX G-1 Natural Scenic Resourc
Page 121 and 122: NRIA’s Listing of Scenic Views Fr
Page 123 and 124: GPA’s Favorite Scenes and Places
Page 125 and 126: APPENDIX G-2 a Natural Resource Inv
Page 127 and 128: APPENDIX G-2b Natural Resource Inve
Page 129 and 130: APPENDIX G-3 Guilford’s Town Owne
Page 131 and 132: APPENDIX G-4 Guilford’s Notable T
Page 133 and 134: APPENDIX H-1 A Compilation of Guilf
Page 135 and 136: APPENDIX H-2a Metacomet Ridge Conse
Page 137 and 138: APPENDIX H-3 Public Act 490 Prefere
Page 139 and 140: APPENDIX I-1 Recreational Facilitie
Page 141: APPENDIX J-1 Benefits of Buffer by
show all

Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?