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HomeMy WebLinkAboutwillards_woods_presentation_11.15.21Land Management Assessment and Planning Land Stewardship Inc. Structural Features *Based on track and sign observation, shared photographs, auditory confirmation, and wildlife camera captures Great horned owl -Bubo virginianus Tony Varella 2017 Eastern coyote -Canis latrans Raccoon -Procyon lotorOpossum –Didelphis virginiana Frank Lukisseck Whitetail deer Odocoileus virginianus * Based on track and sign observation, shared photographs, auditory confirmation, and wildlife camera captures Red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Untamed Science Project Upland Lewis Gorman White footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus Black legged tick Ixodes scapularus nps.gov Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis • Field Encroachment • Trail Deterioration • Dogs, the Public, & Wildlife • Visitor Management • Forest Pests (none found) • Climate Change • Invasive Plants Winged euonymus Euonymous alatus Oriental bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora Shrub honeysuckle Lonicera Glossy buckthorn Frangula alnus Darabus 2010 Autumn Olive Elaeaganus umbellata Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica Common buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Norway maple Acer platanoides Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata Indiana Forest Alliance Black swallowwort Cynanchum louiseae Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Photo Credit: Mass Audubon Photo Credit: Mass Audubon Promote Biodiversity • Invasive Plant Management • Native Plantings • Pests and Pathogens • Wildlife Structures • Pollinator Support • Monitoring Encourage System Complexity • Diversity of Habitats • Functionality • Addressing Forest Regeneration • Carbon Sequestration • What’s missing? • What does the system want to be? Address Landscape Stressors • Invasive Plants • Dogs & Wildlife • Human Wildlife Interface • Erosion • Deer Overabundance • Climate Change • Invasive & nuisance plant management - safety (Roadsides/entrance) • Invasive plant management - priority areas (fields/mill pond/select wetland & stream edges/field edges) • Mill Pond Area continued restoration • Wildlife Improvements - bird and bat boxes installation/maintenance/interpretive signs • Select stone wall vegetation clearing • Cedar tree management • Updated mowing schedule for field restoration Resources: • Apple orchard replanting • Field restoration plantings– Pollinator Meadow • Field edge reclaiming • Continued invasive plant management Infrastructure: • Parking area improvements North Rd/Upgrade Brent Rd entrance • Trail head upgrades • Handicap accessibility/UA trail • Picnic area upgrades (fire pit, picnic tables, etc.) • Bike path/carriage road upgrades and repair • Accessible viewing platforms & benches • Safety Concerns • Climbing bittersweet • Potential Vernal Pools • Wetlands & Buffers • Early Action Populations • Fields & Encroachment Grassroots Wildlife Conservation Program http://www.grassrootswildlife.org/ Native Plant Trust https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/ Photo credit: UNH Extension Commission on Disabilities • Supported exploration of a UA trail on site and associated handicapped parking space(s) • Expressed concerns for bikes to be allowed on any UA trails Public • Opposed parking area on Brent Road ***majority of feedback*** • Expressed confusion of timeline for project and details of UA trail • Expressed confusion of bike path restoration/ UA trail extension • Some expressed opposition for UA trail in general • Supported ecological management activities and wildlife habitat improvements • Supported Apple Orchard • Supported restoration of Millpond