conservation focus area Descriptions

FOLSOM POND CFA NEW HAMPSHIRENEW

Conservation Focus Areas MAINE Core Areas Map Prepared by Maine Department of Inland Supporting Landscape Fisheries & Wildlife March 16, 2010 Major Roads Jason Czapiga, Cartographer NEW HAMPSHIRE Streams 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 Mile Piscataqua River Watershed Boundary 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 Kilometer Town Boundaries Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Projection North American Datum (NAD) 1983 1:24,000 Conservation Lands

36 The Land Conservation Plan for Maine’s Piscataqua Region Watersheds conservation focus area Descriptions

FOLSOM POND TOWNS: Newfield WATERSHED: Little Ossipee River CORE AREA SUPPORTING LANDSCAPE SIZE 365 acres 1238 acres SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES Forest Ecosystem Area w/in undeveloped habitat block 342 acres 1000 acres Area w/in unfragmented forest block 111 acres 453 acres Freshwater Systems Undeveloped stream reaches 13 7 River & stream miles 3 miles 1.1 miles Significant Wildlife Habitat Inland wadingbird and waterfowl habitat 4 mapped totaling 154 acres 21 acres within supporting landscape Tidal wadingbird waterfowl habitat n/a n/a Deer wintering area none mapped none mapped Significant vernal pool none mapped none mapped Shorebird feeding / roosting area n/a n/a Significant Plant & Animal Occurrences Rare plant populations Rare animal populations Barrens Chaetglaea, Broad Sallow, Similar Underwing Rare natural communities Pitch Pine Bog, Tall Sedge Fen Exemplary natural communities and ecosystems Water Supply High yield aquifer Much of this CFA is underlain by a Significant sand and gravel aquifer Wellheads and wellhead protection zones CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS Permanently Protected, Managed as natural 0 acres 0 acres area or ecological reserve (GAP 1 & 2) Permanently Protected, Managed primarily as working forest (GAP 3) Not permanently protected, but in public or institutional ownership (GAP 3a) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS Area identified in other planning initiatives Folsom Pond is included as a focus area in Maine’s Wildlife Action Plan and is identified as a conservation priority

36 The Land Conservation Plan for Maine’s Piscataqua Region Watersheds The Land Conservation Plan for Maine’s Piscataqua Region Watersheds 37