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Maine State Legislature
MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) F 27 ,P5 B323 1992 TABLE OF CONTENTS A. DIRECTOR'S 1992 SUMMARY B. OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS AND OVERVIEW I OVERVIEW II PUBLIC RELATIONS III SAFETY IV NEW CONSTRUCTION V MAINTENANCE VI TRAINING VII SEARCH & RESCUE VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT IX SPECIAL ACTIVITIES X PROJECTION OF MAJOR P~OJECTS FOR 1993-1994 XI 1992 BSP VOLUNTEER PROGRAM XII ANNUAL REPORT WILDLIFE REPORT C. SCIENFIC FOREST MANAGEMENT AREA I FOREST ISSUES AND ADMINISTRATION II FOREST EDUCATION III PUBLIC RELATIONS IV FOREST OPERATIONS V OTHER ACTIVITIES D. INFORMATION/EDUCATION I PUBLIC PROGRAMS II EXCHANGE & PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT III PARK USE COMMITTEE - 1992 PROGRESS IV MT. PATROL V 1992 LOON AUDUBON LOON COUNT VI SUMMER INFORMATION/EDUCATION INTERN VII RESERVATION OFFICE VIII INFORMATION BOOTH IX OTHER NOTES FROM 1992 X RESEARCH XI LONG-TERM STUDIES E. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES I PERSONNEL CHANGES II TRAINING III CONTRACT SERVICES IV SUPPLY V DONATION ACCOUNT VI STATISTICAL REPORT VII PERSONNEL LISTING a. ORGANIZATION CHART b. YEAR ROUND c. SEASONAL F. FINANCIAL REPORTS G. DIRECTOR'S CONCLUDING REMARKS H. APPENDIX I AUTHORITY/ADVISORY LISTING/SUB-COMMITTEES II DIRECTOR'S COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE III HARPSWELL COMMITTEE IV SCIENTIFIC FOREST MANAGEMENT AREA V SCIENTIFIC STUDY REVIEW COMMITTEE VI DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT ON LOW LEVEL FLIGHTS VII TOGUE POND PURCHASE CONTRACT OF SALE VIII 1992 AUDIT LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION A, DIRECTOR'S 1992 SUMMARY Irvin C. -
Likely to Have Habitat Within Iras That ALLOW Road
Item 3a - Sensitive Species National Master List By Region and Species Group Not likely to have habitat within IRAs Not likely to have Federal Likely to have habitat that DO NOT ALLOW habitat within IRAs Candidate within IRAs that DO Likely to have habitat road (re)construction that ALLOW road Forest Service Species Under NOT ALLOW road within IRAs that ALLOW but could be (re)construction but Species Scientific Name Common Name Species Group Region ESA (re)construction? road (re)construction? affected? could be affected? Bufo boreas boreas Boreal Western Toad Amphibian 1 No Yes Yes No No Plethodon vandykei idahoensis Coeur D'Alene Salamander Amphibian 1 No Yes Yes No No Rana pipiens Northern Leopard Frog Amphibian 1 No Yes Yes No No Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Ammodramus bairdii Baird's Sparrow Bird 1 No No Yes No No Anthus spragueii Sprague's Pipit Bird 1 No No Yes No No Centrocercus urophasianus Sage Grouse Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Falco peregrinus anatum American Peregrine Falcon Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Gavia immer Common Loon Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Oreortyx pictus Mountain Quail Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Otus flammeolus Flammulated Owl Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Picoides albolarvatus White-Headed Woodpecker Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Picoides arcticus Black-Backed Woodpecker Bird 1 No Yes Yes No No Speotyto cunicularia Burrowing -
7.9 Vegetation 7.9.1 Regional Setting
VICTORY NICKEL INC. 7.9 Vegetation This subsection summarizes the 2007 and 2008 vegetation survey programs completed at and surrounding the Minago Project site. URS Canada Inc. (URS, 2008d) conducted a detailed vegetation survey on the Minago Project site in 2007 and Roche Consulting Group (Roche, 2008a) conducted a vegetation survey along a 24.4 km stretch on Highway 6, just south of the site’s main entrance and along a potential railway siding near Ponton, Manitoba. Prior to a detailed description of the vegetation survey methodology and results, characteristics of regional and local settings are summarized below in terms of ecozone and ecoregion. 7.9.1 Regional Setting – Ecozone Regionally, the Minago Project Site is located within the Boreal Plains ecozone (URS, 2008d). This ecozone is a wide band that extends from the Peace River area of northeast British Columbia to the southeast corner of Manitoba. This zone is located immediately south of and is distinctly different from the Boreal Shield ecozone, which is bedrock controlled. The Boreal Plains ecozone is not bedrock controlled and contains fewer lakes. The dominant coniferous species in this ecozone are white and black spruce, jack pine and tamarack. Deciduous species consist predominantly of white birch, trembling aspen and balsam poplar, particularly in transition zones to the prairie grasslands to the south. Black spruce and tamarack are more abundant along the northern transition zone to the Boreal Shield ecozone. 7.9.2 Local Setting – Ecoregion The Minago Project Area including the Site occupies approximately 2,428 hectares, west of Highway 6, and is located within the Mid-Boreal Lowland ecoregion of the northern section of the Manitoba Plain (URS, 2008d). -
The Ecology and Management of Moose in North America
THE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MOOSE IN NORTH AMERICA Douglas H. PIMLOTT Department of Lands and Forests, Maple, Ontario, Canada Concepts of the status, productivity and management of North American moose (Alces alces) have changed greatly during the past decade. The rapidity of the change is illustrated by the published record. TUFTS (1951) questioned, « Is the moose headed for extinc tion ? » and discussed the then current belief that moose populations had seriously declined across much of the continent. Five years later, PETERSON (1955: 217) stated, « It appears almost inevitable that the days of unlimited hunting for moose must soon pass from most of North America. » He also suggested (1955 : 216) that a kill of 12 to 25 per cent of the adult population is the highest that would permit the maintenance of the breeding population. Four years later, I showed (PIMLOTT, 1959a) that moose in Newfoundland could sustain a kill of twice the magnitude suggested by Peterson. I also suggested (PIMLOTT, 1959b) that the North American moose kill could be very greatly increased-in spite of progressive liberalization of hunting regulations over much of Canada and a marked increase in annual kill. It is not realistic to assume that the status of the species has changed, within the decade, from threatened extinction to annual harvests of approximately 40,000 and potential harvests of two to three times that number. Although moose populations have increased in some areas since 1950, there is little doubt that the changed think ing about moose management is more the result of the increase in knowledge than of any other factor. -
Лектотипификация Nymphaea Tetragona Georgi (Nymphaeaceae)
Turczaninowia 20 (1): 182–186 (2017) ISSN 1560–7259 (print edition) DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.20.1.14 TURCZANINOWIA http://turczaninowia.asu.ru ISSN 1560–7267 (online edition) УДК 57.061+582.671.1 Лектотипификация Nymphaea tetragona Georgi (Nymphaeaceae) В. В. Бялт, Л. И. Крупкина Ботанический институт им. В. Л. Комарова РАН, ул. Проф. Попова, д. 2, Санкт-Петербург, 197376, Россия E-mail: [email protected] ([email protected]), [email protected] Ключевые слова: таксономия, типификация, кувшинка четырёхгранная, И. Георги, Ботанический институт им. В. Л. Комарова РАН (LE), Сибирь. Аннотация. Статья посвящена лектотипификации Nymphaea tetragona Georgi (Nymphaeaceae). Вид был описан известным немецким ботаником J. Georgi в конце XVIII века по материалам, собранным им в 1772 г. в верховьях р. Ангары в Восточной Сибири. В 2014 г. в Гербарии БИН РАН обнаружен оригинальный гербарный образец Георги (из гербария П. С. Палласа, позднее принадлежавший Ф. Б. Фишеру). Об этом свидетельствует имеющаяся на гербарном листе дополнительная этикетка, написанная, с большой долей вероятности, рукой самого Георги. Также на этикетке имеется надпись: «Nymphaea tetragona sp. nova». Мы предполагаем, что именно на его основании J. Georgi описал свой новый вид кувшинки – N. tetragona. В связи с тем, что до сих пор оригинальных образцов этого вида в крупнейших западноевропейских гербариях обнаружено не было, мы предлагаем выбрать наш образец в качестве лектотипа. Он полноценный – представлен листом и двумя цветками, и к нему не требуется выбирать эпитип. Образец хранится в типовой коллекции сектора Сибири и Дальнего Востока Гербария БИН РАН (LE), его изображение приведено. Lectotypification of Nymphaea tetragona Georgi (Nymphaeaceae) V. V. Byalt, L. I. Krupkina Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. -
Element Occurrence Data Standard
ELEMENT OCCURRENCE DATA STANDARD February 6, 2002 NatureServe in cooperation with the Network of Natural Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centers iii Table of Contents PREFACE.....................................................................................................................................currently under revision ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....................................................................................................currently under revision ABSTRACT..................................................................................................................................currently under revision 1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................currently under revision 2 EO DEFINITION .................................................................................................................................................10 2.1 Principal EOs........................................................................................................................................................10 2.2 Sub-EOs.................................................................................................................................................................12 2.3 Feature Labels.......................................................................................................................................................13 2.4 Location Use Class..............................................................................................................................................13 -
Natural Landscapes of Maine a Guide to Natural Communities and Ecosystems
Natural Landscapes of Maine A Guide to Natural Communities and Ecosystems by Susan Gawler and Andrew Cutko Natural Landscapes of Maine A Guide to Natural Communities and Ecosystems by Susan Gawler and Andrew Cutko Copyright © 2010 by the Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Department of Conservation 93 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0093 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the authors or the Maine Natural Areas Program, except for inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Illustrations and photographs are used with permission and are copyright by the contributors. Images cannot be reproduced without expressed written consent of the contributor. ISBN 0-615-34739-4 To cite this document: Gawler, S. and A. Cutko. 2010. Natural Landscapes of Maine: A Guide to Natural Communities and Ecosystems. Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine. Cover photo: Circumneutral Riverside Seep on the St. John River, Maine Printed and bound in Maine using recycled, chlorine-free paper Contents Page Acknowledgements ..................................................................................... 3 Foreword ..................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ............................................................................................... -
State of New York City's Plants 2018
STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 Daniel Atha & Brian Boom © 2018 The New York Botanical Garden All rights reserved ISBN 978-0-89327-955-4 Center for Conservation Strategy The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 All photos NYBG staff Citation: Atha, D. and B. Boom. 2018. State of New York City’s Plants 2018. Center for Conservation Strategy. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. 132 pp. STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 INTRODUCTION 10 DOCUMENTING THE CITY’S PLANTS 10 The Flora of New York City 11 Rare Species 14 Focus on Specific Area 16 Botanical Spectacle: Summer Snow 18 CITIZEN SCIENCE 20 THREATS TO THE CITY’S PLANTS 24 NEW YORK STATE PROHIBITED AND REGULATED INVASIVE SPECIES FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY 26 LOOKING AHEAD 27 CONTRIBUTORS AND ACKNOWLEGMENTS 30 LITERATURE CITED 31 APPENDIX Checklist of the Spontaneous Vascular Plants of New York City 32 Ferns and Fern Allies 35 Gymnosperms 36 Nymphaeales and Magnoliids 37 Monocots 67 Dicots 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report, State of New York City’s Plants 2018, is the first rankings of rare, threatened, endangered, and extinct species of what is envisioned by the Center for Conservation Strategy known from New York City, and based on this compilation of The New York Botanical Garden as annual updates thirteen percent of the City’s flora is imperiled or extinct in New summarizing the status of the spontaneous plant species of the York City. five boroughs of New York City. This year’s report deals with the City’s vascular plants (ferns and fern allies, gymnosperms, We have begun the process of assessing conservation status and flowering plants), but in the future it is planned to phase in at the local level for all species. -
Aquatic Vascular Plant Species Distribution Maps
Appendix 11.5.1: Aquatic Vascular Plant Species Distribution Maps These distribution maps are for 116 aquatic vascular macrophyte species (Table 1). Aquatic designation follows habitat descriptions in Haines and Vining (1998), and includes submergent, floating and some emergent species. See Appendix 11.4 for list of species. Also included in Appendix 11.4 is the number of HUC-10 watersheds from which each taxon has been recorded, and the county-level distributions. Data are from nine sources, as compiled in the MABP database (plus a few additional records derived from ancilliary information contained in reports from two fisheries surveys in the Upper St. John basin organized by The Nature Conservancy). With the exception of the University of Maine herbarium records, most locations represent point samples (coordinates were provided in data sources or derived by MABP from site descriptions in data sources). The herbarium data are identified only to township. In the species distribution maps, town-level records are indicated by center-points (centroids). Figure 1 on this page shows as polygons the towns where taxon records are identified only at the town level. Data Sources: MABP ID MABP DataSet Name Provider 7 Rare taxa from MNAP lake plant surveys D. Cameron, MNAP 8 Lake plant surveys D. Cameron, MNAP 35 Acadia National Park plant survey C. Greene et al. 63 Lake plant surveys A. Dieffenbacher-Krall 71 Natural Heritage Database (rare plants) MNAP 91 University of Maine herbarium database C. Campbell 183 Natural Heritage Database (delisted species) MNAP 194 Rapid bioassessment surveys D. Cameron, MNAP 207 Invasive aquatic plant records MDEP Maps are in alphabetical order by species name. -
Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Arthropod Assemblages and Distribution Phd Thesis
Effects of climate change on Arctic arthropod assemblages and distribution PhD thesis Rikke Reisner Hansen Academic advisors: Main supervisor Toke Thomas Høye and co-supervisor Signe Normand Submitted 29/08/2016 Data sheet Title: Effects of climate change on Arctic arthropod assemblages and distribution Author University: Aarhus University Publisher: Aarhus University – Denmark URL: www.au.dk Supervisors: Assessment committee: Arctic arthropods, climate change, community composition, distribution, diversity, life history traits, monitoring, species richness, spatial variation, temporal variation Date of publication: August 2016 Please cite as: Hansen, R. R. (2016) Effects of climate change on Arctic arthropod assemblages and distribution. PhD thesis, Aarhus University, Denmark, 144 pp. Keywords: Number of pages: 144 PREFACE………………………………………………………………………………………..5 LIST OF PAPERS……………………………………………………………………………….6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………………...7 SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………………...8 RESUMÉ (Danish summary)…………………………………………………………………....9 SYNOPSIS……………………………………………………………………………………....10 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………...10 Study sites and approaches……………………………………………………………………...11 Arctic arthropod community composition…………………………………………………….....13 Potential climate change effects on arthropod composition…………………………………….15 Arctic arthropod responses to climate change…………………………………………………..16 Future recommendations and perspectives……………………………………………………...20 References………………………………………………………………………………………..21 PAPER I: High spatial -
Research and Sponsored Programs Records (University of Maine), 1978-2013
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Finding Aids Special Collections 2016 Research and Sponsored Programs Records (University of Maine), 1978-2013 Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "Research and Sponsored Programs Records (University of Maine), 1978-2013" (2016). Finding Aids. Number 317. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/317 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact Special Collections, Fogler Library, 207-581-1686 or [email protected]. Research and Sponsored Programs Records (University of Maine) This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on February 25, 2020. Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives 5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5729 URL: http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll Research and Sponsored Programs Records (University of Maine) Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 4 Historical Note .............................................................................................................................................. -
Autumn Willow in Rocky Mountain Region the Black Hills National
United States Department of Agriculture Conservation Assessment Forest Service for the Autumn Willow in Rocky Mountain Region the Black Hills National Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Forest Custer, South Dakota Wyoming April 2003 J.Hope Hornbeck, Carolyn Hull Sieg, and Deanna J. Reyher Species Assessment of Autumn willow in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming J. Hope Hornbeck, Carolyn Hull Sieg and Deanna J. Reyher J. Hope Hornbeck is a Botanist with the Black Hills National Forest in Custer, South Dakota. She completed a B.S. in Environmental Biology (botany emphasis) at The University of Montana and a M.S. in Plant Biology (plant community ecology emphasis) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Carolyn Hull Sieg is a Research Plant Ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Flagstaff, Arizona. She completed a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and M.S. in Range Science from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in Range and Wildlife Management (fire ecology) at Texas Tech University. Deanna J. Reyher is Ecologist/Soil Scientist with the Black Hills National Forest in Custer, South Dakota. She completed a B.S. degree in Agronomy (soil science and crop production emphasis) from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Autumn willow, Salix serissima (Bailey) Fern., is an obligate wetland shrub that occurs in fens and bogs in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Disjunct populations of autumn willow occur in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Only two populations occur on Black Hills National Forest lands: a large population at McIntosh Fen and a small population on Middle Boxelder Creek.