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FINFISH HABITAT W etla ndswith docum entedfinfish popula tions,including wetla ndsadjacent to Great Brook-Ossipee River ariver, strea laor m ke. , Drainage AND/OR SHELLFISH HABITAT Inla ndwetla ndsand strea m sca ndirectly affect the status coastal of shellfish )"25 ha rvestarea Feca s. coliform l ba cteriaand wa terbornenutrients resulting from

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Pond CORNISH significa ntoressential ha bitat,withinor ¼mile arare of orexem pla ryna tural "160 Noahs ) LIMINGTON com m unityha vebeen assigned this function. Rare elem entoccurrences and Pond m a ppedha bitatsca nbe found onMa High p2 Value Pla ntAnim& aHa l bitats. (((((((( (((((((( (((((((( OTHER FUNCTIONS Haley (((((((( (((((((( Ponds (((((((( CULT URAL/EDUCATIONAL.Wetla ndswithin ¼mile aboat of ram porschool (((((((( (((((((( ha vebeen assigned this value as these wetla ndsare likely ca ndida tesusefor a soutdoor cla ssroomorsim s, ilasocial r benefit. Wetla ndsrated other for functionslisted above ma yalso dem onstratecultural/educa tionavalues l a lthoughnot expressly shown. OR NODOCUMENTED FUNCTION. The ba this sis of cha racterizationishigh a ltitudeaerial photos. Photo qua lityoften lim itsthe informa tiontha ca t nbe interpretedfromsm awetla ll ndfea tures,thoseor with dense ca nopycover. Althoughnot assigned afunction under this study, ground surveys ma yrevea l B thathese t wetla ndsha vemultiple functions and values. ro w n CORNISH

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Data Sources DATA SOURCE INFORMATION (note: italicized file names can be downloaded from Maine Office of GIS) T OW NSHBOUNDARIES IP Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of metwp24 ROADS Brown Brook C Ma ine MaGIS,Office of ine Depa rtm entTransportation of (2015); medotpub h 11 e 5 )" H Y DROL OGY ll )" is )"160 Ma ine GeologicaU.S.GIS,Office of Survey l (2010); NHD B DEVELOPED ro ok Ma ine MaGIS,Office of ine Depa rtm entInla of nd Fisheries and Wildlife (2015) NATIONALWETL ANDSINVENTORY (NW I) B e n Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of NWI so n Rock Haven Lake-Little Ossipee River DRAINAGEDIVIDES 11 Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of medrdvd Br Drainage )" ook LIMERICK

PARSONSFIELD DATA SOURCE CONTACT INFORMATION Ma inehttp://www.maGIS:Office of ine.gov/megis/ Ma ineDepa rtm entTransportation: of http://www.ma ine.gov/mdot/ Ma ineDepa rtm entAgriculture, of Conservation and Forestry: http://www.ma ine.gov/da cf/pla nning/index.htm l Ma ineGeologica Survey: l http://www.ma ine.gov/doc/nrim c/mgs/mgs.htm Pendexter Brook PARSONSFIELD 5 Lake DIGITAL DATA REQUEST NEWFIELD )" Arrowhead Trequest o digital da a tatown for ororga nization,visit our website. http://www.beginningwithha bitat.org/the_ m a ps/gis_ da ta_ request.htm l S ources:Esri, USGS NOAA ,

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