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P1 . I T . R C P78 Westerly Rabbit ! Hill ! Westerly ! ! ! 1 ! ¢ Dunn's Corner k Westerly State ! o o r Airport Stonington Thompson B 1 t ¤ ! e ! x ! Cove u ! Haversham ! ! t ! s ! ! a ! ! ! ! M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Quonochontaug Pond ! r ! ! ! e ! ! ! v ! ! i ! ! ! R ! ! ! ! ! k ! ! c ! ! ! ! u ! t ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! a ! ! ! ! c ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! w ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! a ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! P ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! 1A ! ! ! ! ! ! P ! ! ! k ! ! ! ! ! c ! ! ! ! ! ! e ! ! Barn N Avondale ! ! ! ! ! ck ! Sandy u ! ! Island at ! ! ! ! ! c ! ! Quonochontaug w ! ! ! Point a ! ! Graves ! ! ! P ! ! Winnapaug Pond ! ! ! Breachway ! Neck ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekapaug ! Little Point Maschaug Little Narragansett Misquamicut ! Pond ! ! Bay ! Maschaug Beach Pond ! ! ! Watch Hill ! Napatree Beach ! d ! ! ! n ! o u ! S ! ! d ! n ! a ! l ! ! s ! I ! ! k Napatree ! l o c Point ! Watch Hill B Point Narragansett Bay Estuary Program The map illustrates conditions as they existed in June 1999. Changes in the Coastal Habitats Southern Rhode Island and Block Island Series MASSACHUSETTS size, density, dominance, or composition of the coastal vegetation may have occurred since this time. Westerly, Rhode Island and Stonington, Connecticut The source of information is true color aerial photography (transparencies) at 1:12,000 and 1:40,000 scales taken in the Summer of 1999 and field Salt / Brackish Water Phragmites Marsh Coastal Bank RHODE investigations. Limitations for photo-interpretation of submerged aquatic " T Salt Marsh Brackish Marsh Oyster Reef ISLAND vegetation include light penetration, water clarity and water depth. U Scale = 1:24,000 C I T Minimum polygonal mapping units are 0.5 acre for eelgrass beds and 0.25 Beach Shrub Wetland Streambed C 0 3,050 6,100 E acre for all other habitat types. The linear mapping unit indicates an area that Feet N is approximately 15 to 40 feet wide. This map is intended for planning Rocky Shore Aquatic Bed (eelgrass) Fresh Water N 0 0.5 1 O purposes only. Miles C Tidal Flat and Pool Dune Upland Funding provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, R.I. Department of Environmental Management, and und ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! So ! ! ! ! land R.I. Oil Spill Prevention, Administration, and Response Fund. Salt Marsh Phragmites Marsh k Is Shrub Wetland Bloc ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Beach Brackish Marsh ! ! ! ! Streambed ! ! ! ! Rocky Shore RIDEM.