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Special Focus Areas from the Silvio O. Conte NFWR Final EIS (1995) Number State Special Focus Area Name Special Values Priority 1a CT Great Island Marshes/Black Hall River/Lieutenant River 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 1b CT North and South Coves 3, 4, 5 Medium 1c CT Ragged Rock Creek 2, 3, 4, 5 High 1d CT Ferry Point 3, 4, 5 Medium 1e CT Turtle Creek 1, 3, 4 High 1f CT Lord Cove 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 High 1g CT Essex Great Meadow 2, 3, 4, 5 High 1h CT Pratt and Post Coves 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 1i CT Joshua Creek 3, 4, 5, 7 Medium 1j CT Deep River 3, 4, 5, 7 Medium 1k CT Chester Creek 3, 4, 5, 7 Medium 1l CT Whalebone Creek 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 2 CT Hamburg Cove/Eightmile River & East Branch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 3 CT Burnham Brook 3, 6, 8 Medium 4 CT Selden Creek 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 5 CT Chapman Pond 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 6 CT Salmon Cove 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High 7 CT Salmon River including tributaries below dams 3 High 8 CT Pecausett Meadows 2, 4, 5, 7 High 9 CT Round & Boggy Meadows/Mattabesset, Coginshaug 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 High River/Wilcox Island 10a CT Dead Mans Swamp 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 High 10b CT Guildersleeve Island 1 High 10c CT Wangunk Meadows 2, 4, 5, 8 High 11a CT Meshomasic Highlands 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 High 11b CT Roaring Brook in Glastonbury 3 Medium 12 CT Great Meadows 1, 2, 4, 5 Medium 13 CT Windsor Meadows/Farmington River Mouth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 High 14 CT Farmington River & West Branch 2, 3, 7 High 15 CT Scantic River 3, 5 Low 16 CT Enfield Rapids/King Island 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 High 17 MA Honeypot Road Wetlands 2, 4 High 18 MA Mt. Tekoa 1, 2, 6, 8 High 19 MA Westfield Sandplain 2, 7 Low 20 MA Westfield River including West Branch & Middle Branch 3, 7 High 21 MA Chicopee River Mouth 3 Medium 22 MA Westover Air Reserve Base 2, 6, 7 High 23 MA Quaboag 2, 4, 5 Medium 24 MA Mt. Tom/Mill River/Mt. Holyoke Range 1, 2, 6, 8 High 1. Federally listed species 4. Wetlands 7. Unusual habitat type 2. Rare species 5. Waterbirds 8. Migratory landbird habitat 3. Fisheries 6. Contiguous habitat type

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Special Focus Areas (continued) Number State Special Focus Area Name Special Values Priority 25 MA Grassland Complex 2, 6 Medium 26 MA Hatfield Oxbow 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Medium 27 MA Whately Great Swamp 4, 7, 8 Medium 28 MA Mt. Toby 2, 6, 8 Medium 29a MA Connecticut River mainstem, Turners Falls Dam to 116 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 High Bridge in Sunderland 29b MA Sawmill River to dam above Rt. 63 3, 6 Medium 30a MA Montague Plains 2, 7, 8 High 30b MA Turners Falls Airport 6, 7 Low 31 MA Deerfield River including most tributaries 3, 6, 7 High 32 MA Fall River in Massachusetts 3. 6 Low 33 S. NH Ashuelot River to Surry Mtn. Dam, including tributaries 2, 3 Low below the first dam 34a S. VT Retreat Meadows 4, 5 Low 34b S. NH Wantastiquet Mountain 6, 8 Low 35 S. VT West River, including Rock & Winhall tributaries and 2,3, 6 High Wardsboro Brook 36 S. NH Cold River 3, 6 High 37 S. NH Williams River to Brockway Mills Dam 3, 7 Medium 38 S. VT Macrosite, including mouth of the Ompompanoosuc 1, 2, 5 High & NH River 39 S. VT White River, including 1st, 2nd, 3rd, West, Tweed & 3, 6, 7 High Hancock tributaries 40 N. Ammonoosuc & Wild Ammonoosuc Rivers 3, 6 High NH 41 N. Pondicherry 4, 5, 6 Medium NH 42 N. Victory Basin 5, 6, 8 Low VT 43 N. Connecticut River mainstem, Murphy Dam downstresm 3, 6, 7 High NH to below the Northumberland Dam 44 N. Paul Stream 3, 5 High VT 45 N. Nulhegan Basin 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 High VT 46 N. Mohawk River 3, 6 Medium NH 47 N. Colebrook Hill Farms 2, 6, 7, 8 Medium NH 48 N. Indian Stream 3, 6, 7 Medium NH All Scattered rare species sites 1, 2 High All Important, scarce, & vulnerable wetlands 4 Medium 1. Federally listed species 4. Wetlands 7. Unusual habitat type 2. Rare species 5. Waterbirds 8. Migratory landbird habitat 3. Fisheries 6. Contiguous habitat type

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