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The Geomorphic Function and Characteristics of Large Woody Debris in Low Gradient Rivers, Coastal Maine, USA ⁎ F.J
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Geomorphology 97 (2008) 467–482 www.elsevier.com/locate/geomorph The geomorphic function and characteristics of large woody debris in low gradient rivers, coastal Maine, USA ⁎ F.J. Magilligan a, , K.H. Nislow b, G.B. Fisher c, J. Wright d, G. Mackey e, M. Laser f a Department of Geography, 6017 Fairchild, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA b U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA c Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA d Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Falmouth, ME 04105, USA e Department of Marine Resources, Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat, Jonesboro, ME 04648, USA f Department of Marine Resources, Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat, Augusta, ME 04333-0172, USA Received 22 May 2007; received in revised form 30 August 2007; accepted 31 August 2007 Available online 7 September 2007 Abstract The role, function, and importance of large woody debris (LWD) in rivers depend strongly on environmental context and land use history. The coastal watersheds of central and northern Maine, northeastern U.S., are characterized by low gradients, moderate topography, and minimal influence of mass wasting processes, along with a history of intensive commercial timber harvest. In spite of the ecological importance of these rivers, which contain the last wild populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the U.S., we know little about LWD distribution, dynamics, and function in these systems. We conducted a cross-basin analysis in seven coastal Maine watersheds, documenting the size, frequency, volume, position, and orientation of LWD, as well as the association between LWD, pool formation, and sediment storage. -
Finding Aid for MF180 Woods Music
ACCESSION SHEET Accession Number: 0001 Maine Folklife Center Accession Date: 1962.06.01 T# C# P D CD M A # Collection MF 076/ MF 180 # T Number: P S V D D Collection Maine / Maritimes # # # V A Name: Folklore Collection/ # # Woods Music Interviewer Margaret Adams Narrator: Various /Depositor: Description: 0001 Various, interviewed by Margaret Adams for CP 180, spring 1962, Houlton, Maine and Boiestown, New Brunswick. Folklore materials collected as a class project by Margaret Adams in Houlton, Maine, and Boiestown, New Brunswick. Accession includes typewritten stories, songs, jokes, and legends. Songs include an untitled song (“In the Spring of ‘62”?), “The Letter Edged in Black,” “The Jones Boys,” “The Winter of ‘73” (“McCullom Camp”), and “On the Bridge at Avignon.” Tall tales deal with Tom McKee, a Civil War soldier, and a deer story. Forerunners tell of seeing unexplained lights, bad luck, and other happenings. One sheet lists beliefs. Tales and legends include the legend of the Buck Monument in Bucksport, several haunted house stories, a banshee, premonitions, several devil stories, a Frenchman’s joke about “God Lover Oil,” and a Lubec minister’s scheme for extracting gold from sea water. Text: 50 pp. paper Related Collections & Accessions Restrictions No release. Copyright retained by interviewer and interviewees and/or their heirs. X ACCESSION SHEET Accession Number: 0022 Maine Folklife Center Accession Date: 1962.05.00 T# C# P D CD M A # Collection MF 076/ MF 180 # T Number: P S V D D Collection Maine / Maritimes # # # V A Name: Folklore Collection/ # # Woods Music Interviewer Sara Brooks Narrator: Various /Depositor: Description: 0022 Various, interviewed by Sara Brooks for CP 180, spring 1962, Island Falls and Sherman Mills, Mills, Maine. -
Fish River Scenic Byway
Fish River Scenic Byway State Route 11 Aroostook County Corridor Management Plan St. John Valley Region of Northern Maine Prepared by: Prepared by: December 2006 Northern Maine Development Commission 11 West Presque Isle Road, PO Box 779 Caribou, Maine 04736 Phone: (207) 4988736 Toll Free in Maine: (800) 4278736 TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary ...............................................................................................................................................................3 Why This Byway?...................................................................................................................................................5 Importance of the Byway ...................................................................................................................................5 What’s it Like?...............................................................................................................................................6 Historic and Cultural Resources .....................................................................................................................9 Recreational Resources ............................................................................................................................... 10 A Vision for the Fish River Scenic Byway Corridor................................................................................................ 15 Goals, Objectives and Strategies......................................................................................................................... -
Kennebec Estuary Focus Areas of Statewide Ecological Significance Kennebec Estuary
Focus Areas of Statewide Ecological Significance: Kennebec Estuary Focus Areas of Statewide Ecological Significance Kennebec Estuary WHY IS THIS AREA SIGNIFICANT? The Kennebec Estuary Focus Area contains more than 20 percent of Maine’s tidal marshes, a significant percentage of Maine’s sandy beach and associated dune Biophysical Region habitats, and globally rare pitch pine • Central Maine Embayment woodland communities. More than two • Cacso Bay Coast dozen rare plant species inhabit the area’s diverse natural communities. Numerous imperiled species of animals have been documented in the Focus Area, and it contains some of the state’s best habitat for bald eagles. OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION » Work with willing landowners to permanently protect remaining undeveloped areas. » Encourage town planners to improve approaches to development that may impact Focus Area functions. » Educate recreational users about the ecological and economic benefits provided by the Focus Area. » Monitor invasive plants to detect problems early. » Find ways to mitigate past and future contamination of the watershed. For more conservation opportunities, visit the Beginning with Habitat Online Toolbox: www.beginningwithhabitat.org/ toolbox/about_toolbox.html. Rare Animals Rare Plants Natural Communities Bald Eagle Lilaeopsis Estuary Bur-marigold Coastal Dune-marsh Ecosystem Spotted Turtle Mudwort Long-leaved Bluet Maritime Spruce–Fir Forest Harlequin Duck Dwarf Bulrush Estuary Monkeyflower Pitch Pine Dune Woodland Tidewater Mucket Marsh Bulrush Smooth Sandwort -
WSP Report 2012
Watershed Stewardship Program Summary of Programs and Research 2012 Watershed Stewardship Program Report # AWI 2013-01 Executive Summary and Introduction 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary and Introduction........................................................................................................... 4 West-Central Adirondack Region Summary ............................................................................................... 17 Staff Profiles ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Chateaugay Lake Boat Launch Use Report ................................................................................................. 29 Cranberry Lake Boat Launch Use Study ...................................................................................................... 36 Fourth Lake Boat Launch Use Report ......................................................................................................... 45 Lake Flower and Second Pond Boat Launch Use Study .............................................................................. 58 Lake Placid State and Village Boat Launch Use Study ................................................................................. 72 Long Lake Boat Launch Use Study .............................................................................................................. 84 Meacham Lake Campground Boat Launch Use Study ............................................................................... -
Environmental Benefits of Dam Removal
A Research Paper by Dam Removal: Case Studies on the Fiscal, Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits of Dam Removal October 2016 <Year> Dam Removal: Case Studies on the Fiscal, Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits of Dam Removal October 2016 PUBLISHED ONLINE: http://headwaterseconomics.org/economic-development/local-studies/dam-removal-case-studies ABOUT HEADWATERS ECONOMICS Headwaters Economics is an independent, nonprofit research group whose mission is to improve community development and land management decisions in the West. CONTACT INFORMATION Megan Lawson, Ph.D.| [email protected] | 406-570-7475 P.O. Box 7059 Bozeman, MT 59771 http://headwaterseconomics.org Cover Photo: Whittenton Pond Dam, Mill River, Massachusetts. American Rivers. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 MEASURING THE BENEFITS OF DAM REMOVAL ........................................................................................... 2 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................. 5 CASE STUDIES WHITTENTON POND DAM, MILL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS ........................................................................ 11 ELWHA AND GLINES CANYON DAMS, ELWHA RIVER, WASHINGTON ........................................................ 14 EDWARDS DAM, KENNEBEC RIVER, MAINE ............................................................................................... -
Allagash Wilderness Waterway
Allagash Wilderness Waterway A Natural History Guide Lower Allagash River Below Allagash Falls by Sheila and Dean Bennett Bureau of Parks and Lands MAINE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION All photographs © 1994 by Dean Bennett. Used by permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE VISITOR……………...……….………………..2 MAP AND MAP KEY …………..….………….…………3 INTRODUCTION …….………...………………………..4 THE LAND ………………………………………………..5 Bedrock ………………….……...................................5 Fossils ………………….……………………………..5 Ice Cave ……………….……………………………...5 Glacial Features ……….………………………….…6 THE WATERS …………….…………………………..….7 Allagash Lake…………………………………….…..7 Allagash Stream ………………………………….….8 Eagle Lake …………………………….……………..9 Churchill Lake ……………………….…………….10 Allagash River………………………….………...…11 WETLANDS ……………………………………….……12 Allagash Bogs ………………………………….…...12 Umsaskis Meadows ……………………………...…13 Shore Habitats …………………………………..…14 FORESTS AND FLOWERS ………………………..…..14 Spruce-Fir Forest ………………………………….15 Northern Hardwood Forest …………………….…15 Bog Forest ……………………………………….….16 Northern Swamp Forest ………………………..….16 Northern Riverine Forest ……………………..…..16 Old-Growth Forests ……….…………………….…16 NON_FLOWERING PLANTS ……………………..…..18 Ferns ……………………………………..………….18 Clubmosses……………………………….…………18 Horsetails ……………………………………..…..18 Mosses ..……………………………………….….…18 Lichens ……………………………………….….….18 Fungi ………………………………………….…….19 ANIMALS ………………………………………….……19 Mammals ………………………………………..….20 Birds ……………………………………………..….21 Reptiles and Amphibians ……………………...…..23 Fish …………………………………………….……24 Invertebrates ……………................................…….25 -
Critical Habitat
Biological valuation of Atlantic salmon habitat within the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment Biological assessment of specific areas currently occupied by the species; and determination of whether critical habitat in specific areas outside the currently occupied range is deemed essential to the conservation of the species NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office 1 Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA. 01930 2009 Foreword: Atlantic salmon life history........................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 1: Methods and Procedures for Biological Valuation of Atlantic Salmon Habitat in the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (GOM DPS).......................................................................................... 6 1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 Identifying the Geographical Area Occupied by the Species and Specific Areas within the Geographical Area ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.3 Specific areas outside the geographical area occupied by the species essential to the conservation of the species .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.4 Identify those “Physical -
1.NO-ATL Cover
EXHIBIT 20 (AR L.29) NOAA's Estuarine Eutrophication Survey Volume 3: North Atlantic Region July 1997 Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce EXHIBIT 20 (AR L.29) The National Estuarine Inventory The National Estuarine Inventory (NEI) represents a series of activities conducted since the early 1980s by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA) to define the nation’s estuarine resource base and develop a national assessment capability. Over 120 estuaries are included (Appendix 3), representing over 90 percent of the estuarine surface water and freshwater inflow to the coastal regions of the contiguous United States. Each estuary is defined spatially by an estuarine drainage area (EDA)—the land and water area of a watershed that directly affects the estuary. The EDAs provide a framework for organizing information and for conducting analyses between and among systems. To date, ORCA has compiled a broad base of descriptive and analytical information for the NEI. Descriptive topics include physical and hydrologic characteristics, distribution and abundance of selected fishes and inver- tebrates, trends in human population, building permits, coastal recreation, coastal wetlands, classified shellfish growing waters, organic and inorganic pollutants in fish tissues and sediments, point and nonpoint pollution for selected parameters, and pesticide use. Analytical topics include relative susceptibility to nutrient discharges, structure and variability of salinity, habitat suitability modeling, and socioeconomic assessments. For a list of publications or more information about the NEI, contact C. John Klein, Chief, Physical Environ- ments Characterization Branch, at the address below. -
Maine the Way Life Should Be. Whitewater Rafting
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.ukbrought to you by CORE provided by Maine State Documents (Maine... MAINE The Way Life Should Be. Whitewater Rafting The Maine Publicity Bureau, Inc. AAA Whitewater Information Address: P.0. Box 18 The Forks, Maine 04985 US/Canada 1-800-348-8871, 923-3492 Trips: Trips run daily on all of Maine’s Class IV rivers (Kennebec, Dead, Penobscot). Multiple day & overnight trips. One call toll free reservations (Rafting, lodging, camping). Call TODAY! Season: April-October Access to Adventure Mail Address: P.O. BoxT Brunswick, Maine 04011 The Forks, on Lake Parlin 725-2255 or 1-800-864-2676 Trips: 1, 2, 5 & 6 day trips on the Kennebec, Penobscot, Dead rivers. Lakefront lodge, restaurant/bar, hot tub, sauna and trip packages. Season: May-September Action River Adventures* Mail Address: Wyman Lake Caratunk, Maine 04925 672-5506 or 1-800-766-7238 Trips: Kennebec, Penobscot, Dead. Campground/Baselodge/ Hotel & Cabins/Bed & Breakfast-West Forks Season: April-October Adventure River Expeditions* Address: P.O. Box 101, Route 201 The Forks, Maine 04985 663-2249, U.S./Canada 1-800-765-7238 Trips: Kennebec & Penobscot (Daily), Dead (Selected) Full service resort with deluxe accommodations or camping. Heated pool, hot tub, sauna, platform tennis court. Whitewater rafting, mountain biking, horseback riding, kayak adventures, conference facilities. Free color brochure. Season: April-October All Outdoors Whitewater Address: Lake Moxie Camps The Forks, Maine 04985 663-2231 Trips: 1 day Kennebec Gorge, 2 day canoe/raft combo w/ floatplane shuttle, Dead, Penobscot. Season: April-October Crab Apple Whitewater, Inc. -
Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Fund Overview 2007
Maine Atlantic Salmon conservation fund overview 2007 A program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Coastal Program and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries Service, the Maine Department of Marine Resources and other conservation partners. inside The Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation “We simply cannot have salmon without Fund supports efforts to recover wild Atlantic salmon by ensuring healthy watersheds and healthy rivers. But it’s not just the salmon restoring other sea-run fish with which they are closely linked. This report summarizes that need healthy rivers. We do too.” MASCF’s accomplishments to date and highlights the work of organizations that are – Jim Lichatowich, making a difference today and for the future. Salmon Without Rivers The Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation background, providing technical support Fund is committed to creating healthy rivers. and critical funding that enables local Contents From providing tools to help communities conservation groups, private landowners, 3 MASCF Funding Supports tackle difficult resource issues, to funding and agencies to implement projects that Barrier Assessment and Removal Initiatives habitat protection and restoration projects, benefit salmon and other migratory fish like 5 Cove Brook Watershed Council MASCF is making a visible difference. This alewife, American shad, and American eel. Initiative Strengthens Community Approach overview profiles just a few of the 120-plus The long-term solutions we facilitate today 6 Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association projects MASCF has supported since are critical to maintaining the healthy Acquires Key Parcel October, 2000. These projects, indicative watersheds necessary for their very survival. -
Natural Resources Chapter
Natural Resources Chapter (For review – September 8, 2015) Vision: Richmond residents are responsible stewards of our natural resources, including open space, forest, water bodies and wetlands. We balance growth and development with the preservation, promotion and continued accessibility of our resources for recreation, wildlife habitat, agriculture, and scenic values. Introduction This chapter provides a summary about the natural systems which comprise Richmond’s physical environment. The following areas will be discussed to determine how our natural features relate to the overall health and vitality of the town and its future development and land use patterns: geology, topography, soils, surface and ground water, land cover, and unique natural areas and wildlife habitat. A realistic assessment and appreciation of our environmental features will allow us to both identify constraints on development and to identify areas appropriate for development where negative impacts to natural resources are minimal and costs are lower for construction. The town’s natural resources are regulated by a combination of federal, state and local laws and regulations and often address the same feature. Some resources require multiple levels of review and approval before land development may occur while others are less restrictive. The information provided in this chapter is designed to help the community understand its natural resources and make sure land use planning and development occurs in such a way that future generations can enjoy the values and beauty of the town. Watersheds Richmond is divided into eight major watersheds, each with its own physical characteristics, natural environments and patterns of development. All of the land area within the town eventually drains into the Kennebec River.