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Newbury Salisbury Ipswich Essex Gloucester DEP Environmental Sensitivity Map !Þ Bac k R iv k er o o r B cy Lu NOAA Sensitive Habitat and Biological Resources !Þ !Þ WW S S S S S S S S S S S BSATT HSILL S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Merrimack River - Ipswich Bay Bla ck w ater Riv S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S erS S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S WRIGHTS S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ISLANSD S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SALISBURY PLAINS MUNDY S S S S HISLL S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S TRSUESS S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ISSLANDS S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Shoreline Habitat Rankings Human Use Features ver Little Ri S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S A S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Exposed man-made structures, rocky shores "7 Airport L I "!# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S M eader B B Exposed wave-cut platforms in bedrock Access ro o k S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SU S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S A H R Fine-med grained beaches;Steep sandy slopes "! 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