conservation focus area Descriptions

SHAKER POND CFA

Conservation Focus Areas Core Areas Map Prepared by Maine Department of Inland Supporting Landscape Fisheries & Wildlife March 16, 2010 Major Roads Jason Czapiga, Cartographer NEW HAMPSHIRE Streams 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 Mile Watershed Boundary 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 Kilometer Town Boundaries Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Projection North American Datum (NAD) 1983 1:24,000 Conservation Lands

58 The Land Conservation Plan for Maine’s Piscataqua Region Watersheds conservation focus area Descriptions

SHAKER POND TOWNS: Alfred, Waterboro WATERSHED: Shaker Brook, Littlefield River () CORE AREA SUPPORTING LANDSCAPE SIZE 337 acres 642 acres SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES Forest Ecosystem Area w/in undeveloped habitat block 270 acres 297 acres Area w/in unfragmented forest block none mapped none mapped Freshwater Systems Undeveloped stream reaches 15 1 River & stream miles 1.7 miles 0.3 miles Significant Wildlife Habitat Inland wadingbird and waterfowl habitat 2 mapped totaling 220 acres in core 113 additional acres Tidal wadingbird waterfowl habitat n/a n/a Deer wintering area none mapped none mapped Significant vernal pool none mapped none mapped Shorebird feeding / roosting area n/a n/a Significant Plant & Animal Occurrences Rare plant populations Swamp White oak, Wild Indigo Rare animal populations Blanding’s Turtle, Spotted Turtle, Northern Black Racer, Ribbon Snake, Least Bittern, Ringed Boghaunter Rare natural communities none mapped Exemplary natural communities and ecosystems Sedge Meadow Water Supply High yield aquifer Most of this CFA is located over a Significant sand and gravel aquifer Wellheads and wellhead protection zones Public Water Supply wells occur in the northern portion of this CFA CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS Permanently Protected, Managed as natural no conservation lands known no conservation lands known area or ecological reserve (GAP 1 & 2) Permanently Protected, Managed primarily as working forest (GAP 3) Not permanently protected, but in public or institutional ownership (GAP 3a) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS Area identified in other planning initiatives Shaker Pond is included as a focus area in Maine’s Wildlife Action Plan and is identified as a conservation priority

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