¨¦§95 An Approach to Conserving 's Natural LEGEND Space for Plants, Animals, and People Chandler Brook Drainage T hisma pdepicts all wetla ndsshown onNationa Wetla l ndInventory ma(NW I) ps,but www.beginningwithhabitat.org ca tegorizedthem ba sedonasubset wetla of ndfunctions. This ma pand its depiction of wetla of ndfea turesneither substitute norfor elim ina tethe need performto on-the- Supplementary Map 7 groundwetla nddelinea tionand functiona assessm l ent.nowaIn ysha use llthis of ma p dim inishoralter the regula toryprotection tha all t wetla ndsare accorded under a pplica bleState and Federal la ws.Formore informa tionabout wetla ndscha racterization, Wetlands Characterization contactElizabeth Hertz atthe Ma ineDepa rtm entConservation of (207-287-8061, elizabeth.hertz@m a ine.gov). LittleCumberland Sebago Lake-Pleasant River Drainage This map is non-regulatory and is intended for planning purposes only T heWetla ndsCha racterizationmodel isapla nningtoolintended helpto identify likely NORTH YARMOUTH wetla ndfunctions associated with significa ntwetla ndresources and adjacent upla nds. POWNAL UsingGISana lysis,this ma pprovides ba sicinforma tionrega rdingwha ecologica t l servicesvarious wetla ndsare likely provide.to These ecologica services, l ea which ch of ha sassociated econom icbenefits, include: floodflow control, sedim entretention, finfish ha bitat,and/or shellfish ha bitat.There are other im portantwetla ndfunctions and values GRAY notdepicted inthis ma Refer p. www.mato ine.gov/dep/wa ter/wetla nds/ipwetfv2.htm l for additiona for informa l tionrega rdingwetla ndfunctions and values. Forested wetla ndsand sm awetla ll ndssuch as verna pools l are known beto underrepresented inthe Nationa l NORTH YARMOUTH )"231 W etla ndsInventory da(NW ta I) used creato tethis ma The p. model developed to estim a tethe functions provided by ea chwetla ndcould not ca ptureevery wetla nd functionvalue.or Therefore, itisim portantuseto loca knowledge l and other da ta Lower sourceswhen evalua tingwetla nds,and ea chwetla ndshould be considered rela tiveto thewhole la ndsca pe/wa tershedwhen assessing wetla ndresources ata loca level. l Drainage )"9 Cousins River Drainage y Organized Township Boundary d B 115 d r )" o ook

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WINMDHAMFALMOUTH Hobbs ha rvestarea Feca s. coliform l ba cteriaand wa terbornenutrients resulting from la nduse cha ngesawa yfromthe coast ca ntravel via surface wa terto ha rvestableflaOne ts. failed septic system nea a rstrea mcould close amudfla t ¨¦§295 severalmiles awa Excessive y. nutrients ca nreduce wa tercla rityand Mill stim ula teepiphytic growth tha degrades t eelgrass mea dows.Conservation of freshwa terwetla ndsand strea mbuffers incoastal wa tershedsisakey Sabrina's Brook com ponentinma rineresource conservation. This ma passigns aShellfish CUMBERLAND H a bitatfunction wetlato ndswithin miles identified0.5 (a) of shellfish ha bitat, FALMOUTH identified (b) shellfish closure area ma or(c) s, ppedeelgrass beds OR Brook pa lustrinewetla ndsdirectly connected by astrea mile 0.5 < minof length to 88 East Branch Piscataqua River )" identified (a) shellfish ha bitat,identified (b) shellfish closure area or s, Drainage ma (c) ppedeelgrass beds.

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s i Drainage vegetationcla sses(see below), and within ¼mile aknown of rare, threa tened, u q endaor ngeredpla ntanimor aoccurrence, l within ¼mile ama of pped a t significa ntoressential ha bitat,orwithin ¼mile arare of exemor pla ryna tural Pisc a com m unityha vebeen assigned this function. Rare elem entoccurrences and m a ppedha bitatsca nbe found onMa High p2 Value Pla ntAnim& aHa l bitats. (((((((( (((((((( (((((((( OTHER FUNCTIONS (((((((( (((((((( (((((((( CULT URAL/EDUCATIONAL.Wetla ndswithin ¼mile aboat of ram porschool 9 (((((((( )" (((((((( ha vebeen assigned this value as these wetla ndsare likely ca ndida tesuse for Piscataqua a soutdoor cla ssroomorsim s, ilasocial r benefit. Wetla ndsrated otherfor Broad functionslisted above ma yalso dem onstratecultural/educa tionavalues l Cove a lthoughnot expressly shown. OR NODOCUMENTED FUNCTION. The ba sisthis of cha racterizationishigh ¨¦§95 Branch a ltitudeaerial photos. Photo qua lityoften lim itsthe informa tiontha ca t nbe interpretedfromsm awetla ll ndfea tures,orthose with dense ca nopycover. Althoughnot assigned afunction under this study, ground surveys ma yrevea l thathese t wetla ndsha vemultiple functions and values. 88 East )" Wetland Class: Fill Color 1 ¤£ Aqua ticBed (floating submor ergedaqua ticvegetation), Open Wa ter

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