WISCASSET WOOLWICH An Approach to Conserving)"127 's Natural LEGEND Space for Plants, Animals, and People T hisma pdepicts all wetla ndsshown onNationa Wetla l ndInventory ma(NW I) ps,but www.beginningwithhabitat.org )"27 ca tegorizedthem ba sedonasubset wetla of ndfunctions. This ma pand its depiction of wetla of ndfea turesneither substitute nor forelim ina tethe need performto on-the- groundwetla nddelinea tionand functiona assessm l ent.nowaIn ysha use llthis of ma p Supplementary Map 7 Ward Brook Sheepscot River dim inishoralter the regula toryprotection tha all t wetla ndsare accorded under Drainage a pplica bleState and Federal la ws.Formore informa tionabout wetla ndscha racterization, Wetlands Characterization ¤£1 contactElizabeth Hertz atthe Ma ineDepa rtm entConservation of (207-287-8061, Wetlands Characterization elizabeth.hertz@m a ine.gov). Montsweag Brook Cod Westport Island Cove This map is non-regulatory and is intended for planning purposes only ¤£1 Pottle Cove T heWetla ndsCha racterizationmodel isapla nningtoolintended helpto identify likely WISCASSET wetla ndfunctions associated with significa ntwetla ndresources and adjacent upla nds. Drainage EDGECOMB UsingGISana lysis,this ma pprovides ba sicinforma tionrega rdingwha ecologica t l The servicesvarious wetla ndsare likely provide.to These ecologica services, l ea which ch of Hilton Cove Eddy 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 notdepicted inthis ma Refer p. www.mato ine.gov/dep/wa ter/wetla nds/ipwetfv2.htm l additiona for informa l tionrega rdingwetla ndfunctions and values. Forested wetla ndsand )"127 Drainage sm awetla ll ndssuch as verna pools l are known beto underrepresented inthe Nationa l 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 Wolf Montsweag Brook sourceswhen evalua tingwetla nds,and ea chwetla ndshould be considered rela tiveto Pond Drainage thewhole la ndsca pe/wa tershedwhen assessing wetla ndresources ata loca level. l

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WOOLWICH WISCASSET Organized Township Boundary Cushman Cove

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Selected Town or Area of Interest "144 ) Lily Developed:Impervious surfaces including buildings and roads Pond Cowseagan Narrows SubwatershedsThe - sha ded,ba ckgroundpolygons are subwa tersheds(area stha drain t atopa rticulala r ke,wetla nd, )"144 pond,river, strea orthe m , ocea The n). subwa tershedsare Merrill Cove sha dedshowto topographic relief. This "hillsha ding" a ssum esthe sun isshining fromthe northwest, soridgetops Colby Cove a ndnorthwest-facing slopes appea light, r wherea svalleys and southea st-facingslopes appea da r Beca rk. usema nyarea s of Ma of ineare rela tivelythefla t, topographic relief shown here ha sbeen exa ggeratedmato kethe details ea siersee.to Nequasset Lake-Nequasset Brook )"127 Drainage Drainage Wetland Functions: Fill Pattern

Back River Creek Some wetlands may have more than one funtion (fill pattern) Nequasset """"" RUNOFF / FLOODFLOW ALTERATION Lake """"" """"" W etla ndsprovide na turalstormwa tercontrol ca pa bilities.Asna turalba sinsin """"" thela ndsca pe,wetla ndsare able receive,to detain, and slowly relea se stormwa terWetlarunoff. ndshelves along strea mba nksna turallyregula te floodwa tersby providing an area swollen for strea mflows expato ndand slow, ¤£1 therebyprotecting downstrea mproperties. This ma passigns Runoff/FloodflowAlteration Functions wetlato ndstha are tcontained (a) ina

WISCASSET knownfloodzone,associated (b) with asurfacewa tercourse waor terbody,and (c) with (c) slope 3%.< WESTPORT ISLAND AND/OR EROSION CONTROL / SEDIMENT RETENTION W etla ndsact as na turalsponges tha ca t nhold wa ter,allowing suspended Chewonki Creek pa rticlessuch as sedim entsettleto out.The dense vegetation inmost EDGECOMB wetla ndshelps stabilizeto soil and slow wa terflows,thereby reducing scouring BOOTHBAY Parsons Creek a ndba nkerosion. This ma passigns Erosion Control Sedim / entRetention functionswetlato ndswith slope (a) em 3%;(b) < ergentvegetation; and (c) close (c) proxim ityatoriver, strea laor m ke. , 27 127 )" FINFISH HABITAT )" Back River Drainage W etla ndswith docum entedfinfish popula tions,including wetla ndsadjacent to ariver, strea laor m ke. , WISCASSET AND/OR WOOLWICH 144 SHELLFISH HABITAT EDGECOMB

)" Mouth Oven Cross River Inla ndwetla ndsand strea m sca ndirectly affect the status coastal of shellfish

WESTPORT ISLAND WESTPORT 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 severalmiles awa Excessive y. nutrients ca nreduce wa tercla rityand Fowle Cross River stim ula teepiphytic growth tha degrades t eelgrass mea dows.Conservation of Nequasset Brook Cove freshwa terwetla ndsand strea mbuffers incoastal wa tershedsisakey com ponentinma rineresource conservation. This ma passigns aShellfish Sheepscot River H a bitatfunction wetlato ndswithin miles identified0.5 (a) of shellfish ha bitat, (b) identified (b) shellfish closure area ma (c) or s, ppedeelgrass beds OR Brookings Bay pa lustrinewetla ndsdirectly connected by astrea mile 0.5 < minlengthof to Back River Greenleaf identified (a) shellfish ha bitat,identified (b) shellfish closure area or s, Cove ma (c) ppedeelgrass beds.

PLANT/ANIMAL HABITAT McCarty Nea rlyall wildlife species, and ma Ma ny of ine’spla ntspecies, depend on Cove wetla ndsduring som epa their rtof lifecycle. Forthe purposes this of ma p, Back River wetla ndscontaining open wa teremor ergentvegetation, ormore3 wetla nd WOOLRICH vegetationcla sses(see below), and within ¼mile aknown of rare, threa tened, ARROWSIC )"27 endaor ngeredpla ntanimor aoccurrence, l within ¼mile ama of pped significa ntoressential ha bitat,withinor ¼mile arare of orexem pla ryna tural Sheepscot Bay 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. Drainage (((((((( (((((((( (((((((( OTHER FUNCTIONS (((((((( (((((((( CULT URAL/EDUCATIONAL.Wetla ndswithin ¼mile aboat of ram porschool WOOLWICH (((((((( (((((((( (((((((( ha vebeen assigned this value as these wetla ndsare likely ca ndida tesusefor

WESTPORT ISLAND Wiley a soutdoor cla ssroomorsim s, ilasocial r benefit. Wetla ndsrated other for Pond functionslisted above ma yalso dem onstratecultural/educa tionavalues l k Damariscotta River e a lthoughnot expressly shown. 127 e )" Heal r Drainage OR C Pond NODOCUMENTED FUNCTION. The ba this sis of cha racterizationishigh BOOTHBAY Hockomock Bay m a ltitudeaerial photos. Photo qua lityoften lim itsthe informa tiontha ca t nbe a

u WESTPORT ISLAND interpretedfromsm awetla ll ndfea tures,thoseor with dense ca nopycover. q S Althoughnot assigned afunction under this study, ground surveys ma yrevea l

Back River Adams thathese t wetla ndsha vemultiple functions and values. Pond Wetland Class: Fill Color Aqua ticBed (floating submor ergedaqua ticvegetation), Open Wa ter )"127 Sheepscot River Em ergent(herba ceousvegetation), Em ergent/ForestedMix (woody vegetation >20 ft tall),Em ft >20 ergent/Shrub-ScrubMix (woody vegetation tall) ft <20 Knickerbocker Lakes Forested,Forested/Shrub-scrub Fiddler R e a c

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R k N T Jewett H a bitats"(FW S /OBS-79/31,DecThe 1979). aerial photographs docum entconditions for

R Cove theyea they r were taken. There isno attem in pt,either the design productsor this of i

v e Sasanoa River inventory,defineto the lim proprietary its of jurisdiction any of Federal, State, orloca l r governm ent.NW ma I psdepict general wetla ndloca tions,bounda ries,and )"27 cha racteristics.They are not asubstitute on-ground,for site-specific wetla nddelinea tion.

WESTPORT HARBOR Knubble BOOTHBAY Bay Boothbay-Linekin Frontal )"96 Drainage Data Sources DATA SOURCE INFORMATION Kennebec River (note: italicized file names can be downloaded from Maine Office of GIS) Drainage T OW NSHBOUNDARIES IP Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of metwp24 Fisher ge ROADS assa Eddy k P Ma ine MaGIS,Office of ine Depa rtm entTransportation of (2015); medotpub Kennebec River c Ro H Y DROL OGY G ose o Ma ine GeologicaU.S.GIS,Office of Survey l (2010); NHD DEVELOPED Ma ine MaGIS,Office of ine Depa rtm entInla of nd Fisheries and Wildlife (2015) NATIONALWETL ANDSINVENTORY (NW I) Boothbay Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of NWI )"27 Harbor DRAINAGEDIVIDES ClareysPond Lewis Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of medrdvd Cove DATA SOURCE CONTACT INFORMATION Ma inehttp://www.maGIS:Office of ine.gov/megis/ Ma ineDepa rtm entTransportation: of http://www.ma ine.gov/mdot/ L i t Ma ineDepa rtm entAgriculture, of Conservation and Forestry: t

Newsom Creek Newsom r l e e http://www.ma ine.gov/da cf/pla nning/index.htm l iv Ebenecook R Ma ineGeologica Survey: l http://www.ma ine.gov/doc/nrim c/mgs/mgs.htm Robinhood Cove S Harbor Linekin h k e c e Bay a p DIGITAL DATA REQUEST s BOOTHBAY HARBOR B c o )"238 Johns Bay-Boothbay Harbor Trequest o digital da a tatown for ororga nization,visit our website. t http://www.beginningwithha bitat.org/the_ m a ps/gis_ da ta_ request.htm l R SOUTHPORT Drainage S ources:Esri, USGS NOAA , iv k e ee r r C 5,000 2,500 0 0.5 1 Map Prepared by Maine Scale: 1:24,000 Supported in part Supported in

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