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The document summarizes Hudsonia's process for creating a habitat map for the Town of Woodstock. They analyzed existing materials like soil and topographic maps, then verified habitats through fieldwork. Final products included large wall maps, a report on habitat descriptions and conservation priorities, and GIS files. The comprehensive habitat maps identify uplands and wetlands, rare and common habitats, and are more accurate than existing wetland maps for planning and analyzing water resources on watershed and site-specific scales.
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- 1. Habitat mapping inthe Town of Woodstock Nava Tabak Gretchen Stevens Hudsonia Ltd
- 2. Hudsonia’s Biodiversity ResourcesCenter • Town agencies • Land trust organizations • Landowners • Government agencies • Comprehensive plans • Town-wide ordinances • Development proposals • Conservation easements • Management plans
- 3. Hudsonia’s Biodiversity ResourcesCenter Habitat Mapping
- 4. Dutchess County, NewYork Completed habitat maps • East Fishkill • Fishkill and Sprout Creek corridors • Washington • Stanford • Amenia • Rhinebeck • Marbletown (partial) • North East • Poughkeepsie • Pine Plains • Hyde Park (partial) • Beekman • Trout Brook watershed
- 5. Why habitats? Biological diversityis the variation in nature at all scales: genes, species, biological communities, and ecosystems.
- 6. Why habitats? Habitat: allthe biotic and abiotic components that make up the environment where an organism or community occurs. Habitat diversity is a good surrogate for species diversity. Effective biodiversity conservation focuses on • species, • their habitats, and • the landscapes that support those habitats.
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- 9. Methods: existing materials • Soil maps • Bedrock maps • Topographic maps • Aerial photos • Stereophotos • And more…
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- 12. Methods: correction andextrapolation
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- 14. Ecologically significant habitats • Rare or declining habitats • Habitats that support rare or declining species fen acidic bog kettle shrub pool oak-heath barren
- 15. Ecologically significant habitats • Common habitats • Complexes of connected habitats upland forest upland meadow marsh & swamp intermittent stream
- 16. Final products • Large-formatwall maps • Report – habitat descriptions – priorities for conservation – management recommendations • Computer (GIS) files
- 17. Methods: Analysis • Far-rangingmammals and forest interior-breeding birds • Forested watersheds and groundwater resources Photo: Peter Schoenberger
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- 19. Using the maps •Town-wide planning • Review of site- specific proposals • Resource for landowners and land trusts
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- 21. Summary • Comprehensive: uplandsand wetlands, rare and common habitats
- 22. Summary • Comprehensive: uplandsand wetlands, rare and common habitats • Water resources: habitat maps are more inclusive and accurate than existing wetland map resources
- 23. Summary • Comprehensive: uplandsand wetlands, rare and common habitats • Water resources: habitat maps are more inclusive and accurate than existing wetland map resources • Scale: appropriate for comprehensive (including watershed) and site specific planning
- 24. Hudsonia A non-profit institute P.O. Box 66 Red Hook, NY 12571 845-758-0600 www.hudsonia.org