ß ß ß Casco Bay Seal Cove Lamson Cove Hadlock Cove Whitehead Passage FALMOUTH LONG ISLAND Broad Cove White Cove Hussey Sound Wharf Cove Harbor Grace Lukse Sound Long Cove Punch Bowl Mill Creek Spar Cove Staples Cove Shawna Shores § ¨ ¦ 295 " ) 88 " ) 88 " ) 115 CUMBERLAND FALMOUTH YARMOUTH CUMBERLAND FALMOUTH PORTLAND £ ¤ 1 £ ¤ 1 Casco Bay YARMOUTH CUMBERLAND Mussel Cove CUMBERLAND CHEBEAGUE ISLAND YARMOUTH CHEBEAGUE ISLAND PEAKS ISLAND LONG ISLAND C o u s i n s R iv e r Royal River Sabrina's Brook FREEPORT YARMOUTH FREEPORT CHEBEAGUE ISLAND Chivericks Cove Chandler Cove Coleman Cove Johnson Cove Broad Sound D § ¨ ¦ 295 " ) 88 FREEPORT HARPSWELL C HE B E A GU E I S L A N D HA R P S WE L L Potts Harbor Wreck Cove Norton Brook Chenery Brook Gulf of Maine Atlantic Ocean " ) 88 L A N D CHEBEAGUE ISLAND LONG ISLAND PORTLAND LONG ISLAND CHEBEAGUE ISLAND PORTLAND HARPSWELL CHEBEAGUE ISLAND 184 Acres 106 Acres 101 Acres 513 Acres 496 Acres 141 Acres 206 Acres 671 Acres 105 Acres 301 Acres 250 Acres 194 Acres 759 Acres 1083 981 Acres State of Maine Kilometers 1,000 0 500 Meters 1 0.5 5,000 0 2,500 Feet Miles 1 0.5 Scale: 1:24,000 Projection: UTM 19N Datum: NAD 1983 ¶ This map highlights undeveloped natural areas likely to provide core habitat blocks and habitat connections that facilitate species movements between blocks. Undeveloped habitat blocks provide relatively undisturbed habitat conditions required by many of Maine’s species. Habitat connections provide necessary opportunities for wildlife to travel between preferred habitat types in search for food, water, and mates. Roads and development fragment habitat blocks and can be barriers to moving wildlife. By maintaining a network of interconnected blocks towns and land trusts can protect a wide variety of Maine’s species—both rare and common—to help ensure rich species diversity long into the future. Maintaining a network of these large rural open spaces also protects future opportunities for forestry, agriculture, and outdoor recreation. LEGEND Organized Township Boundary Selected Town or Area of Interest Unorganized Township Aerial Imagery Aerial imagery is often the best tool available to visualize existing patterns of development and resulting changes in the natural landscape. By depicting undeveloped habitat blocks, habitat connectors and conserved lands with aerial photos, the map user can more easily identify opportunities to expand the size and ecological effectiveness of local conservation efforts. The State of Maine’s conserved lands database includes lands in federal, state, and non-profit ownership. It does not include many privately owned conservation lands, especially those protected by local land trusts, or town owned conservation lands. For the most accurate and current information about land ownership, consult with the local assessor and/or other local land management agencies. If public access potential to any of the properties displayed here is uncertain, landowners should be contacted to determine if permission is necessary. Conserved Lands Ownership Type (transparent layers) State Wildlife Management Areas and other properties managed by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, state parks, and parcels managed by the Bureau of Parks & Lands. Municipal Town parks, athletic fields, community forests, etc. Private Conservation Properties owned and managed by private (usually non-profit) organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust; Trust for Public Land, and local land trusts. Easement Voluntary legal agreements that allow landowners to realize economic benefit by permanently restricting the amount and type of future development and other uses on all or part of their property as they continue to own and use it. Federal National parks, forests, and wildlife refuges. (Includes Canadian conserved lands.) Habitat Blocks Development Buffer (pale transparency) 250-500 foot buffer around improved roads and developed areas based on development intensity. Undeveloped Habitat Block Remaining land outside of Development Buffers. Blocks greater than 100 acres are labeled with their estimated acreage. Highway Bridge Connectors Highway bridges along I-95 and I-295 that span riparian habitat connecting adjacent but separated habitat blocks.These are locations where species are likely to take advantage of infrastructure to move between habitat blocks. Undeveloped Block Connectors Likely road crossing areas linking undeveloped habitat blocks greater than 100 acres. The threat of habitat fragmentation and animal mortality corresponds to traffic volume. Red lines represent habitat road crossings with daily traffic volumes greater than 2000 vehicles per day. Yellow lines represent habitat road crossings with daily traffic volumes less than 2000 vehicles per day. Represented habitat connections identified through computer modeling highlight locations where quality habitat is likely to occur on both sides of a given road between undeveloped habitat blocks greater than 100 acres and between higher value wetlands.These representations are approximate and have not been field verified. Approximate Road Crossing Habitat Connections Riparian Connectors Likely crossing locations for wetland dependent species moving between waterways and wetlands divided by roads Purple lines represent riparian road crossings with daily traffic volumes greater than 2000 vehicles per day. Blue lines represent riparian road crossings with daily traffic volumes less than 2000 vehicles per day. Bath Brunswick Cape Elizabeth Cumberland Falmouth Freeport Gorham Gray Harpswell Long Island North Yarmouth Phippsburg Portland Pownal Saco Scarborough South Portland West Bath Westbrook Windham Yarmouth Regional Undeveloped Blocks Developed Areas 0 - 250 acres 250-500 acres 500-1,000 acres 1,000-5,000 acres > 5,000 acres 1 inch equals 5 miles 1 : 325,000 DATA SOURCE INFORMATION TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES Maine Office of GIS: metwp24 (2013) ROADS Maine Office of GIS, Maine Department of Transportation): medotpub (2015) HYDROLOGY U.S. Geological Survey: NHD_Maine (2012) UNDEVELOPED HABITAT BLOCKS, DEVELOPMENT BUFFER, CONNECTORS Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (2015) CONSERVATION LANDS Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Land Use Planning Commission, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: Conserved Lands (2015) AERIAL IMAGERY U.S. Department of Agriculture: NAIP 2013 - state-wide 1-meter color orthoimagery DATA SOURCE CONTACT INFORMATION Maine Office of GIS - http://www.maine.gov/megis/catalog/ Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - http://www.maine.gov/dacf/ Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - http://www.maine.gov/ifw/ Maine Department of Transportation - http://www.maine.gov/mdot/ Maine Department of Environmental Protection - http://www.maine.gov/dep/ DIGITAL DATA REQUEST To request digital data for a town or organization, visit our website. http://www.beginningwithhabitat.org/the_maps/gis_data_request.html Data Sources Supported in part by Loon Conservation Plate funds Supported in part by Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund lottery ticket sales October 2015 Map Prepared by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife An Approach to Conserving Maine's Natural Space for Plants, Animals, and People www.beginningwithhabitat.org www.beginningwithhabitat.org Primary Map 3 Primary Map 3 This map is non-regulatory and is intended for planning purposes only Undeveloped Habitat Blocks & Undeveloped Habitat Blocks & Connectors and Conserved Lands Connectors and Conserved Lands Chebeague Island Chebeague Island
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Casco
Bay
SealCove
LamsonCove
HadlockCove
Whitehead Passage
FALMOUTH
LONGISLAND
BroadCove
WhiteCove
HusseySound
Wharf Cove
Harbor Grace
Lukse
Sound
LongCove
Punch Bowl
Mill
Creek
Spar Cove
StaplesCove
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FALMOUTH
YARMOUTH
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MusselCove
CUMBERLAND
CHEBEAGUEISLAND
YARMOUTH
CHEBEAGUEISLAND
PEAKSISLAND
LONGISLAND
Cou sins
River
RoyalRiver
Sabrina's
Brook
FREEPORTYARMOUTH
FREEPORT
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND
ChivericksCove
Chandler CoveColemanCove
JohnsonCove
BroadSound
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FREEPORT
HARPSWELL
CHEBEAGUEISLAND
HARPSWELL
PottsHarbor
WreckCove
NortonBrook
CheneryBrook
Gulf of Maine
Atlantic Ocean
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LAND
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND
LONG ISLAND
PORTLAND
LONGISLAND
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND
PORTLAND
HARPSWELL
CHEBEAGUEISLAND
184Acres
106Acres
101Acres
513Acres
496Acres
141Acres
206Acres
671Acres
105Acres
301Acres
250Acres
194Acres
759 Acres
1083Acres
981Acres
State of Maine
Kilometers1,000 0500
Meters10.5
5,000 02,500Feet Miles
10.5Scale: 1:24,000Projection: UTM 19NDatum: NAD 1983¶
This map highlights undeveloped natural areas likely to provide core habitat blocks andhabitat connections that facilitate species movements between blocks. Undevelopedhabitat blocks provide relatively undisturbed habitat conditions required by many ofMaine’s species. Habitat connections provide necessary opportunities for wildlife to travelbetween preferred habitat types in search for food, water, and mates. Roads anddevelopment fragment habitat blocks and can be barriers to moving wildlife. Bymaintaining a network of interconnected blocks towns and land trusts can protect a widevariety of Maine’s species—both rare and common—to help ensure rich species diversitylong into the future. Maintaining a network of these large rural open spaces also protectsfuture opportunities for forestry, agriculture, and outdoor recreation.
LEGEND
Organized Township Boundary
Selected Town or Area of Interest
Unorganized Township
Aerial Imagery
Aerial imagery is often the best tool available to visualize existing patterns of developmentand resulting changes in the natural landscape. By depicting undeveloped habitat blocks,habitat connectors and conserved lands with aerial photos, the map user can more easilyidentify opportunities to expand the size and ecological effectiveness of local conservationefforts.
The State of Maine’s conserved lands database includes lands in federal, state, andnon-profit ownership. It does not include many privately owned conservation lands,especially those protected by local land trusts, or town owned conservation lands. For themost accurate and current information about land ownership, consult with the localassessor and/or other local land management agencies. If public access potential to anyof the properties displayed here is uncertain, landowners should be contacted todetermine if permission is necessary.
Conserved Lands
Ownership Type (transparent layers)
StateWildlife Management Areas and other properties managed by the Department of InlandFisheries and Wildlife, state parks, and parcels managed by the Bureau of Parks &Lands.
MunicipalTown parks, athletic fields, community forests, etc.
Private ConservationProperties owned and managed by private (usually non-profit) organizations such asThe Nature Conservancy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust; Trust for Public Land, and localland trusts.
EasementVoluntary legal agreements that allow landowners to realize economic benefit bypermanently restricting the amount and type of future development and other uses on allor part of their property as they continue to own and use it.
FederalNational parks, forests, and wildlife refuges. (Includes Canadian conserved lands.)
Habitat BlocksDevelopment Buffer (pale transparency)250-500 foot buffer around improved roads and developed areas based ondevelopment intensity.Undeveloped Habitat BlockRemaining land outside of Development Buffers. Blocks greater than 100 acresare labeled with their estimated acreage.
Highway Bridge ConnectorsHighway bridges along I-95 and I-295 that span riparian habitat connectingadjacent but separated habitat blocks.These are locations where species arelikely to take advantage of infrastructure to move between habitat blocks.
Undeveloped Block ConnectorsLikely road crossing areas linking undeveloped habitat blocks greater than 100 acres. Thethreat of habitat fragmentation and animal mortality corresponds to traffic volume.
Red lines represent habitat roadcrossings with daily traffic volumesgreater than 2000 vehicles per day.
Yellow lines represent habitat roadcrossings with daily traffic volumesless than 2000 vehicles per day.
Represented habitat connections identified through computer modeling highlight locationswhere quality habitat is likely to occur on both sides of a given road between undevelopedhabitat blocks greater than 100 acres and between higher value wetlands.Theserepresentations are approximate and have not been field verified.
Approximate Road Crossing Habitat Connections
Riparian ConnectorsLikely crossing locations for wetland dependent species moving between waterways andwetlands divided by roads
Purple lines represent riparian roadcrossings with daily traffic volumesgreater than 2000 vehicles per day.
Blue lines represent riparian roadcrossings with daily traffic volumesless than 2000 vehicles per day.
Bath
Brunswick
CapeElizabeth
Cumberland
Falmouth
Freeport
Gorham
Gray
Harpswell
LongIsland
NorthYarmouth
Phippsburg
Portland
Pownal
Saco
Scarborough
South Portland
WestBath
Westbrook
WindhamYarmouth
Regional Undeveloped Blocks
Developed Areas
0 - 250 acres
250-500 acres
500-1,000 acres
1,000-5,000 acres
> 5,000 acres
1 inch equals 5 miles1 : 325,000
DATA SOURCE INFORMATIONTOWNSHIP BOUNDARIESMaine Office of GIS: metwp24 (2013)ROADSMaine Office of GIS, Maine Department of Transportation): medotpub (2015)HYDROLOGYU.S. Geological Survey: NHD_Maine (2012)UNDEVELOPED HABITAT BLOCKS, DEVELOPMENT BUFFER, CONNECTORSMaine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (2015)CONSERVATION LANDSMaine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Land Use PlanningCommission, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife:Conserved Lands (2015)AERIAL IMAGERYU.S. Department of Agriculture: NAIP 2013 - state-wide 1-meter color orthoimagery
DATA SOURCE CONTACT INFORMATIONMaine Office of GIS - http://www.maine.gov/megis/catalog/Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - http://www.maine.gov/dacf/Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - http://www.maine.gov/ifw/Maine Department of Transportation - http://www.maine.gov/mdot/Maine Department of Environmental Protection - http://www.maine.gov/dep/
DIGITAL DATA REQUESTTo request digital data for a town or organization, visit our website.http://www.beginningwithhabitat.org/the_maps/gis_data_request.html
Data Sources
Supported inpart by LoonConservationPlate funds
Supported in partby Maine OutdoorHeritage Fundlottery ticket sales October 2015
Map Prepared by MaineDepartment of InlandFisheries & Wildlife
An Approach to Conserving Maine's NaturalSpace for Plants, Animals, and People
www.beginningwithhabitat.orgwww.beginningwithhabitat.org
Primary Map 3Primary Map 3
This map is non-regulatory and is intended for planning purposes only
Undeveloped Habitat Blocks &Undeveloped Habitat Blocks &Connectors and Conserved LandsConnectors and Conserved Lands
Chebeague IslandChebeague Island
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