LAKE VIEW PLT BROWNVILLE BROWNVILLE MILO MEDFORD ORNEVILLE TWP Schoodic Lake MILO " ) 6 " ) 6 " ) 11 " ) 11 MILO ATKINSON " ) 16 " ) 16 " ) 16 LAKEVIEW PLT MEDFORD MEDFORD MILO A ld e r S t r e am Alde r St r e a m P iscat aqu is R iv e r Meado w B r o ok M o r ri s o n B r oo k Se b e c R i v er P l e a s a n t R i v e r Rapid Brook Alder Brook " ) 6 " ) 16 " ) 6 " ) 6 " ) 16 WILLIAMSBURG TWP SEBEC BROWNVILLE WILLIAMSBURG TWP MILO SEBEC Dow Pond MILO ORNEVILLE TWP Pleasant River P i sca taq u i s R i v e r Boyd Lake 2904 Acres 4658 Acres 13651 Acres 3670 Acres 2096 Acres 2836 Acres 3278 Acres 11899 Acres 11899 Acres 584 Acres 4314 Acres 4082 Acres 401 Acres 8408 Acres 8408 Acres 1723 Acres 129 Acres 5477 Acres 730 Acres 641 Acres 2366 Acres 602 Acres 153 Acres 12345 Acres 12301 Acres 1880 Acres 929 Acres 28556 Acres 68338 Acres 572267 Acres State of Maine 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. Alton Argyle Twp Atkinson Barnard Twp Bowerbank Bradford Brownville Cedar Lake Twp Charleston Dexter Dover-Foxcroft Ebeemee Twp Edinburg Garland Guilford Howland Katahdin Iron Works Twp Lagrange Lake View Plt Maxfield Medford Milo Orneville Twp Sangerville Sebec Seboeis Plt T2 R8 NWP T4 R9 NWP T7 R9 NWP Williamsburg Twp 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 (2013 HYDROLOGY U.S. Geological Survey: NHD_Maine (2012) UNDEVELOPED HABITAT BLOCKS, DEVELOPMENT BUFFER, CONNECTORS Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife CONSERVATION LANDS Bureau of Parks and Land, Land Use Regularty Commission, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: conserved_lands (2014) 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 Natural Areas Program - http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mnap/ 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 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 Milo Milo 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 ¶ Supported in part by Loon Conservation Plate funds Supported in part by Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund lottery ticket sales April 2015 Map Prepared by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
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LAK
E VIEW
PLT
BRO
WN
VILLE
BROWNVILLE
MILO
MEDFORD
ORNEVILLE TWP
LEGR
AN
GE
OR
NEV
ILLE T
WP
Schoodic Lake
MILO
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MILO
ATKINSON
")16
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LAKEVIEW PLT
MEDFORD
ME
DFO
RD
MILO
Ald
erSt
ream
AlderStre
am
Piscataquis
River
MeadowBrook
Morrison Brook
SebecRiver
little Schoodic Stream
Plea sant River
Rapid Brook
Alder Brook
")6 ")16
")6
")6")16
WILLIAMSBURG TWP
SEBEC
BRO
WN
VILLE
WILLIA
MSBU
RG
TWP
MILO
SEBEC
Dow Pond
MILO
ORNEVILLE TWP
Pleasant River
Pisca taquis River
Boyd Lake
2904Acres
4658Acres
13651Acres
3670Acres
2096Acres
2836Acres
3278Acres
11899Acres
11899Acres
584Acres
4314Acres
4082Acres
401Acres
8408Acres
8408Acres
1723Acres
129Acres
5477Acres
730Acres
641Acres
2366Acres
602Acres
153Acres
12345Acres
12301Acres
1880Acres
929Acres
28556Acres
28556Acres
68338Acres
572267Acres
State of Maine
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)
StateWildlife 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.
MunicipalTown parks, athletic fields, community forests, etc.
Private ConservationProperties 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.
EasementVoluntary 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.
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 on development intensity.Undeveloped Habitat BlockRemaining land outside of Development Buffers. Blocks greater than 100 acres are labeled with their estimated acreage.
Highway Bridge ConnectorsHighway 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 ConnectorsLikely 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 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.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.
Alton
ArgyleTwp
Atkinson
BarnardTwp
Bowerbank
Bradford
Brownville
CedarLake Twp
CharlestonDexter
Dover-Foxcroft
EbeemeeTwp
Edinburg
Garland
Gui
lford
Howland
KatahdinIron
Works Twp
Lagrange
LakeView Plt
Maxfield
MedfordMilo
OrnevilleTwp
Sangerville
Sebec
SeboeisPlt
T2 R8NWP
T4 R9NWP
T7 R9NWP
William
sburg
Twp
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 INFORMATION TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES Maine Office of GIS: metwp24 (2013) ROADS Maine Office of GIS, Maine Department of Transportation): medotpub (2013 HYDROLOGY U.S. Geological Survey: NHD_Maine (2012) UNDEVELOPED HABITAT BLOCKS, DEVELOPMENT BUFFER, CONNECTORS Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife CONSERVATION LANDS Bureau of Parks and Land, Land Use Regularty Commission, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: conserved_lands (2014) 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 Natural Areas Program - http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mnap/ 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
An Approach to Conserving Maine's Natural Space 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
MiloMilo
Kilometers1,000 0500
Meters10.5
5,000 02,500Feet Miles
10.5Scale: 1:24,000 Projection: UTM 19NDatum: NAD 1983¶
Supported in part by LoonConservation
Plate funds
Supported in part by Maine Outdoor
Heritage Fund lottery ticket sales April 2015
Map Prepared by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
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