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EXECUTIVESUMMARY............................................................................................................S <br />INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................8 <br />SITEINFORMATION..............................................................................................................10 <br />LANDSCAPE CONTEXT.........................................................................................,.12 <br />SITE GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER......................................................... ........................15 <br />SOILS AND TOPOGRAPHY........................................................................... ..................17 <br />RARESPECIES.......................................................................................................................... 20 <br />ExistingWildlife. .................................................... ...........,............21 <br />HISTORICAL VEGETATION.........................................................:e .................................... 42 <br />HISTORICAL AND EXISTING LAND USE ...........................................................................— 26 <br />WATERRESOURCES..............................................................:...............:.............................. .:....... 29 <br />Surface Waters (Lakes, Streams, Rivers, etc.) .......... t ...... ..,o .............. ......... -A .................................. 29 <br />StormwaterManagement Issues............................................................................................................30 <br />ADJACENTLAND USE.....................................................................:.............................................30 <br />EXISTING LAND COVER & ECOLOGICA AGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 31 <br />Floodplainforest (140.92 ac)............................:........®...........................Z.,....................................,...34 <br />Farmfield (180 ac)...............................................,................................................................................. 45 <br />Grassland with sparse deciduous trees (1. c...........................................................................48 <br />Mesic oak savanna (2.82 ac).................................................A..........................................................50 <br />Altered non-native decid :forest (1.48 ac..............................................................51 <br />Non-native grassland sparse trees (1.48..........................................................51 <br />RESTORATION............................................................................................................................... S3 <br />Targetplant communi .:..............................................................................53 <br />Restoration process ................. <br />Restorationgoals.........................................................................................................................................61 <br />WORKPLAN......................................... o ........ ........................................................................................ 63 <br />ManagementPriorities............................................................................................................................64 <br />Restorationtimetable.................................................................................................................................72 <br />Long -Term Monitoring and Maintenance..........................................................................................75 <br />OTHERCONSIDE TIO 5..................................................................................................76 <br />1194 <br />S.................................................................................................... 80 <br />APPENDICES............................................................................................................................ 81 <br />APPENDIX A. Plant Species Recorded at the WHHCA......................................................... 81 <br />APPENDIX B. Plant Species for Restoration at the WHHCA.............................................. 84 <br />APPENDIX C. Methods for Controlling Exotic, Invasive Plant Species ..........................86 <br />APPENDIXD. Ecological Contractors.......................................................................................94 <br />Friends of the Mississippi <br />W. H. Houlton Conservation Area NRMP <br />