Jim Oehler
State Lands Habitat Biologist
Wildlife & Habitats at
Pisgah SP
Wildlife & Habitats at
Pisgah SP
Aquatic Habitats
Lakes & Ponds
Aquatic Habitats
Lakes & Ponds
• 104 lakes & ponds (NHHD data)
• 0.04-115 acres
• 75% < 2 acres
• 7 named ponds
• all contain warmwater species
Aquatic Habitats
Lakes & PondsAssessment
Aquatic Habitats
Lakes & PondsAssessment
• 4 high condition lakes & ponds
• > 90% shoreline in natural landcover
• far from roads
• surrounded by conservation land
• No dams
Aquatic Habitats
Rivers & StreamsAssessment
Aquatic Habitats
Rivers & StreamsAssessment
• 50 miles of streams
•Ashuelot River Watershed assessment
• Important stream reaches
• Kilburn Brook
• Broad Brook
• Hog Tongue Brook
• Tufts Brook
Aquatic Habitats
StreamSurveys
Aquatic Habitats
StreamSurveys
• Tufts Brook, Broad Brook, Snow Brook, unnamed brook
• 330 foot (100 m) segments
• all warmwater spp
• Snow Brook only dace
• temps good for trout
WAP Habitats
Landcover
WAP Habitats
Landcover
• 39 marsh/shrub swamps (691 A)
• 18 peatlands (25.5 A)
• 1 grassland complex (40 A)
• 25 HHP (18,024 A)
• 16 AOP (13,754 A)
• vernal pools & shrublands not mapped
A
A
A
B
NB or R
NB or R
WAP Habitats Vernal Pools
WAP Habitats Vernal Pools
• Mapped via GPS in 2007
• Only in Chesterfield portion
• 45 pools documented A
A
A
B
NB or R
NB or R
WAP Habitats
ConditionsAssessment
WAP Habitats
ConditionsAssessment
• Tier 1 marshes
• mod.- high veg. complexity
• far from roads
• Close proximity to other marshes
• Tier 1 – Pisgah Reservoir
• Potential bald eagle nesting habitat
A
A
A
B
NB or R
NB or R
WAP Habitats
ConditionsAssessment
WAP Habitats
ConditionsAssessment
• Hemlock-hardwood-pine – Tier 3
• few rare species/comms
• low wet%
• high mercury
• Appalachian oak-pine – Tier 2
• similar to HHP but largest patch statewide
A
A
A
B
NB or R
NB or R
Other Habitats Deer Yards
Other Habitats Deer Yards
• Mapped via aerial photo interp and ground truthing
• Late 80s
• Important for maintaining deer pops during hard winters
• Ameliorates impacts of wind and cold temps
A
A
A
B
NB or R
NB or R
FishStreams
FishStreams
Brook Trout
Slimy Sculpin
Red Bellied Dace
Potential Spp of Concern
ReptilesReptiles
Wood turtle
Potential/Likely Spp of Concern
• Smooth green snake
• Black racerST
• Ribbon snake
• Spotted turtle ST
• Wood turtle
Black racer
AmphibiansAmphibians
Northern leopard frog
• Fowler’s
• Leopard
Potential/Likely Species of Concern
• MarbledSE
• Jefferson’s
• Blue-spotted
Blue spotted
BirdsBirdsBreeding Birds (83 species)
Forested
• Red-eyed vireo
• Ovenbird
• Hermit thrush
Red-eyed Vireo
Shrub/Edge
• Song sparrow
• Gray catbird
• Chestnut-sided warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
BirdsBirdsSpecies of Concern Documented
• Am. Black duck
• Common loonST
• Ruffed grouse
• Am. bittern
• Great blue heron
• Northern goshawk
• Red-shouldered hawk
• Wood thrush
• Veery
• Eastern towhee
Potential/Likely Species of Concern
• Am. woodcock
• Canada warbler
• Cerulean warbler
• Osprey
• Purple finch
GoshawkCanada warbler
BirdsGamebirds
BirdsGamebirds
RUGR
• Drumming Counts
• N & WM = 0.5-0.9 events/stop
• SW = 0.2-0.5 events/stop
AMWO
•Singing Ground Surveys
• N &WM = 0.4-0.8 males/stop
• SW = 0.1-0.3 males/stop
GoshawkAm. woodcockRuffed grouse
MammalsNHFG Big Game Obj
MammalsNHFG Big Game Obj
Increase 41%
Increase 36%
Increase 35%
Maintain
MammalsFurbearers
MammalsFurbearers
• Mink, fisher, otter, long-tailed weasel, etc.
• Only beavers allowed to be trapped in park.
MammalsPotential/Likely SGCN
MammalsPotential/Likely SGCN
E. small-footed
• Bobcat
• E. pippestrelle
• E. small-footed batSE
• Hoary bat
• Silver-haired batBobcat
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