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Forest Legacy Assessment of Need Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

Forest Legacy Assessment of Need Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas. Governor’s Commission for Protecting the Chesapeake Bay through Sustainable Forestry March 13, 2006. Today’s Objectives:. Briefly review process used to identify Forest Legacy “Focus Areas”

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Forest Legacy Assessment of Need Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

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  1. Forest Legacy Assessment of NeedDraft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Governor’s Commission for Protecting the Chesapeake Bay through Sustainable Forestry March 13, 2006

  2. Today’s Objectives: • Briefly review process used to identify Forest Legacy “Focus Areas” • Present “Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas” • Discuss additional FLP goals and criteria to refine Forest Legacy Areas

  3. SFLA Ecological Model Tools to SupportForest Legacy Needs Assessment FLA Eligibility Criteria Available Assessment Tools • Important Public Values • Scenic resources • Recreational opportunities • Public water supply protection • Wetlands • Interior forest habitat • Rare, threatened and endangered species habitat • Chesapeake Bay water quality improvement • Forest products utilization • Threatened by conversion to non-forest uses

  4. Tools to SupportForest Legacy Needs Assessment FLA Eligibility Criteria Available Assessment Tools • Important Public Values • Scenic resources • Recreational opportunities • Public water supply protection • Wetlands • Interior forest habitat • Rare, threatened and endangered species habitat • Chesapeake Bay water quality improvement • Forest products utilization • Threatened by conversion to non-forest uses Forest Stewardship SAP

  5. SFLA Economic Model Tools to SupportForest Legacy Needs Assessment FLA Eligibility Criteria Available Assessment Tools • Important Public Values • Scenic resources • Recreational opportunities • Public water supply protection • Wetlands • Interior forest habitat • Rare, threatened and endangered species habitat • Chesapeake Bay water quality improvement • Forest products utilization • Threatened by conversion to non-forest uses

  6. SFLA Vulnerability Model Tools to SupportForest Legacy Needs Assessment FLA Eligibility Criteria Available Assessment Tools • Important Public Values • Scenic resources • Recreational opportunities • Public water supply protection • Wetlands • Interior forest habitat • Rare, threatened and endangered species habitat • Chesapeake Bay water quality improvement • Forest products utilization • Threatened by conversion to non-forest uses

  7. Review the Process Locating Focus Areas • IDENTIFYEcologically and Economically Important Forest Lands • Medium and High valued forests (SFLA) • Values adjusted for private ownership as recommended by Commission • FILTER • At least 50% forest cover/assessment area • Medium to High Stewardship Potential (SAP) • Medium to High Vulnerability (SFLA)

  8. IDENTIFY: Ecologically AND Economically Important Forest Lands Western Region Focus Areas SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score Medium High Removing watersheds with low composite SFLA score IDENTIFY: Ecologically AND Economically Important Forest Lands By 2.5 km hexagons (natural breaks)

  9. FILTER: At least 50 % Forest Cover Western Region Focus Areas SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score Medium High Removing watersheds with forest cover <50% IDENTIFY: Ecologically AND Economically Important Forest Lands FILTER: At Least 50% Forest Cover By 2.5 km hexagons (natural breaks)

  10. FILTER: Medium to High Stewardship Potential Western Region Focus Areas SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score Medium High Removing watersheds with low stewardship potential IDENTIFY: Ecologically AND Economically Important Forest Lands FILTER: At Least 50% Forest Cover FILTER: Medium to High Stewardship Potential By 2.5 km hexagons (natural breaks)

  11. FILTER: Medium to High Vulnerability Western Region Focus Areas SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score Medium High Removing watersheds with low vulnerability IDENTIFY: Ecologically AND Economically Important Forest Lands FILTER: At Least 50% Forest Cover FILTER: Medium to High Stewardship Potential FILTER: Medium to High Vulnerability By 2.5 km hexagons (natural breaks)

  12. Workgroup Drafting Results Defining Proposed Draft Forest Legacy Areas • IDENTIFY FOCUS AREAS ✔ • RELATEto other programs and objectives • Maryland’s Green Infrastructure • 1995 Forest Legacy Areas • Rural Legacy Areas • Existing Protected Lands • Sensitive Species • Forest Matrix Blocks

  13. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Focus Areas - SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score - Filtered Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Sassafras-Bohemia Black Bird Creek- Millington

  14. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Sassafras-Bohemia Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Green Infrastructure Hubs Green Infrastructure Corridors Black Bird Creek- Millington

  15. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Sassafras-Bohemia Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Protected Land Sensitive Species Areas 2002 MDP Forest Landuse Black Bird Creek- Millington

  16. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Sassafras-Bohemia Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Existing Forest Legacy Areas Existing Rural Legacy Areas Black Bird Creek- Millington

  17. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Sassafras-Bohemia Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas The Nature Conservancy – Forest Matrix Blocks Black Bird Creek- Millington

  18. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Focus Areas - SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score - Filtered Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

  19. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Green Infrastructure Hubs Green Infrastructure Corridors

  20. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Protected Land Sensitive Species Areas 2002 MDP Forest Landuse

  21. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Existing Forest Legacy Areas Existing Rural Legacy Areas

  22. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Focus Areas - SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score - Filtered Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

  23. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Green Infrastructure Hubs Green Infrastructure Corridors

  24. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Protected Land Sensitive Species Areas 2002 MDP Forest Landuse

  25. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Existing Forest Legacy Areas Existing Rural Legacy Areas

  26. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Focus Areas - SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score - Filtered Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

  27. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Green Infrastructure Hubs Green Infrastructure Corridors

  28. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Protected Land Sensitive Species Areas 2002 MDP Forest Landuse

  29. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Existing Forest Legacy Areas Existing Rural Legacy Areas

  30. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Green Infrastructure Hubs Green Infrastructure Corridors Nassawango Nanjemoy Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh FLA Total Area: 2.43 million acres 2432931.684 Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  31. Forest Legacy ProgramPrimary Goals and Criteria • Protect environmentally important, privately-owned forest land threatened with conversion to non-forest uses • Provide employment opportunities and economic stability through maintenance of traditional forest uses FOCUS AREAS DRAFT FOREST LEGACY AREAS

  32. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score Low Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

  33. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas SFLA Vulnerability Rank Low Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

  34. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas SFLA Vulnerability Rank Low Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Existing Forest Legacy Areas Existing Rural Legacy Areas

  35. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed FLA Ecologic and Economic Rank Nassawango Nanjemoy Low Medium High Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  36. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Draft Proposed FLA Vulnerability Rank Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Nassawango Low Medium High Nanjemoy Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  37. Forest Legacy ProgramSupporting Goals and Criteria • Justify retaining or discarding select proposed areas • Refine boundaries • Address important regional considerations

  38. Supporting Goals and Criteria • Protect and maintain forested areas that are most important for providing water quality services • Wetlands, riparian zones, floodplains • Protect native forest plants, animals and habitats • FIDS habitat, matrix forest blocks, sensitive species

  39. Supporting Goals and Criteria • Meet multiple conservation objectives of the State’s public and private conservation programs • POS, Rural Legacy, MALPF, TNC, CELC • Provide recreational opportunities • Public lands, Greenways, Water Trails

  40. Supporting Goals and Criteria • Provide watershed and water supply protection • Ground and surface public water supplies • Provide educational opportunities • Public lands, Visitor’s centers, Parks • Maintain important scenic and cultural resources • Maryland Historical Trust resources

  41. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed FLA Interior Forest Acres Nassawango Nanjemoy Low Medium High Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  42. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed FLA Green Infrastructure Acres Nassawango Nanjemoy Low Medium High Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  43. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed FLA Green Infrastructure Acres Nassawango Nanjemoy Low Medium High Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Green Infrastructure Hubs and Corridors Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  44. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed FLA Sensitive Species Acres Nassawango Nanjemoy Low Medium High Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  45. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Catoctin- South Mountain Greater Youghiogheny Liberty Patapsco Sideling Hill Prettyboy- Gunpowder Deer Creek Elk Neck- Susquehanna Licking Creek Sassafras-Bohemia Green Ridge- Warrior Mountain Black Bird Creek- Millington Cumberland Lower Monocacy- Potomac Complex Backbone Mountain Upper Tuckahoe Patuxent-Crownsville Complex Blackwater- Nanticoke Complex Middle Patuxent Parker Creek Draft Proposed FLA Sensitive Species Acres Nassawango Nanjemoy Low Medium High Zekiah Lower Patuxent-Macintosh Sensitive Species Areas Saint Mary's River Pocomoke-Dividing Creek Coastal Bays

  46. Next Steps • Meet with State Conservation Programs • POS • Rural Legacy • MET • MALPF • TNC • Refine Assessment of Need and Draft Forest Legacy Areas • Seek Public and Local Government Review

  47. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Focus Areas - SFLA Ecologic and Economic Composite Score - Filtered Medium High Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas

  48. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Green Infrastructure Hubs Green Infrastructure Corridors

  49. Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Draft Proposed Forest Legacy Areas Protected Land Sensitive Species Areas 2002 MDP Forest Landuse

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