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Legend and Other Resources
A Note on Bald Eagles: Bald Eagles are no longer listed under the State or Federal Endangered Species Acts but are still protected under several federal laws. For more information on these please visit: State of Maine Bald Eagle Recovery as well as the State of Maine Bald Eagle Recovery Story Map
Locator Information
City/Township:
State of Maine Parcels:
Developed Land /Impervious Surfaces: Impervious surfaces including buildings and roads.
Drainage Divides: These are the smallest hydrologic units mapped in Maine.
They contain watershed boundaries for most ponds and rivers in Maine based on USGS 1:24,000 scale topography.
Physical Natural Resources
National Wetlands Inventory Wetlands: National Wetlands Inventory (NW I) uses aerial photographs to
approximate wetland locations. NW I data is not a comprehensive mapping of
wetland resources and typically under represents the presence of wetlands on
the landscape. The presence of wetlands needs to be determined in the field
prior to conducting activities that could result in wetland disturbance. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is the principal US Federal agency tasked with providing information to the public on the status and trends of our Nation's wetlands. For more information please visit: USFW Wetlands
Aquifers:
Wildlife Habitats
Rare, Threatened, or Endangered Wildlife/State Listed Animal Habitats:
Essential Wildlife Habitats:
Significant Wildlife Habitats
Deer Wintering Habitat:
Significant Vernal Pools:
Inland Waterfowl / Wading Bird Habitat (IWWH):
Tidal Waterfowl / Wading Bird Habitat (TWWH):
Seabird Nesting Island:
Shorebird Areas:
Aquatic Species and Habitats
Shellfish Beds: Vital shellfish resources near streams and shoreline areas.
** This map data is not to be used for legal determination of open/closed status. For current shellfish closures, consult State of Maine DMRFor more information about classification of shellfish flats, visit: State of Maine DMR Classification
Wild Brook Trout Habitat:
Atlantic Salmon Habitat:
Riparian Habitat:Shoreline habitat depicted using common regulatory zones, including a 250-foot-wide strip around Great Ponds (ponds 10 acres in size and greater), rivers, coastline, and wetlands 10 acres in size and greater; and a 75-foot-wide strip around streams. Riparian areas depicted on this map may already be affected by existing land uses. Resource agencies may provide buffer recommendations based on specific habitat values and which may differ from planning-level information represented herein. For example, MDIFW generally recommends maintaining 100-foot undisturbed, forested buffers from the upland edge of all intermittent and perennial streams and any contiguous wetlands.
Plants and Natural Communities
*Rare Plants and Natural Communities:
*Exemplary Natural Communities:Conservation and Connectivity Planning Resources
Undeveloped
Habitat Blocks: Remaining land outside
of Development Buffers. Blocks greater than 100 acres are labeled with their
estimated acreage.
Approximate Road Crossing Riparian Habitat Connections
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.
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.
Yellow lines
and arrows represent habitat road
crossings with daily traffic volumes less than 2000 vehicles per day.
Red lines
and arrows represent habitat road
crossings with daily traffic volumes greater than 2000 vehicles per day.
Riparian
Connectors: Likely crossing locations
for wetland dependent species moving between waterways and wetlands divided by
roads.
Blue lines
and arrows represent riparian road
crossings with daily traffic volumes less than 2000 vehicles per day.
Purple lines
and arrows represent riparian road
crossings with daily traffic volumes greater than 2000 vehicles per day.
Highway
Bridge Connectors: 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.
Conserved Lands
The State of Maine’s conserved lands
database includes lands in federal, state, and nonprofit ownership. Some privately
owned conservation lands may not be represented. 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 first
to determine if permission is necessary.
Maine Conserved Lands: State of Maine Conserved Lands. For more information please visit: State of Maine Conservation Lands
*Focus Areas of Statewide Ecological
Significance:
Beginning with Habitat Focus Areas of Statewide Ecological Significance are areas to prioritize collaborative,
non-regulatory conservation actions that benefit biodiversity in Maine. Focus Areas were mapped to highlight natural areas
of statewide biodiversity importance and contain high concentrations of at-risk species and habitats. Though Focus Areas
occupy only about 11.5% of Maine's land area, collectively they include examples of over 85% of rare, threatened, and
endangered plant and animal species and high-quality examples of all natural community types. For more information, see
website: State of Maine Focus Areas.
*Only Focus Areas overlapping organized towns are displayed. Please contact Beginning with Habitat through our online request form for information about Focus Areas in unorganized townships.