Associated People Susan Bickford Paul Dest
The Stewardship Advisory Committee held its first meeting of 2011 this morning. Here are the topics this group has been addressing:
The Wells Reserve is home to a core population of the New England cottontail, a rabbit being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. We've reported before on the Reserve's efforts to improve habitat for the rare bunnies, and now the Environmental Defense Fund has issued A Landowner's Guide to New England Cottontail Habitat Management. If you are interested in making an impact on the survival of New England cottontails, you can start by following guidelines in the new publication, which is available as a downloadable PDF from the EDF website.
In an effort to increase habitat for the New England cottontail rabbit, today the Reserve brought in a hydro-ax supplied by the USFWS Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
The machine felled some 10 acres of young alder stands in one day, forcing the areas to an early stage of succession. As brush regenerates, cottontails and other early-succession species (American woodcock, for example) will have more living space.
The two primary areas affected were along the Muskie Trail and near the Skinner Mill.
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