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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTall Pines Property Adopted 2020 Town of Southold Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property th Latest Revision: June 19, 2020 th Adopted by the Town Board on April 7, 2015 by resolution 2015-318. th Revision adopted by the Town Board on July 28, 2020 by resolution 2020-450 Note: This property was originally included in the Hog’s Neck Properties plan. Properties included in plan: SCTM# Location Project Funding Acquisition Pursuant To 1000-79.-8-16.1 695 Paradise Point Rd Tall Pines CPF Chapter 185 Purposes of Property Acquisition The property was purchased for the purposes of open space and wetlands protection. Proposed uses of the property included the establishment of a nature preserve or as a passive recreational area with trails and limited parking for access purposes. Prohibited Activities All activities not related to the purposes of the property acquisitions are prohibited. Use of motorized vehicles and equipment is prohibited with the exceptions of: vehicles and equipment necessary for approved stewardship work; emergency/public safety vehicles; motorized wheelchairs/scooters for the handicapped; and registered vehicles used by visitors to access the designated parking area(s) on the preserve for parking purposes only. The creation of new trails except as outlined in the Town Approval of Activities section below. Trapping of wildlife with the exception of Town approved trapping of diseased wildlife and feral cats. Fireworks. Weddings, parties, reunions, flea markets, swap meets, antique shows, car shows. Camping, fires, bonfires. Sports whether organized or “pick up” in nature. Paintball and other similar war games. Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 1 of 13 Town Approval of Activities No activities related to the purposes of the property acquisition are allowed on the property without the explicit approval of the Town Board except for the activities listed in the Allowed Activities section below. Allowed Activities Section I Public Uses Due to the importance of the Tall Pines property to the Town’s Deer Management Program and the layout of the deer hunting zones which does not provide a safe buffer between the hunting zones and the trail this st property will only be open to the general public from April 1 through September 30th each year. For the rest of the year it will be considered closed to the general public and only open for participants in the Town’s Deer Management Program. However, during the period of the year where it is considered closed to the general public the Department of Public Works may grant special permission for the general public to access the property for purposes allowed by this management plan upon request. Should such permission be granted the Department of Public Works shall close the property for the Deer Management Program. In addition the Department of Public Works may open the property to the general public beyond the period noted above should they decide to shorten the Deer Management Program season. Access shall be from dawn to dusk unless posted otherwise or approved per the Town Approval of Activities section above. Hiking, jogging, walking. Cross country skiing. Nature walks/surveys, bird watching, citizen science surveys. Star gazing. Pets are allowed as per Appendix 5. Deer hunting per the Town’s Deer Management Program. Participation in the General Activities outlined below. Section II General Activities Inventories of the properties including flora, fauna, trails, trash, archaeological features, structures and any other aspects provided that conducting such inventories does not alter or damage the properties. Invasive species control and removal provided an invasive species plan using Best Management Practices is approved and followed. The invasive species plan will be updated, expanded and amended as needed based on monitoring of the property for the extent of invasive species present. Clean up of man-made trash provided such clean up does not damage the property. Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 2 of 13 Section III Infrastructure Signage – the following signage is allowed: entrance sign, trail head kiosk, Town open space signs, posted/no hunting signs, safety signs, rules/regulations signs, directional trail signs and Deer Management program signs. This property has been referred to as the Tall Pines Property for the purposes of this management plan. This is not to be considered the official permanent name of the preserve. An official name will be chosen at some point in the future. Use of Tall Pines Property or other similar terms for permanent signage on the property should be minimized. Hiker’s gates will be constructed and maintained at the North Bayview Rd and Paradise Point Rd entrances to the preserve. The hiker’s gates will be designed to prevent vehicular access to the preserve but allow hikers and mobility impaired devices to access the preserve. At least one of the hiker’s gates will be designed so that it may be opened or temporarily removed in order to allow equipment to access the preserve for stewardship related work. The trails as depicted in Appendix 1 shall be maintained as part of the official trail system. As needed the trails may be mowed and trimmed, fallen branches/trees that block or partially block the trails may be removed, sections of the trails that have been damaged may be restored and leveled using soil or wood chips, areas of the trails subject to becoming wet and muddy may be covered with a layer of wood chips. Wood chips may also be used to reduce or eliminate the need for regular mowing of the trails. Trail maintenance will be kept to the minimum necessary to maintain the trails in a condition that allows the public to use the trails safely. The trails or any sections thereof may be closed to the public should any unsafe conditions exist; for the purposes of protecting native flora and fauna or for the Town’s Deer Management Program. Signage denoting such closures is allowed. Appendices 1.Tall Pines Property trail plan 2.Fauna Inventory 3.Flora Inventory 4.Tall Pines Property Bird Species Listing 5.Pets on the Tall Pines Property Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 3 of 13 Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 4 of 13 Appendix 2 Fauna Inventory for Tall Pines Prepared by Cornell Cooperative Extension Mammals □ Opossum Didelphis marsupialis □ Raccoon Procyon lotor □ Red Fox Vulpes vulpes □ Eastern Cottontail Sylivagus floridanus □ Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis □ Star-Nosed Mole Condylura crisata □ Short-Tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda □ Little Brown Bat Myotis lucificus □ Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus □ Feral Cat Felis domestica □ White-Footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus □ Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus □ Muskrat Ondatra zibethica □ White Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Reptiles and Amphibians □Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina □ Eastern Box Turtle Terrapine carolina carolina □Diamond Back Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin terrapin □ Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis □ Brown Snake Storeria dekayi dekayi □ Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum □ Ring-Necked Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii □ Red-Backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus □ Red-Spotted Newt Notophthalmus viridescens □ Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer □ Grey Tree Frog Hyla versicolor □Green Frog Rana clamitans □ American Toad Bufo americanus □Wood Frog Rana sylvatica □ American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Birds □ American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos □ Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata □ American Robin Turdus migratorius □ Wood Thrush Hylocichia mustelina □ Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus □ Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens □ Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus □ Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 5 of 13 □ Black-Capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus □ Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor □ Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hymenalis □ Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis □ Ring-Necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus □ Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus □ Black Duck Anas rubripes □ Mallard Anas platyrhynchos □ Wood Duck Aix sponsa □ Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias □ Great Egret Ardea alba □ Snowy Egret Egretta thula □Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon □ Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis □ American Kestrel Falco sparverius □ Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus □ Sharp-Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus □ Coopers’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii □ Osprey Pandion haliaetus □ Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus □ Eastern Screech Owl Otus asio Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 6 of 13 Appendix 3 Flora Inventory for Tall Pines Prepared by Cornell Cooperative Extension Aceraceae (Maple Family) Acer rubrum Red Maple  Anacardiaceae (Sumac Family) Toxicodendron radicans Poison Ivy  Aquifoliaceae (Holly Family) Ilex opaca American Holly  Ilex verticillata Winterberry  Asteraceae (Aster Family) Baccharis halimifolia Groundsel-tree  Iva frutescens High-tide Bush; Saltmarsh-elder  Solidago sempervirens Seaside Goldenrod  Taraxacum officinale Common Dandelion  Balsaminaceae (Touch-Me-Not Family) Impatiens capensis Jewelweed  Berberidaceae (Barberry Family) Berberis thunbergii Japanese Barberry  Betulaceae (Birch Family) Betula alleghaniensis Yellow Birch  Betula populifolia Gray Birch  Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-creeper Family) Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper  Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family) Sambucus nigra ssp. Canadensis Elderberry  Viburnum acerifolium Maple-Leaf Viburnum  Viburnum recognatum Southern Arrowwood  Clethraceae (Clethra Family) Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush  Cornaceae (Dogwood Family) Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood  Cupressaceae (Cypress Family) Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar  Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 7 of 13 Cyperaceae (Sedge Family) Carex crinita Fringed Sedge  Carex stricta Upright Sedge  Cladium mariscoides Twig-rush; Smooth Sawgrass  Cyperus diandrus Umbrella Flatsedge  Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Softstem Bulrush  Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern Family) Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern  Ericaceae (Heath Family) Rhododendron viscosum Swamp Azalea  Vaccinium corymbosum High-bush Blueberry  Fagaceae (Beech Family) Fagus grandifolia American Beech  Quercus alba White Oak  Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak  Quercus palustris Pin Oak  Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak  Quercus stellata Post Oak  Quercus velutina Black Oak  Juglandaceae (Walnut Family) Carya alba Mockernut Hickory  Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory  Juncaceae (Rush Family) Juncus effusus Common/Soft Rush  Juncus marginatus Grassleaf Rush  Juncus tenuis Poverty Rush  Lamiaceae (Mint Family) Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy; Gill-Over-the-Ground  Lauraceae (Laurel Family) Sassafras albidum Sassafras  Lemnaceae (Duckweed Family) Lemna minor Duckweed  Lythraceae (Loosestrife Family) Decodon verticillatus Waterwillow; Swamp Loosestrife  Monotropaceae (Indian Pipe Family) Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe; Corpse-plant  Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 8 of 13 Myricaceae (Bayberry Family) Morella pensylvanica Northern Bayberry  Nyssaceae (Sour Gum Family) Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum; Tupelo  Oleaceae (Olive Family) Ligustrum vulgare Privet  Pinaceae (Pine Family) Pinus rigida Pitch Pine  Pinus strobus White Pine  Poaceae (Grass Family) Dichanthelium clandestinum Deer-Tongue Grass  Pennisetum glaucum Yellow Foxtail; Pearl Millet  Phragmites australis Common Reed  Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) Polygonum persicaria Spotted Lady’s Thumb  Pyrolaceae (Shinleaf Family) Chimaphila maculata Striped or Spotted Wintergreen  Rosaceae (Rose Family) Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose  Rubus sp. Brambles, Blackberry, Raspberry  Rubiaceae (Madder Family) Galium trifidum Threepetal Bedstraw  Scrophulariaceae Linaria vulgaris Butter and Eggs  Simaroubaceae (Quassia Family) Ailanthus altissima Ailanthus; Tree of Heaven  Smilaceae (Catbrier Family) Smilax rotundifolia Roundleaf Greenbrier; Bullbrier  Sphagnaceae (Peat Moss Family) Sphagnum sp. Sphagnum Moss  Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern Family) Thelypteris noveboracensis New York Fern  Thelypteris palustris Marsh Fern  Thelypteris simulata Bog/Massachusetts Fern  Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 9 of 13 Tiliaceae (Linden Family) Tilia americana American Basswood; Linden  Typhaceae (Cattail Family) Typha angustifolia Narrow-leaved Cattail  Vitaceae (Grape Family) Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper  Vitis labrusca Fox Grape  Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 10 of 13 Appendix 4 Tall Pines Property Bird Species Listing as of June 2020 based on eBird observations beginning in 2003 Audubon NY SGCN Status Breeding Seq Species DEC Status Watch List Status 1 Canada Goose Confirmed 2 Mallard High Priority SGCN 3 American Black Duck 4 Mourning Dove 5 Least Sandpiper SGCN 6 Greater Yellowlegs 7 Lesser Yellowlegs SGCN 8 Laughing Gull 9 Herring Gull SGCN 10 Least Tern Threatened Red 11 Great Blue Heron SGCN 12 Great Egret SGCN 13 Snowy Egret 14 Green Heron 15 Osprey Special Concern 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk Special Concern 17 Red-tailed Hawk 18 Great Horned Owl Probable 19 Belted Kingfisher 20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Probable 21 Downy Woodpecker Probable 22 Hairy Woodpecker Confirmed 23 Northern Flicker 24 Eastern Wood-Pewee Probable 25 Eastern Phoebe 26 Great Crested Flycatcher 27 Eastern Kingbird Probable 28 Blue-headed Vireo 29 Blue Jay Probable 30 American Crow 31 Common Raven 32 Black-capped Chickadee Probable 33 Tufted Titmouse Probable 34 Tree Swallow 35 Barn Swallow 36 Golden-crowned Kinglet 37 Red-breasted Nuthatch 38 White-breasted Nuthatch Probable 39 Brown Creeper 40 Carolina Wren 41 Gray Catbird Probable 42 Swainson's Thrush 43 Hermit Thrush Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 11 of 13 Audubon NY SGCN Status Breeding Seq Species DEC Status Watch List Status 44 American Robin Probable 45 Cedar Waxwing 46 House Finch 47 American Goldfinch Probable 48 Song Sparrow 49 Baltimore Oriole Probable 50 Red-winged Blackbird Probable 51 Common Grackle Probable 52 Ovenbird 53 Common Yellowthroat Probable 54 Northern Parula 55 Blackpoll Warbler 56 Pine Warbler Confirmed 57 Yellow-rumped Warbler 58 Northern Cardinal Current Status Notes: NYS DEC  Special Concern: Any native species for which a welfare concern or risk of endangerment has been documented in New York State.(New York State DEC, 2001).  Threatened: Those designated by the DEC as likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.  Endangered: Those designated by the DEC as seriously threatened with extinction. Audubon Watch List  Yellow: This category includes those species that are declining but at a slower rate than those in the red category. These typically are species of national conservation concern.  Red: Species in this category are declining rapidly, have very small populations or limited ranges, and face major conservation threats. These typically are species of global conservation concern. New York Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)  High Priority SGCN: The status of these species is known and conservation action is urgent in the next ten years. These species are declining and must receive timely management intervention or they are likely to reach critical population levels in New York.  SGCN: The status of these species is known and conservation action is essential. These species are expected to experience significant declines over the next ten years and will need management intervention to secure their populations.  Non-SGCN Species of Potential Conservation Need: The trends in abundance and distribution of these species are poorly known, but there is an identified threat to the species, or the species has a high level of intrinsic vulnerability. Further research and surveys are needed to determine their actual population status. Although not classified as SGCN, actions for their conservation will be identified and they will be included in the State Wildlife Action Plan. Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 12 of 13 Appendix 5 Pets on the Tall Pines Property Unless posted otherwise, pets are allowed provided that they are leashed and under control at all o times while on the property. The Town may permanently or temporarily restrict pets from the preserve or designated areas of the o preserve for reasons including, but not limited to, wildlife and nesting habitat protection and public safety. Such restrictions will be approved by the Town Board and will be posted at the preserve. All pet waste must be picked up and properly disposed of as required by Southold Town Code. o Failure to follow pet rules may result in all pets being prohibited from using the preserve. o Stewardship Management Plan for the Tall Pines Property Page 13 of 13