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TOWN OF SOUTHQLD
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- THIS lS TQ C�RTI�Y "I'HAT THE �O�.L�W[NG RES�LUTI{]N WAS ADOPTE� gY THE '
SOUTHQLD TOWN BOARD AT A R��ULAR MEETtIVC N��.D ON OCTOBER z8, 1997:
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RESOLVEd that the �'own Board of the Town of Sou�ho�d hereby authorizes �
and directs Su�ervisnr Jean W. Cgchran to execute the Management !'lan ,
for tk�e Marrataoka La�ce Preserve, as prepared by The �ature '
Conservancy, Long Islartd Chapter, for the tl-acre Preserve which has �I
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� been conveyed to the �'own o� Southold sufaject to the sxpress CQt'1C�Iti01'E �i
that it shall forever �e held as a nature preserve for scientific, �
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ed�catianal, ecnlogical, and aestk�etic purposes; said pfan ali in acca�-dance '�
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with the approvaE of the Town Attorney. �
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Judith T. Terr�y/��
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� � Management Plan for fhe Martatook� Lalce Preserve
_ Jean Cochran, Supetv�sor . � � '
Town o�Southo�d
53p9� Town Hal!
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Southo�d, New Yor�c �197'�
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1NTR0_DUCTI0�1 ,
. The IltlarrataoEca �ake Preserve, Mattituck, New York , was dona#ed to the Town I
of Soufhald in �997 by The Nature Car�servar�cy, �ong Island Cf�apfer, iQcated at 250
Lawrenc� Hiii Road, Caid SP«ng Harbor, N�w Yor�c �1724. The approximateEy 11�acre
Preserv� was arigi�ally do�ated tv T�e Nature Conservancy in 1973 by Mr, & Mrs. I
Wiilard 3. Hegger�. I
The Preserwe was conveyed to the Town of SoutF�old subject�v the expres5 �
condition t�at it shall forever be hefd as a nature preserve �or scien#i#ic, educatinna�, i
� ecologicaf, and aesthetic�urposes.
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The Marratao�Ca Laka Preserve �onsists o# 'I�.7 acr�� an the r�orth shore of
Marratao�a Lake. Apprvximately 8 acresf or 80% of the Preserve, is successional
shnabland. Mos#of this ar�a is former pastur�, hay�eld, and cropland. i
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Approximately 2 acres, or 24% of the Presecve, cons�sts afi freshwater wetiand E
• �nd biack cherry, black {ocust, �nci No�ay ma�le woadland and hedgerows. E
The pand share is ric#� in a�uatic pla�#s, wil�flowers, and fems such as ,
pickerelweed, swamp �aasestrife, )ewelweed, iris, m�rsh 5t. .�ohn's-wort, and marsh '�
and royaf ferns. F+�rther bac�C frorr�the anrater, red ma�fes s�ade the shorel�ne anc� ifs ''
rich shrub zone of highbus� �I�eberry, sweet Pepperbush, and white swamp azalea. I
Th� shnre con#ains signifcan#amounts o#phragmites, an invasiv� nor�-na�ive species.
Tt�e Preserve has appraximately 79�' of frnntage an Marratooka Lake. T�e lake �
is a "k�ttle hole" pond, origi�ally farmed by a leftover large chunk of i�e from the i
Pleis�o�ne gEaciers. The lake is fed by groundwater and runoff from the u�lands af the �
surra�ndir�g area. ;
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�. �i Mar� #I�ar� 1S0 species of plants, $6 spec�es of birds, 8 species af rep#les ar�d �
amphibians, and �2 rnammals ha�e b�ert�bserved at the Presenr�.
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The Preserve contains no foot traiis or pa�king#or�isi�ors. ?
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CULTURA HIST�
- The area around Marratooka �.ake was frst ir�habited by the �orchaug Irtdians.
This tribe, one of fhe thirteen tribes an Lot�� Islan� that made up #he Afnganquin family
of the great De€aware lndian B�nd, is b�lieved to have sett�ed in tf�e area ir� about
5,(3�0 B.C..
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1� the 1fiQD's, the Corchaugs soid the area desigr�ated as Mattitucfc�o the New �
Haven Colony in Connecticut. The Cafony lat�r sald the land to the p���ie of Southold. 'j
�ar a number of years, t�e land was �eld in common. It was evenfuaEly divi�e� and �'
sold ta the inhabitants. Or�� o�t#�ese sarly(andaw�ers was WIHam R+�rrier. H�s land
cantained Matti�uck�ake, n�w known as MaRatoaka Lake. Wf�en Wiiliam died, the
properky was passsd ta his grandson, Thomas Reeves. ,
In the 180Q's, fhe land and lake were acquired by Jose�F� Par[te�1Nic�Cham, a
, . New Yo�k Ciiy merc�ant. T�e Iartd Passed into the har�ds of Joseph's son, Char�es,
i. who estahEisl�ed a farm. Charf�s r�amed �e lake "Marra#ookaA mea�ing °p�ace wh��� ;
the deer come to drin�C," Charles' farm became we�i knov�►n for its butter and ice. �
ln the early 990Q's, the area of the Marrataoka �ake Pr�serve was sold to
Pceston Ruland. PrEston fived tt�ere for twen4y-s�x years.
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In 1947, th� pro�erty was sald to Wi�lard J, a�d Lama E. Heggen. The Hegger�s
donate� the pr��erty to The Nature Cor�senrancy in 1973 so that it wo�fd b� maintained ;`
� as a nature preser�e irt perpe#uity. ',
IVEq�IAGEMENT GOALS I'I
In keeping with t�e conv�yar�ce language of t�e deed, the To�rvn will maintain tf�e
pra�erty as a nature �Eesenre for seienfifc, �ducation�ff ecQlagical, ar�d aesthetic
purposes. The long-terrn mana�ement gaals are as folEaws:
�. Maintain the Freserve in i#s natural state, excepf for such fao#tra�ls and �
property maintenartce ac�ivities as may be apprap�iate without impairirtg tt�e
Pr�serve's na��ral c�aracter.
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�. � 2. Frovide npppr�ur�ities far th� pubGc ta en�ay passive recreatior� sucF� as walking,
phafography, bird wa#cF�ing, ar�d the qUie�co�templatian ofi nature, beir�g care�Ful
ta ��event d�gradation of r�a#ural cammunities ar�d wetland ar�as, ir��luding t�te j
shareline. �
3. Restflre and maintain the former agricultt�rai felds (naw shrub�ands) as
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meadaws �or native wifdflowers, grasses, birds, butterfiies, an� oth�r n�#ive
, pla�ts and animals (if the Tawn de#e�ine�s suc� restoration andlar maintenance �
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4. Sirive to work caoperativ�ly wit� t�e MattitucEc ScE�ool District and the Mattitucic i
Park District ta protect, manag�, and use the fhre� arljoining prop�rties. '
Determine the feas�bility of res�or�ng the former scenic views af t#�e lake on the
ScF�ool andfar Pa�lc District property. �
5. Pratect the shoretine and wat�r�uali�y af Marratoaka Lake.
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MANAGE�1lENT STRATEGIES
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may im�le�ent sorne ar ail of th�fallowing management strategies: ;
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1. Determine the f�asibility of resto�ing the former agricuit�ral f��lds curr��tly in ''
shr�biand to meadQw�vsrith mowing and �rus� cut#ir�g. Mairtta�n the meadows
witt� periddic mowing �very � - 3 years. Mow after November 1 to allow the
devela�ment af tate-bloom�ng wildflowers, �rasses, and �utterfli�s.
2_ D�velop and maintain a pubiic foot-trail system to pravide oppor�u�ities for ;
passi�e recreatian such as w�fking, bird watching, and �d�ca#iona! actav�#ies.
� Gi�e speci�i attention to: 1) �reventing degraciation of we#ia€�ds, inclutling the
shareiine; �) minimizing human distu�ance af nativ��lants and animals; 3}
cQr�trolling unauthorizec� �ases such as mourrtain biEcss, hars�s, off�road �ehicles,
and dumpir�g; 4) cnntrofl�r�g erosin�; and 5) minimizing d�sturbance to neighbors. �
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3. Use the AMC Fi�ld Guide to Trar!Building and�Vfain#enar�ce, by Ra�ert D.
Proudman a�d Re�ber� Ra�ala �Bostor�, MA, Appaiac�ian Ma�nt�i� Glub, '!981)
as � gc�ide far#rail maintenance.
�_ Meet wit� the Mattituck Scf�ool Dis�rict and Ma�tifuck Park Dis�rict to discuss the 3
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access, use, and maintenance of th� thr�e adjvir�ing pc��erti�s. Seek to
dev�lap and implement a memorandum of und�rstanding �M_O.U_) or
� coo�erativa rnana�emertt agree�nent for the tfi�ree p�operti�s,
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5. Determine the f�asibiliiy of de�elopir�g and implerr3en�ing a plan #o cor�trol '�
phragmites ir� an ecolog�calEy-sensitive manner. Obtain req�ir�cf wetlands '
permit5 from the N�w York State Department of En�ironmenfia[ Conservation. I
6. Oiscuss wifh the Mattituc�C 5chool Dis#r�ct and the Mattituc�C Park Dis#�ict the
r�storation of the former scenic views af#F�e lake from the Main Road ta th�west
of the Fresefve or� Park andlor School District property.
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7. Erect and mai�rtain a sign in a prom�r�er�t focation stating "T�is erea was
protected witE� t�e assistar�ce n�The Nat�re Conserva�cy.„ i
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If caref�iJy protec#ea ar�d maintained, the MarratooEca Lake Presetve has th� patentiaf €
ta �rovide a high-quaii#y scier�tifc, �ducational, ecologicai, afld aes#hetic resaurce for
the �itizens af the 7own af Sout�ald.
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7HE T�WN OF S4UTHQLD
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Jean W. Coc�tran
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S�pervisor, Soutf�ald Town
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Marrataoka is one of the few undisturbed lcet-
• tlahoEe areas pn Long lsland. !t bc,rders o� Mar-
ratoaka Lake of 22 actes.A great variety of vegeta- '
tion is found here because af the differing habitats.
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`1 ` � -_ and swam�IoosestrEfe.The two m�jor flelds on the ,I
l�� -- - - � eastern �ortion af the Sa�ctuary ara mowed and �
: _�-`�----•— � consist ma9nly of tlmothy gras5_ 7he wnodiands ? '
vary from black cherries and blac[c locusts sur- ; �
rounding t�e Lake, to No�snray r�aples and baacEc
locusis surrounding the open fields.
�fhe Lake atEracts vsprey, heron, and a variety of ducics. Small mammals, such as op-
posums, rnaskad sbrews, eastern coitontails,white•footed mfce,red foxes and gray squfr- �
rels may be found, as weN as a�ariety�f ampTtlb[ans and reptiles.
. History The preserve was donated to �'he Nature Conservancy in 1972 by Mr. & Mrs. .
t 1Nillard ,f. Heggen.The area uras originally Inhabtted by the Gorchaug Indians.The word, •
"Marratooka"is Indian for"where the deer corne to dr�nk".After sale by th2 Endians the land ;
was held in common for a number of years. Later ihe area was subdivided and sold to ' �
private inferests. It was then used to pasture iarrrt a�imaEs and, later, far patatoes,sweet ,
eom and atfalfa. I
Admisslon to Praser►re Like ather preserves,this area is open to individua�s and group5 . !
who nbtain p�iar permission from the Conservancy and who abide by the Conservanay's ' '
policies on preserve use. �
�}IrecEions TaEce the Lang Island Expressway to the end(fxlt 73)and ther�folEow County �
. fioad 58 east. !n approxlmately 4 iniles, F�aufe 58 merges wlth Route 25. Follow Route 25 i
�as#tv Maitftuck.Approximately ane-half mE�e past Mattituck is Matiituck High SChaaa an
the north slde of the raad.The preserv�Is Just past the hlgh.school on the south side of the � j
raad.J�s#before reaching Sunset l.ane thsre is a di�t road leading to the south.'furn into 1 .
#his road and park along#he edga of the fieEd. � �
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