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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMill Road Preserve Adopted 2015=oOgUfFO(,yC3 RESOLUTION 2015-359 ADOPTED DOC ID: 10737 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2015-359 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON APRIL 21, 2015: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby adopts the Mill Road Preserve Stewardship Management Plan for the Town of Southold owned open space property located on the corner of Bayview Avenue and Mill Road, Mattituck, NY and fiirther indentified on the Suffolk County Tax Map as follows: 1000-106.-6-20.3. Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Jill Doherty, Councilwoman SECONDER: William P. Ruland, Councilman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell Town of Southold Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preserve Latest Revision: April 14th, 2015 Adopted by the Town Board on April 20, 2015 by resolution 2015-359. Properties included in plan: SCTM# Location Project Funding Acquisition Pursuant To 1000-106.-6-20.3 245 Bayview Ave McGunnigle CPF Chapter 185 Purposes of Property Acquisition The property was purchased for open space purposes. Prohibited Activities All activities not related to the purposes of the property acquisition 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 on the preserve for parking purposes only. The creation of new trails except as outlined in the Allowed 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 Mill Road Preseive Page 1 of 13 Town Approval of Activities No activities related to the purposes of the property acquisitions are allowed on the properties 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 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 the Policy Pertaining to Pets on Town Preserves. See 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 property including flora, fauna, trails, trash, archaeological features, strictures and any other aspects provided that conducting such inventories does not alter or damage the properties. Invasive species control and removal provided a formal 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. See Appendix 6. Clean up of man made trash provided such clean up does not damage the properties. Section III Infrastructure Signage — the following signage is allowed: entrance sign, trail head kiosk, Town open space signs, posted/no hunting signs, safety signs, riles/regulations signs, directional trail signs and Deer Management program signs. A parking area constricted of crushed stone or a similar material with fencing to delineate the area is allowed at the trail head as depicted in Appendix 1 and may be maintained as needed. The trails as depicted in Appendix 1 shall be maintained as the official trail system. The trails shall be maintained so they are approximately 4 to 8 feet wide and passable with vegetation not to exceed six Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 2 of 13 inches in height. 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 by erosion or ATVs 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. See Appendix 6 for additional trail maintenance standards related to invasive species that encroach on the trails. The trails or any sections thereof may be closed to the public should any unsafe conditions exist or for the purposes of protecting native flora and fauna. Signage denoting such closures is allowed. Appendices 1. Trail System Map 2. Fauna Inventory 3. Flora Inventory 4. Mill Road Preserve Bird Species Listing 5. Policy Pertaining to Pets on Town Preserves 6. Invasive Species Plan Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 3 of 13 Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preserve Page 4 of 13 u Aill Appendix 1 Preserve Boundaries 25.1 Acres Parking Area N Map Prepared by Mill Road Preserve Town of South old Geog rap is l nformation System 1900 West Mill Rd, Mattituck Approved Trails 0.9 Miles p p R' E April 6, 2015 Tax Map and ARE 15 Copyright 2015 Trail System S County of Suffolk NY Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preserve Page 4 of 13 Appendix 2 Fauna List for Mill Road Preserve Prepared by Cornell Cooperative Extension Mammals ❑ Opossum Didelphis marsupialis ❑ Raccoon Procyon lotor ❑ Red Fox Vulpes vulpes ❑ Eastern Cottontail Sylivagus floridanus ❑ Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis ❑ Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans ❑ Star -Nosed Mole Condylura crisata ❑ Short -Tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda ❑ Little Brown Bat Myotis lucificus ❑ Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fiiscus ❑ Feral Cat Felis domestica ❑ White -Footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus ❑ Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus ❑ Muskrat Ondatra zibethica ❑ White Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Reptiles and Amphibians ❑ Eastern Box Turtle Terrapine carolina carolina ❑ 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 ❑ American Toad Bufo americanus ❑ Fowler's Toad Bufo fowleri Birds ❑ American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos ❑ Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus ❑ Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata ❑ American Robin Turdus migratorius ❑ Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis ❑ Wood Thrush Hylocichia mustelina ❑ Red -Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus ❑ Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens ❑ Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus ❑ Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus ❑ Black -Capped Chickadee Paris atricapillus ❑ Tufted Titmouse Paris bicolor ❑ Dark -Eyed Junco Junco hymenalis ❑ Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 5 of 13 ❑ Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis ❑ Ring -Necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus ❑ Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus ❑ Bobwhite Quail Collinus virginianus ❑ Canada Goose Branta canadensis ❑ Black Duck Anas rubripes ❑ Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ❑ Wood Duck Aix sponsa ❑ Double -Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus ❑ Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias ❑ Great Egret Ardea alba ❑ Snowy Egret Egretta thula ❑ Whippoorwill Caprimulgus vociferus ❑ Common Nighthawk Chordeilus minor ❑ 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 Mill Road Preseive Page 6 of 13 Appendix 3 Flora List for Mill Road Preserve Prepared by Cornell Cooperative Extension Aceraceae (Maple Family) n Acer plantanoides Norway Maple n Acer rubrum Red Maple Anacardiaceae (Sumac Family) n Rhus copallinum Dwarf or Winged Sumac - Toxicodendron radicans Poison Ivy Apiaceae (Carrot Family) n Daucus carota Queen Anne's Lace; Wild Carrot Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family) n Apocynum cannabinum Indian Hemp Araliaceae (Ginseng Family) n Aralia nudicaulis Wild Sarsaparilla Asclepidaceae (Milkweed Family) n Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed Asteraceae (Aster Family) n Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow n Euthamia graminifolia Lance -leaved Goldenrod n Euthamia tenuifolia Slender Fragrant Goldenrod n Hieracium caespitosum Meadow Hawkweed n Hieracium sp. Hawkweed n Leontodon autumnalis Fall Dandelion n Solidago Canadensis Canada Goldenrod Solidago rugosa Wrinkled Goldenrod n Solidago sempervirens Seaside Goldenrod n Symphyotrichum dumosum Bushy Aster n Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Calico Aster n Symphyotrichum novi-belgii New York Aster n Taraxacum officinale Common Dandelion Balsaminaceae (Touch -Me -Not Family) n Impatiens capensis Jewelweed Betulaceae (Birch Family) n Betula populifolia Gray Birch Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family) n Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 7 of 13 Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family) n Celastrs orbiculatus Asian Bittersweet Commelinaceae (Spiderwort Family) n Commelina communis Asian Dayflower Cornaceae (Dogwood Family) Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Cupressaceae (Cypress Family) n Junipers virginiana Eastern Red Cedar Cyperaceae (Sedge Family) n Cypers sp. Flat Sedge Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern Family) n Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hay -Scented Fern n Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Dryopteridacae (Wood Fern Family) n Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster Family) n Elaeagnus umbellate Autumn Olive Ericaceae (Heath Family) n Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel n Vaccinium corymbosum High -bush Blueberry Fabaceae (Pea Family) n Baptisia tinctoria Wild Indigo; Horsefly Weed n Lespedeza capitata Bush Clover n Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust n Trifolium pretense Red Clover n Trifolium repens White Clover Fagaceae (Beech Family) n Fagus grandifolia American Beech n Quercus alba White Oak n Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak n Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak n Quercus velutina Black Oak Juglandaceae (Walnut Family) n Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Lauraceae (Laurel Family) n Sassafras albidum Sassafras Monotropaceae (Indian Pipe Family) Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 8 of 13 n Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe; Corpse -plant Myricaceae (Bayberry Family) n Comptonia peregrine Sweet Fern n Morella pensylvanica Northern Bayberry Orobanchaceae (Broom -rape Family) n Epifagus virginiana Beechdrops Phytolaccaceae (Pokeweed Family) n Phytolacca Americana Pokeweed Pinaceae (Pine Family) n Pinus thunbergiana Japanese Black Pine Poaceae (Grass Family) n Digitaria sanguinalis Large or Hairy Crabgrass n Panicum virgatum Switchgrass n Pennisetum glaucum Yellow Foxtail; Pearl Millet n Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Grass Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) n Polygonum pensylvanicum Pensylvania Smartweed Pyrolaceae (Shinleaf Family) n Chimaphila maculate Striped or Spotted Wintergreen Rosaceae (Rose Family) n Prunus serotina Wild Black Cherry n Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose n Rubus sp. Brambles, Blackberry, Raspberry Salicaceae (Willow Family) n Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen Smilaceae (Catbrier Family) n Smilax rotundifolia Roundleaf Greenbrier; Bullbrier Vitaceae (Grape Family) n Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper n Vitis labrusca Fox Grape Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 9 of 13 Appendix 4 Mill Road Preserve Bird Species Listing as of March 2015 based on eBird observations beginning in 2007 Seq Species NY SGCN DEC Status Audubon Status Status Breeding Status 1 Canada Goose 2 Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey Special Concern 4 Sharp -shinned Hawk Special Concern 5 Red-tailed Hawk 6 Killdeer 7 Herring Gull 8 Mourning Dove 9 Great Horned Owl Probable 10 Red -bellied Woodpecker 11 Downy Woodpecker 12 Hairy Woodpecker 13 Northern Flicker Probable 14 Willow Flycatcher Yellow List Probable 15 Eastern Phoebe 16 Great Crested Flycatcher Probable 17 Eastern Kingbird 18 Yellow -throated Vireo 19 Blue -headed Vireo 20 Red -eyed Vireo Probable 21 Blue Jay Probable 22 American Crow Probable 23 Fish Crow 24 Purple Martin 25 Tree Swallow 26 Barn Swallow 27 Black -capped Chickadee Probable 28 Tufted Titmouse Probable 29 White -breasted Nuthatch 30 House Wren Probable 31 Carolina Wren 32 Golden -crowned Kinglet 33 Veery 34 Swainson's Thrush 35 Wood Thrush Yellow List SGCN 36 American Robin Probable 37 Gray Catbird Probable 38 Brown Thrasher SGCN High 39 European Starling 40 Cedar Waxwing Probable 41 Blue -winged Warbler Yellow List SGCN Probable 42 Black -and -white Warbler 43 Common Yellowthroat Probable 44 Northern Parula 45 Yellow Warbler Probable 46 Blackpoll Warbler Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 10 of 13 Seq Species DEC Status NY SGCN Audubon Status Status Breeding Status 47 Palm Warbler 48 Yellow-rumped Warbler 49 Black -throated Green Warbler 50 Eastern Towhee 51 Chipping Sparrow 52 Field Sparrow 53 Song Sparrow 54 White -throated Sparrow 55 Dark -eyed Junco 56 Northern Cardinal Probable 57 Red -winged Blackbird Probable 58 Common Grackle Probable 59 Brown -headed Cowbird 60 Orchard Oriole Confirmed 61 Baltimore Oriole Probable 62 House Finch 63 American Goldfinch 64 House Sparrow Current Status Notes: NYS DEC • Special Concern: Any native species for Nvhich a Nvelfare 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 Nvithin the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range. • Endangered: Those designated by the DEC as seriously threatened Nvith extinction. Audubon Watch List • Yellow: This category includes those species that are declining but at a sloNver 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 knovm and conservation action is essential. These species are expected to experience significant declines over the next ten years and Nvill 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 knovm, 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 Neill be identified and they Nvill be included in the State Wildlife Action Plan. Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 11 of 13 Appendix 5 Pets on Mill Road Preserve o Unless posted otherwise, pets are allowed provided that they are leashed and under control at all times while on the preserve. o The Town may permanently or temporarily restrict pets from the preserve or designated areas of the 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. o All pet waste must be picked up and properly disposed of as required by Southold Town Code. o Failure to follow pet riles may result in all pets being prohibited from using the preserve. Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 12 of 13 Appendix 6 Invasive Species Plan For Mill Road Preserve The trails at Mill Road Preserve have issues with the following invasive species encroaching and/or blocking the trails: Autumn Olive, Russian Olive and Oriental Bittersweet. Trimming of these species has proven ineffective in keeping the trails open as the trimming serves as pruning which causes faster growth and more seed to be produced. Since these are invasive species that are preventing the normal growth of native species and creating trail maintenance issues the following maintenance standards will be followed for these species: • Should any specimens of these species encroach on the trails the entire specimen will be cut down as close as possible to the ground and either removed from the preserve or cut up/chipped so that it does not encroach on the trail. • If necessary herbicide may be applied to the stump to prevent new growth. Use of herbicide will be as per the Town's Policy for the Use of Pesticides & Fertilizers. • Specimens treated will be monitored for new growth. Should any new growth be detected the specimen will be cut and treated with herbicide as above. • Where Oriental Bittersweet has been cut off at ground level and it is not practical to pull the rest of the plant down from where it has climbed the plant will also be cut as high above ground as practical to prevent the cut portion of the plant from becoming an easy vector for new growth to climb up again. Mill Road Preserve also has issues with Mile -a -minute Weed. The following shall apply for the control of this invasive throughout the preserve: • Where practical it may be mowed or weed wacked to prevent it from covering other species and producing seed. • It may be removed by hand pulling. If it is removed prior to having viable seeds it may be left off trail. If the seeds are viable the pulled plants will be placed in plastic bags and allowed to bake in the sun long enough to kill the seeds. • Any plants or portions of plants that have grown over other desireable plants shall be pulled off to allow the other plants to grow normally. • The extent of the infestation will be monitored each year and documented with photos to record the status of the infestation. Stewardship Management Plan for Mill Road Preseive Page 13 of 13