| Conservation Target |
Key Attribute
(Category) |
Indicator |
Current Indicator Measurement |
Rating Comments:
(Poor, Fair Good Very Good) |
Current Rating and Date |
Desired Rating and Date |
| Coastal Xeric Complex |
Community architecture
(Condition)
|
Percent of minimum viable areas (MVAs) in native early to mid-successional communities
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
15-30%
Good:
30-60
Very Good:
>60%
|
Fair
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Coastal Xeric Complex |
Presence / abundance of keystone species
(Condition)
|
Number of populations of at least 25 nesting Northern Harriers
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
1
Good:
2
Very Good:
3
|
Good
Jun 15, 2009
|
Very Good
|
| Coastal Xeric Complex |
Size / extent of characteristic communities / ecosystems
(Size)
|
Number of large unfragmented blocks
|
-
|
Poor:
1 minimum viable areas (MVAs) of 15,000 acres
Fair:
2 minimum viable areas (MVAs) of 15,000 acres
Good:
3 minimum viable areas (MVAs) of 15,000 acres
Very Good:
4 minimum viable areas (MVAs) of 15,000 acres
|
Good
Jun 15, 2009
|
Very Good
|
| Insular Morainal Woodlands |
Biological legacies
(Condition)
|
Percent cover in late successional forest and shrubland
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
15
Good:
20
Very Good:
25
|
Fair
1
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Insular Morainal Woodlands |
Natural cover
(Condition)
|
Diverse forest and shrub cover of berry producing species
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
Not sufficient cover
Good:
Sufficient cover of fruit bearing shrubs and trees
Very Good:
-
|
Good
|
Good
|
| Insular Morainal Woodlands |
Size / extent of characteristic communities / ecosystems
(Size)
|
Number of unfragmented blocks of forest and shrublands spanning from the coast to the interior
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
1
Good:
2
Very Good:
6
|
Good
2
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Salt Ponds, Bays and associated Wetlands |
Presence / abundance of keystone species
(Condition)
|
Percent of pond and bay bottoms covered with >50% eelgrass
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
25
Good:
50
Very Good:
75
|
Fair
3
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Salt Ponds, Bays and associated Wetlands |
Landscape Integrity
(Landscape Context)
|
Percent of all ponds and bays with unfragmented area in submergible zone (of an area equal or greater than existing fens and marshes in each pond)
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
25
Good:
50
Very Good:
75
|
Good
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Salt Ponds, Bays and associated Wetlands |
Range of salinity regimes
(Landscape Context)
|
Percent of coastal ponds usually closed to the ocean by barrier beaches
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
10
Good:
20
Very Good:
30
|
Good
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Salt Ponds, Bays and associated Wetlands |
Water chemistry
(Landscape Context)
|
Percent of ponds and bays (> 25 acres) with viable oyster or bay scallop populations
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
25 - 49
Good:
50 - 74
Very Good:
75 and greater
|
Fair
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Coastal Plain Ponds |
Community architecture
(Condition)
|
% of undisturbed pondshore (free from disturbance = not covered, raked or trampled)
|
-
|
Poor:
>50% of shoreline altered
Fair:
25-50% of shoreline altered
Good:
10 -25% altered (localized)
Very Good:
<10% of shoreline is altered
|
Good
|
Good
|
| Coastal Plain Ponds |
Species composition / dominance
(Condition)
|
Percent of ponds with presence of characteristic pondshore community
|
-
|
Poor:
<80%
Fair:
80-90%
Good:
90-99%
Very Good:
100
|
Good
|
Very Good
|
| Coastal Plain Ponds |
Water chemistry
4
(Landscape Context)
|
% of target ponds within acceptable water qulaity range
5
|
-
|
Poor:
< 50%
Fair:
50 -70%
Good:
70 - 90%
Very Good:
>90%
|
Good
|
Good
|
| Forest Blocks |
Connectivity among communities & ecosystems
6
(Condition)
|
Average CAPS connectiveness within target
|
-
|
Poor:
< .25
Fair:
0.25 - 0.50
Good:
0.51-0.75
Very Good:
> 0.75
|
Good
|
Good
|
| Forest Blocks |
Natural cover
(Condition)
|
Percent natural vegetation cover within forest block
|
-
|
Poor:
<85%
Fair:
85 -90%
Good:
90 - 95%
Very Good:
>95%
|
Good
7
|
Good
|
| Forest Blocks |
Minimum dynamic area of core
(Size)
|
Key natural disturbance regimes operating within natural range of variation
|
-
|
Poor:
<5K acres in block in GAP 1 or 2
Fair:
5-15K acres in GAP 1 or 2
Good:
at least 15K non-contiguous acres in GAP 1 or 2
Very Good:
at least 15K contiguous acres in GAP 1 or 2
|
Fair
|
Very Good
|
| Taunton River and tribs |
Characteristics Species Assemblages
8
(Condition)
|
Population trends for rainbow smelt and Atlantic tomcod
9
|
apparent decline, magnitude unknown
|
Poor:
severe decline from 1980 leves
Fair:
moderate decline from 1980 levels
Good:
stable at 1980 levels
Very Good:
increasing from 1980 levels
|
Fair
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Taunton River and tribs |
Characteristics Species Assemblages
(Condition)
|
Target resident fish community (mainstem)/FS-IBI (tribs)
10
|
available data suggests mainstem is fair; tribs good
|
Poor:
fish community <50% similar to Target Fish Community/ IBI score of poor
Fair:
fish community 50-75% similar to Target Fish Community/ IBI score of fair
Good:
fish community >75% similar to Target Fish Community/ IBI score of good
Very Good:
fish community 100% similar to Target Fish Community/ IBI score of very good
|
Fair
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Taunton River and tribs |
Tier 1 & 2 priority area integrity
(Condition)
|
Index of ecological integrity from CAPS
|
0.53
|
Poor:
<.30
Fair:
0.3-0.45
Good:
0.45-0.6
Very Good:
>0.6
|
Good
|
-
|
| Taunton River and tribs |
Hydrologic regime - (timing, duration, frequency, extent)
(Landscape Context)
|
% of 108 subwatersheds with no more than 5% surplus or deficit (does not include NPDES)
11
|
0.4
|
Poor:
> 50%
Fair:
25-50%
Good:
10-25%
Very Good:
0-10%
|
Fair
|
-
|
| Taunton River and tribs |
Water chemistry
12
(Landscape Context)
|
Frequency & duration of DO/temp in stressful range <5mg/L and/or >68 or 80 degrees
|
0.12
|
Poor:
>50%
Fair:
25-50% of samples <5mg/L or >80
Good:
10-25% of samples <5mg/L or >80
Very Good:
0-10% of samples <5mg/L or >80
|
Good
|
-
|
| Large Swamps |
Characteristics Species Assemblages
(Condition)
|
Recruitment of AWC
|
75% of sites have information, all multiple age stands
|
Poor:
Releve plots with multiple ages at <50% of large wetlands
Fair:
releve plots with multiple ages at 50-74% of large wetlands
Good:
releve plots with multiple ages at 75-89% of large wetlands
Very Good:
releve plots with multiple ages at >90% of large wetlands
|
Good
|
-
|
| Large Swamps |
Connectivity among communities & ecosystems
13
(Condition)
|
Average IEI within each wetland
|
-
|
Poor:
-
Fair:
<.57
Good:
.57- .84
Very Good:
>.84
|
Good
Jun 15, 2009
|
Good
|
| Large Swamps |
Hydrologic regime - (timing, duration, frequency, extent)
(Landscape Context)
|
Regional groundwater levels (USGS/MA Climate Response Network wells)
|
normal
|
Poor:
monthly gw level is <10th % of the monthly water levels for the same month OR >90%
Fair:
monthly gw level is between 24th and 10th % of the monthly water levels for the same month OR between 67-90%
Good:
monthly gw level is between 25th and 75% of the monthly water levels for the same month
Very Good:
-
|
Good
|
-
|
| Large Swamps |
Landscape Integrity
(Landscape Context)
|
Average IEI of the entire project area
|
0.45
|
Poor:
< .30
Fair:
0.30 - 0.40
Good:
0.40 - 0.50
Very Good:
> 0.50
|
Good
|
-
|
| Large Swamps |
Size / extent of characteristic communities / ecosystems
(Size)
|
Minimum viable areas for blandings turtle
|
-
|
Poor:
<800 acres
Fair:
800-1000 acres
Good:
>1000 acres
Very Good:
-
|
Good
|
-
|
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