Turnipseed Road #1 Unit at Marks Creek Open Space Management Plan Effective Period: January 2010-December 2012 Drafted by WakeNature Preserves Partnership March 5, 2010
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Executive SummaryThe Mark’s Creek watershed is a 50,000-acre watershed straddling the Wake-Johnston county line. Named a “Last Chance Landscape” in 2003 by Scenic America due to its rural character, the Mark’s Creek landscape is rich with rare plant communities, historic homesteads, and patches of mature hardwood forests noted as ecologically significant by the NC Natural Heritage Program. Located just a few miles from the town Wendell and three miles north of the Neuse River, Marks Creek is located in a quickly transitioning area. In response to explosive development around Clayton and Mark’s Creek—a tributary to the Neuse River—the Triangle Land Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land, and Wake County have partnered to permanently protect over 1,100 acres within the watershed. Through this partnership, Wake County has committed to contributing funds from open space bond monies for land acquisition in the Marks Creek Watershed and to provide long-term stewardship. Wake County is responsible for the management and stewardship of all of its open space properties and easements in a manner consistent with its Consolidated Open Space Plan. This requires having management plans in place for these properties. In an effort to meet the goal of creating management plans for all its open space properties, the Wake County Open Space Program has partnered with the WakeNature Preserves Partnership, a group comprised of natural resource professionals from North Carolina Museum of Natural History, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Triangle Land Conservancy, UNC Herbarium/NC Botanical Garden, Wake County’s Division of Parks, Recreation and Open Space, local municipalities, and other interested individuals. The WakeNature Preserves Partnership has an interest in indentifying ecologically valuable, publicly owned open space with Wake County and building capacity for appropriate management and long-term stewardship of those areas. 
The WakeNature Preserves Partnership has identified four adjacent properties within the Marks Creek Watershed to serve as a pilot demonstration site for collaborative work to protect natural heritage and open space values in Wake County. This site is known as Turnipseed Preserve, a 221 acre site characterized by unique geology, a diversity of habitats and species of high quality. The WakeNature Preserves Partnership has provided support and expertise to help the Wake County Open Space Program inventory the natural resources and habitats extant on Turnipseed Preserve and to create a management plan to ensure long-term stewardship of the site. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. introduction 4 vision 1.1 4 ii. Property description 6 2.1 scope 6 2.2 connections 7 2.2.1 Greenway Trail Connections 7 2.3 Public Use 8 iii. natural features & Biodiversity 9 3.1 soils 9 3.2 water 10 3.3 wildlife diversity overview 10 3.3.1 Bird Diversity 10 3.3.2 Mammal Diversity 11 3.3.3 Reptile and Amphibian Diversity 11 3.3.4 Butterfly Diversity 12 3.4 lichen diversity 12 iv. management objectives & Prescriptions 14 4.1 rock outcroppings & boulders 14 4.1.1 Management Recommendations for Exposed Granite Outcrops 15 4.1.2 Management Recommendations for Boulders 17 4.2 michaux’s sumac 20 4.2.1 Management Recommendations for Michaux’s Sumac 20 4.3 early successional habitats 23 4.3.1 Fallow Fields 23 4.3.2 Agricultural Fields 23 4.3.2 Management Recommendation for Fallow Field 24 4.3.3 Management Recommendation for Agricultural Fields 25 4.4 Late successional habitats 27 4.4.1 Mixed Pine Hardwoods 27 4.4.2 Loblolly Regeneration 27 4.4.3 Management Recommendation for Mixed Pine Hardwoods 27 4.4.4 Management Recommendation for Loblolly Regeneration 28 4.5 Aquatic Riparian Habitats 29 4.5.1 Beaver Impounded Wetlands 29 4.5.2 Borrow Pits 30 4.5.3 Bottomland Hardwood Forest 31 4.5.4 Management Recommendation for Beaver Impounded Wetlands 32 4.5.5 Management Recommendation for Borrow Pits 34 4.5.6 Management Recommendation for Bottomland Hardwood Forest 36 Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 0.92 Mb. Share with your friends:
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