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Ascutney Management Unit

Mt. Ascutney State Park

North Springfield State Park

Wilgus State Park

Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area

Little Ascutney Wildlife Management Area

Weathersfield Wildlife Management Area

The Agency of Natural Resources is currently revising the Long-Range Management Plan (LRMP) for 3,643 acres of lands within the Ascutney Management Unit.  Those lands include Mt. Ascutney State Park, North Springfield State Park (leased from the US Army Corps of Engineers), Wilgus State Park, Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area, Little Ascutney Wildlife Management Area and Weathersfield Wildlife Management Area.  These ownerships are located in the Towns of Windsor, Weathersfield, Springfield, and West Windsor.

Planning Schedule

 

Timeframe
Task
Public Input
Fall 2006
  • Begin property base mapping
 
2007/Summer 2008
  • Inventories & assessments

              Ascutney State Park property tax impact assessment      

              Ascutney State Park Herpetological inventory & assessment*

             Historic assessment*

             Ascutney State Park bird inventory*

             Ascutney State Park small mammal inventory*

            Skitchewaug WMA herpetological inventory & assessment

            Little Ascutney WMA herpetological inventory & assessment

            Skitchewaug WMA bird inventory & assessment

            Little Ascutney WMA bat survey

 
Fall/Winter 2008
  • Compile inventories & data for completion of:

              Timber assessment

              Natural communities inventory

              WIldlife/fisheries/water resources/recreation assessments

 
Winter 2008
  • Plan public involvement system for management unit and set timelines
 

* activities proposed, not yet funded

 

Tim Morton, Stewardship Forester

VT Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

email: tim.morton@state.vt.us

Tel: 802/885-8825  Fax: 802/885-8890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


   
 



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