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WESTERN DISTRICT
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS
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LOCATION
BECHET
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
AREA
9-79
BECKET WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location; Size;
Topography; Vegetation;
Water;
Noted Wildlife;
Becket
234 Acres
Gently rolling land
Mixed hardwood and softwood stands 20 - 60
feet in height.
Shale brook forms the western boundary, and
there is a 25 acre beaver pond.
Grouse, waterfowl, raccoon, whitetailed deer,
snowshoe hare, gray squirrel, beaver.
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CHALET ML D LIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
CHALET WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location: Dal ton, Windsor
Size; 723 Acres
Topography; Hilly north-south facing hills.
Elevation, 1600 - 2200 feet.
The old Appalachian Trail forms the
Western boundary of the area. Vegetation: Almots exclusively mature hardwoods. Water: A small stream cuts through part of area,
Noted Wildlife: Grouse, snowshoe hare, whitetailed deer,
gray squirrel.
HIRAM H. POX WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (Canada Hill)
Location; Chester, Chesterfield, Huntington, Worthington
Size: 2022 Acres
Topography: Rolling hills, some steep Ledges and gullies.
Elevations 700 - 1200 feet. Vegetation: Predominantly 40 - 60 feet, mixed hardwood and
softwood stands. Water: Meadow Brook and Little River divide the
area in a north - south direction. Noted Wildlife: Whitetailed deer, grouse, raccoon, snowshoe
hare, gray squirrel.
HINSDALE FLATS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
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HINSDALE PLATS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location: Hinsdale
Size; 9A-6 Acres
Topography; River valley land rising to the east to
become rolling hills. Elevation, 1/+20 - 1/+70 feet.
Vegetation; Seasonally flooded grassy and shrub bottom- land. The upland area has some abandoned fields but is mostly 20 - 60 feet mixed softwood - hardwood stands.
Water; The East Branch Housatonic River, Bilodeau
Brook and Bennett Brook bisect the area. The Housatonic and Bennett Brook provide trout fishing. There is also a small artificial pond.
Noted Wildlife; Stocked pheasant, woodcock, grouse, waterfowl,
raccoon, snowshoe hare, beaver, otter, mink.
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HOUSATONIC VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
SCALE: 1" *2000' / - Z9- 73
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HOUSATONIC VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location:
Size:
Topography:
Vegetation:
Water:
Noted Wildlife:
Lenox, Lee, Pittsfield 661.7 Acres
Flat river plain, gently rolling in the west and rising abruptly to the east. Abandoned fields are being invaded by brushy species and small hardwood - softwood lots. Approximately 1/3 of the area is in wetland. The Housatonic River bisects the area with many backwaters. These and Woods Pond com- prise the majority of the wetland. Several small brooks flow into the Housatonic. Stocked pheasant, woodcock, cottontail rabbit, raccoon, waterfowl, ruffed grouse, muskrat, gray squirrel.
KELLY
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
AREA
(CHESTER)
KELLY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location; Chester
Size; 267 Acres
Topography: Located on the slope of Round Top Hill, the
area is bordered partly on the southeast by Round Hill Road and on the northwest by Walker Brook. Hillsides are steep with elevations of
650»-1572T • Vegetation: Thickly wooded with mixed hardwoods. Water: Blair Brook, which transects the southwestern
corner of the area, flows seasonally. Noted Wildlife: Whitetailed deer, gray squirrel, raccoon.
KNIGHT VILLE
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
AREA
(HUNTINGTON)
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KNIGHTVILLE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (Owned by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Location:
Size:
Topography:
Vegetation:
Water:
Huntington
296.4 Acres
A dry bed reservoir on the Westfield River
with land rising abruptly from the flood
plain.
Grassy and brushy land in a seasonally flooded
plain. Portions of the land above the flood
plain are mature hardwoods and softwoods.
The Westfield River provides fine trout fishing.
Noted Wildlife: Stocked pheasant, woodcock, grouse, cottontail
rabbit, gray squirrel, raccoon.
EUGENE D. MORAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location:
Size:
Topography:
Vegetation:
Water:
Noted Wildlife;
Windsor
1022 Acres
Mostly flat, gently rising hills in
southern portion.
Elevation, 1900 - 2l60 feet.
Largely open fields and fresh meadow.
The wooded sections are mixed hardwoods and
softwoods, and there is one true softwood
stand.
Windsor Brook, shallow marsh, one beaver pond.
Stocked pheasant, grouse, woodcock, snowshoe hare,
whitetailed deer, raccoon, cottontail, beaver,
otter some waterfowl early fall.
PERU WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location: Size:
Topography: Vegetation:
Water:
Noted Wildlife:
Peru
2638 Acres
Rolling hills, several steep hills and gullies.
Almost totally wooded. Hardwoods and softwoods
in different stages of maturity. A majority of
the woodland is 20 - 60 feet in height.
Trout brook provides trout fishing, and there
is some shallow shrub swampland.
Grouse, woodcock, gray squirrel, snowshoe hare,
whitetailed deer, raccoon, beaver.
SAVOY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location: Savoy
Size: A20 Acres
Topography: Mostly gentle grades, but there are
several steep hills. Highest elevation;
2156 feet. Vegetation: Woodland, mature hardwoods and conifers,
wooded swamps. Water: Two smaLl streams and a wooded swamp.
Noted Wildlife: Grouse, snowshoe hare, whit et ailed deer.
STAFFORD HILL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Location : Ch e sh ire
3i/,e: 675 Acres
Topography: Hilly, with come deep areas. Elevation
950 - LoOO feet. There is a flat plain along
Hoosio River, and there are two relatively
flat, plateaus. Vegetal- ion; Old farm pasture, with invading woody growth.
A shrub swamp along the river bottom. Some
small woodlois. Water: The Hoosic River forms the western boundary,
and there are two seasonally running brooks, in
a-ddition there is a .25 acre wet meadow, and a
. 10 acre pond. Noted Wildlife: Stocked pheasant, woodcock, cottontail rabbit,
waterfowl.
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