Maps, western district, wildlife management areas

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MAPS

WESTERN DISTRICT

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS

UMASS/AMHERST

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LOCATION

BECHET

WILDLIFE

MANAGEMENT

AREA

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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

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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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