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Montague Plain Study 1993: Unpublished Literature

• HF-ID: HF1993-25
• Category: Research Files
• Creator:
  • Motzkin, Glenn

• Associated Person:
  • Foster, David R.

• Date: 1993 to 2008
• Location: Montague Plain (Montague MA), Connecticut River Valley
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Newspaper articles, reports. 1 accordion folder.

• Keywords: land use history, pine, soil
• Abstract:
  • 1: Spiral bound reports: Montague Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2 Docket No. 50-496 and -497; Environmental Report Construction Permit Stage, Volume 1. MRC Reconnaissance Survey Report, Community - Montague, 1982. Vegetation and Fire History of Myles Standish State Forest, Interpreted from pollen and charcoal analyses of Widgeon Pond and Charge Pond, A draft report submitted to the Department of Environmental Management by A.E. Backman and W.A. Patterson III, 1984 (revised 1988). History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Memorial Association 1890-1898, Vol. III, Deerfield, MA, 1901. Twentieth Century Change in a Connecticut River Valley Pine Barren by A.D. Finton and W.A. Patterson III, 1994. Minimum Area Requiremnts for Long-term Conservation of the Albany Pine Bush and Karner Blue Butterfly: an assessment by T.J. Givnish, E.S. Menges, and D.F. Schweitzer, 1988. Montague Sanitary Landfill Project by W.S. Motts, 1971. Electric Trolley across Montague Plain, by G. Motzkin 1994. Fire History of the Montague Plain, by G. Motzkin 1995. Pitch Pine "Barrens" of the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, A report submitted by W.A. Patterson III and A. Stevens, 1995. The Nature Conservancy's Element Stewardship Abstract for Northeastern Pitch Pine/Scrub Oak Barrens, 1988. Age Structure and Community Dynamics on a Later-Successional Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) Site, with Recommendations for Management by K. Sherwood, 1993. Archaeological and Historical Impact Statement, Northeast Utilities Corp., Montague Nuclear Power Station, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, submitted by P.A. Thomas, 1974, and Phase II, 1975. Historical Account of the Montague Sand Plain, by M. Wallace, 1993. Some Miscellaneous History Concerning the Town of Montague, by W.C.Wentworth, 1974. Newspaper articles.
  
  
  • 2. Phase I Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Deltaic Sand Aquifer Beneath the Northeast Utilities Montague Property, Montague, MA, Prepared for Northeast Utilities Service Corporation, 1987.
  
  
  • 3. The Waterboro Barrens: Fire and Vegetation history as a Basis for the Ecological Management of Maine's Unique Scrub Oak - Pitch Pine Barrens Ecosystem, A report submitted to the Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, by W.A. Patterson III, 1994.
  
  
  • 4. Appendix A, Releve Summary Sheets, Connecticut River Valley Pitch Pine Barrens, by W.A. Patterson III and A. Stevens, 1995.
  
  
  • 5. Fire Management Plan, Bitzer Wildlife Management Area, Montague, MA, Prepared by J.A. Richburg and W.A. Patterson III, 1997.
  
  
  • 6. The Hypothesized Effect of Livestock Grazing on the Distribution of Chestnut Sprouts Across a Land-use Break on the Montague Sand Plain, by J. Bellemare, 1998.
  
  
  • 7. Easement Management Agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Quinnehtuk Company, 1999.
  
  
  • 8. The Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area, a Botanical Survey of Power Line Rights-of-Way, by B. Lindwall and R. Lombardi, 2002.
  
  
  • 9. The Management Plan For Montague Plain Wildlife Management Area, prepared by K.H. Clark and W.A. Patterson III, 2003.
  
  
  • 10. Managing Fuels in Northeaster Barrens, The Village of Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts Following the Disastrous Montage Plains Fire of 1907 (courtesy Jonathon Parrott), by W.A. Patterson III and D.W. Crary Jr., 2004.
  
  
  • 11. Patterns and Factors Influencing Hair-cap Moss (Polytricum spp.) Distribution at Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area, Massachusetts, by R. Weaver, 2006.
  
  
  • 12. Summary 2007 Acoustic Bat Surveys, Montague Wildlife Management Area, by B. Brooks, 2008.
  
  
  • Folder 1: Newspaper Articles.
  • Folder 2: Photographs Montague Sand Plains Ponds, photocopy of 1914 pictures, photocopies of 2004 pictures (snake).
  • Folder 3: Maps.
  • Folder 4: Forest cutting plan.
  • Folder 5: D.R. Foster's notes on the Montague Sand Plain Study Manuscript and a copy of the journal article.

• Related Items:
  • Research file: R 1993-01 Montague Plain research maps

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 10, drawer 5
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • During the 2017 Archives renovation, mice damaged the file folder. NO DATA WAS LOST OR DAMAGED. The file folder was replaced.