Unique ID Number = 71
OR Unique ID Number = 130
Jack’s Island
Jack's Island
Jack’s Island - Potential
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1997 orthophotography available from the RIGIS Orthophoto Server. Click image for printable PDF. Courtesy: R.I. Department of Transportation |
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Jack’s Island Courtesy: Save The Bay |
Project Map- Click to open the Restoration Atlas mapping application in a new window. (The map will automatically be zoomed in to this restoration site.) *Note: this application is best viewed using Internet Explorer.
Access Point(s): Not documented for this site.
Public Use: Not documented for this site.
Impacts: There is debris on the marsh from a nearby farm. Tides are completely restricted, and <15%of adjacent upland areas within 500' of marsh consists of impervious surfaces (reported STB,1996)
Project Size: 5 acres
Area Benefited: Not documented for this site.
Restoration Description: Buffer Management; Restoration of Tidal Elevations
Restoration Date: Not documented for this site.
Target Species: Data not available
Historic Conditions: Filling occurred on the northern polygon of the marsh with a semi-truck. Cutting has occurred here as well and there is no buffer. Tidal restriction 1 filled the pathway to a historic ferry dock (reported STB,1996)
Project Contact Info: Not documented for this site.
Partners: Audubon Society of RI, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Pre and Post Restoration Data: False, False
Monitoring:
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Start Date:
Not documented for this site.
End Date: Not documented for this site.
Completed: To be determined
Leader: To be determined
Scheduled: To be determined
Studies Conducted: Not documented for this site.
Cost of Project: Not documented for this site
Public Property Owners: n/a
Info Source: Not Documented for this site
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Jack's Island - Completed
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1997 orthophotography available from the RIGIS Orthophoto Server. Click image for printable PDF. Courtesy: R.I. Department of Transportation |
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Jack's Island Courtesy: Save The Bay |
Project Map- Click to open the Restoration Atlas mapping application in a new window. (The map will automatically be zoomed in to this restoration site.) *Note: this application is best viewed using Internet Explorer.
Access Point(s): Not documented for this site.
Public Use: Conservation/ Wildlife Area
Impacts: Active agriculture of corn allowed for invasives and is now being replanted with the native species little blue stem grass
Project Size: Not documented for this site.
Area Benefited: Not documented for this site.
Restoration Description: Invasives Control; Wildlife Restoration
Restoration Date: Not documented for this site.
Target Species: bobolink, ringneck pheasant, butterflies
Historic Conditions: Used as agricultural land for corn formerly a grassland supporting species like the bobolink, ringneck pheasant, and several butterfly species
Project Contact:
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Larry Taft
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
12 Sanderson Road, Smithfield, RI 02917
ltaft@asri.org
401-949-5454
Partners: Audubon Society of RI, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Pre and Post Restoration Data: False, True
Monitoring:
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Start Date:
Not documented for this site.
End Date: Not documented for this site.
Completed: To be determined
Leader: Eugenia Marks
Scheduled: yes, ongoing - March 1997 to present
Studies Conducted: Not documented for this site.
Cost of Project: Not documented for this site
Public Property Owners: n/a
Information Source:
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Larry Taft
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
12 Sanderson Road, Smithfield, RI 02917
ltaft@asri.org
401-949-5454
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