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Recreation: Canoeing, Fishing, Scenic Views:
Canoeing on Fort Pond Brook, FP7
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Segment 1: Starting at the Central Street Bridge and heading south down to the railway tracks. This segment starts with a small pool surrounded by residential property with a minimal buffer zone. It quickly becomes very dense with bushes--posing an almost impenetrable thicket of vegetation. After another 30'-40', the stream opens up into a moderately deep (5'), channel of about 5'-10' width surrounded by wetlands/open marsh. The properties on the eastern side appear distant and well protected. As the stream (@ #5), starts to turn eastward, it becomes more
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Buffer/Yard Waste/Runoff concerns: Sediment
eroding into brook, next to bridge at
Rte. 111, FP7
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constricted and in closer proximity to houses,
at first on the northeast side and then on
the south side as well (a new development).
The buffer zone appears marginally adequate
(~50'), although moderately to sparsely vegetated
(There is a coniferous overstory). Two semi-submerged
beaver dams occur there. As the stream heads
towards the Railway embankment, it grows
up again into a large open wetland, where
we observed geese, ducks, and red tail hawks
among the larger birds.
Segment 2: North of the Central St. bridge to the Rte. 111 bridge. The stream forms a very sinewy course through an open wetland, interspersed by occasional thickets of bushes overgrowing the rushes and sedges. There is one pond associated with the stream (#19), on which a lawn abuts, clearly contributing
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Buffer/Yard Waste/Runoff concerns: Grass
clippings on bank of Fort Pond Brook, FP7.
Grass clippings, brush, and leaves piled
along the streams' edge, or near storm storm
drains, "fertilize" the water.
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some nutrients to at least the small pond.
Generally the stream is navigable by small
canoe, except at #13, where an impenetrable
thicket of bushes forced us to portage around.
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