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Identifying High-Value Greenspace Prior to Land Development

Jill R. Mahon and Robert W. Miller
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) January 2003, 29 (1) 25-33; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2003.004
Jill R. Mahon
1Community Involvement Coordinator, Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program, UVM Extension, 617 Comstock Road, Suite 5, Berlin, VT 05602-9194, U.S.
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Robert W. Miller
2Professor of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (retired), Current address: 5613 Styron Drive, Oriental, NC 28571, U.S.
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    Parcels with the greatest ecologic, recreational, and aesthetic value as greenspace in the greater Stevens Point, Wisconsin, growth area and indications of areas currently protected under zoning and public ownership. Map by Jill Mahon, December 1998.

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    Parcel ranking based on proximity to waterways and recreation trails.

    ProximityEcologic scoreAesthetic scoreRecreational score
    Distance from intermittent stream or marsh
    <10.67 m54 
    10.67-21.03 m43 
    21.04-32.00 m3  
    Distance from perennial stream/river/lake
    <30.48 m54 
    30.48-60.95 m43 
    60.96-91.14 m3  
    Distance from existing recreation trails
    <30.48 m  5
    30.48-60.95 m  4
    Undeveloped land parcels accessible from trail
    Parcel accessible within 30.48 m of trail  5
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    Table 2.

    Parcel ranking based on land cover and vegetation cover type.

    Land/vegetation cover typeEcologic scoreAesthetic scoreRecreational score*
    Land cover
    Wetland55 
    Forest55 
    Pine plantation34 
    Mowed under canopy33 
    Mowed under scarce canopy22 
    Grass/brush22 
    Mowed grass12 
    Rareness of vegetation type by percentage of land cover
    Pinus sylvestris (0.03%)53 
    Acer saccharum-Tilia americana (0.05%)53 
    Picea glauca (0.07%)53 
    Thuja occidentalis (0.11%)53 
    Robinia pseudoacacia (0.14%)53 
    Fraxinus nigra-Ulmus americana-Acer saccharinum (0.21%)53 
    Quercus alba (0.49%)53 
    Pinus strobus-Quercus rubra-Acer rubrum (0.92%)53 
    Quercus rubra (1.62%)53 
    Larix laricina (4.36%)31 
    Pinus strobus (5.21%)31 
    Acer saccharinum, Ulmus americana (6.56%)31 
    Populus tremuloides (7.33%)31 
    Parcel size of contiguous cover type
    >30.35 ha5  
    24.28-30.34 ha4  
    18.21-24.27 ha3  
    12.14-18.20 ha2  
    6.07-12.13 ha1  
    • ↵*Recreational values were not scored for these criteria.

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    Table 3.

    Parcel ranking based on comparisons between pre-settlement and current vegetation cover type and cover type rarity.

    Pre-settlement/current vegetation comparisonsEcologic scoreAesthetic score*Recreational score*
    Same type, currently rare3  
    Pre-settlement type, currently Rare2  
    Same type, not currently rare1  
    • ↵*Aesthetic and recreational values were not scored for this criterion.

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