1999 MANAGEMENT PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
The Kampoosa Bog Drainage Basin was formally designated an ACEC in August 1995. The designation highlights the importance of the bog's resources and focuses attention on issues of resource values, function, degradation and use. The designation of the ACEC, accompanied by a resource management plan, provides the opportunity and framework for protecting and enhancing the natural and cultural resources as well as the human use values of the Kampoosa Bog Drainage Basin.
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- Planning Process
- Implementation Strategy
- Invasive Species Executive Summary
- Hydrogeochemical Study
The Management Plan establishes goals to guide future decisions and actions in the Kampoosa Bog Drainage Basin ACEC and identifies issues of resource protection, restoration, management and use. This management plan is intended to guide, organize and focus the work of the Committee and help protect the Bog against degradation of its natural resources. The plan describes current conditions in the Bog, and indicates and prioritizes actions that can be taken so that the Bog may be preserved and restored.
Planning Process
Following designation of the ACEC, a group of residents, property owners, representatives from local boards businesses and several state agencies began meeting in December of 1995. In the spring of 1996, a Science Subcommittee was established as part of the Kampoosa Stewardship Committee. The subcommittee identified five critical attributes or characteristics of Kampoosa Bog:
- rare natural communities
- rare species
- hydrologic system
- large contiguous landscape mosaic
- historic and archaeological resources
The Science Subcommittee then proposed specific management goals for these critical attributes. The goals provide a framework for the management plan and have been accepted by the Kampoosa Stewardship Committee. The last step in the planning process was the development of an action plan and of conservation strategies to address the threats of the highest priority. These conservation strategies are broad action paths that should mitigate the stresses that threaten the attributes of the Bog and should prioritize research. Some recommendations provide the foundation for future tasks that will be completed over several years or for further research that will be needed.
Implementation Strategy
The overall and most effective mechanism for advancing the goals of the management plan is continued cooperation and collaboration among public agencies, nonprofits, the private landowners and the general public. These cooperative efforts can be realized through increased communication and education as well as ongoing research in and management of the Bog.
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The implementation plan emphasizes the importance of the on-going community involvement in and support of the plan. Resource conditions and the understanding of those conditions are likely to change over time. Accordingly, the plan should be updated every five years or as the need arises to ensure that it continues to respond both to natural and cultural resource conditions, human use values and community concerns in the Kampoosa Bog Drainage Basin.
Invasive Species Management Plan For Kampoosa Bog 2003-2010
Executive Summary
This invasive plant species management plan is intended to provide a program for reducing the threats from the following invasive plant species, identified as prorities:
| Lonicera spp. | Exotic bush honeysuckles |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple loosestrife |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary Grass |
| Rhamnus cathartica | Common Buckthorn |
| Rhamnus frangula | Glossy Buckthorn |
The priority of this plan is to restore the bog, or central wetland, by reducing invasive plant species and defending the wetland from their further expansion or incursion. This would involve actions to achieve twelve specific objectives for the reduction of invasive plant species within specific areas, or management units, of the ACEC. Once fully implemented, these actions would involve expenditures of approximately $32,500 annually. A series of program development and supportive actions, including further inventory, monitoring and planning would involve an additional $75,000 to $100,000 (including staff, contract and other costs) over the next five years. The result of this program would be a significant decrease in the abundance and spatial extent of these invasive plant species, thereby dramatically reducing their threat to the ecological integrity of Kampoosa Bog.