US-RI-Carolina+Management+Area


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=Carolina Management Area= Richmond, Rhode Island 02812 Carolina Management Area web site Carolina Management Area map

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Carolina Management Area
Coordinates: 41.4664684, -71.689419 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Carolina Management Area
Carolina Management Area is located within the western portion of the town of Richmond. The area extends from Kenyon Hill Trail in the north to Route 91 at its southern-most point. Access to Carolina is available at several locations with main access points at the hunter check station on Pine Hill Road, along Shipee Trail off Hope Valley Road, along Meadowbrook Trail north of Pine Hill Road and from Route 112 at the gravel pit entrance north of the State Trout Hatchery. Most of the interior road are gated to limit vehicle access. Topographic quad maps for Carolina, RI cover this area.

Carolina covers a total land area of 2359 acres. The area is composed of primarily forest cover (evergreen 960 acres, deciduous 456 acres), wetlands (280 acres) and agricultural lands (134 acres) making up the balance. The DFW maintains approximately 42 management fields which are intensively managed by the DFW for the purpose of increasing food and cover for game and non-game wildlife. Management practices include planting of food and cover crops, maintaining periodic mowing of brush fields, and mowing of pasture grasslands. this diverse area includes several hundred feet of frontage along the Pawcatuck River including forested, shrub and emergent wetlands. The American Fish Culture parcel, added in 1995, contains an active state trout hatchery operated by DFW. From Carolina Management Area web site

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