2006 Core Forest

Source: University of Connecticut Center for Landuse Education and Research (CLEAR)

Land Cover Website (Connecticut's Changing Landscape) Version 2.

How the maps were produced

Metadata

Where in the CRI?

Habitats

The Core Forest was derived from the 2006 land cover using the Landscape Fragmentation Tool. http://clear.uconn.edu/tools/lft/lft2/

The tool identifies forest area and separates them into one of four classes: 1) patch, 2) edge, 3) perforated, 4) interior or core. Visit http://clear.uconn.edu/tools/lft/lft2/method.html for a description of each class. In the Habitats map, just those areas following in the interior or core class are displayed. They are divided up into three size classes: 1) less than 250 acres, 2) between 250 and 500 acres, and 3) greater than 500 acres.