Examples

Loss of Other Grasses and Agriculture and Gain of Turf and Grass as New Homes and Lawns are Built (South Windsor/Vernon, CT)

New Golf Course Results in Loss of Other Grasses and Agriculture and Gain of Turf and Grass (East Haddam, CT)

Gain of Other Grasses and Agriculture Due to Forest Clearing (Colchester, CT)

Gain of Other Grasses and Agriculture Due to New Development (Salem, CT)

Summary Table of Other Grasses and Agriculture Gains and Losses

Take Home Message. There has been a significant increase in the other grasses and agriculture class. Most of the increase came at the expense of forest. Conversion from the turf and grass and wetland classes to the other grasses and agriculture class also contributed to the increase. Although other grasses and agriculture has increased overall, quite a bit has been converted to developed as well as barren.

Gains and Losses of Grasses and Agriculture in Connecticut for each time period below. All values are in acres.
	1985-1990			1990-1995			1995-2002
	change from other grasses	change to other grasses	Net gain or loss	change from other grasses	change to other grasses	Net gain or loss	change from other grasses	change to other grasses	Net gain or loss
Developed	3760	10	-3750	1742	19	-1723	3444	3	-3441
Turf and Grass	876	1432	606	282	647	365	375	1154	779
Other Grasses	347011	347011		359491	359491		365861	365861
Forest*	455	13184	12729	450	9753	9303	102	12582	12479
Water	431	233	-198	148	413	265	465	292	-173
Wetland**	100	829	728	54	589	534	96	809	713
Barren	1041	111	-930	642	200	-441	942	28	-914
TOTAL	353625	362809	9184	362809	37112	8303	371286	380729	9442

* Deciduous forest and coniferous forest have been combined.
** Non-forested wetlands, forested wetlands and tidal wetlands have been combined.

First Column "1985-1990 change from other grasses". The area, in acres, that was other grasses and agriculture in 1985 (or the first date in the time period) and changed to a different landcover by 1990 (or the second date). The different landcover coincides with the landcover class in the first column.

Second Column "1985-1990 change to other grasses". The area, in acres, that was something other than other grasses and agriculture (as indicated by the class in the left column) in 1985 (or the first date) and changed to other grasses and agriculture by 1990 (or the second date).

Net gain or loss = red (negative). More other grasses and agriculture was lost to a class than was gained from that class. For example, between 1985 and 1990, 3760 acres was changed from other grasses and agriculture to developed compared to only 6 acres changing from developed to other grasses and agriculture resulting in a net loss of other grasses and agriculture.

Net gain or loss = black (positive). More other grasses and agriculture was gained from a class than was lost to that class. For example, between 1985 and 1990, only 455 acres were changed from other grasses and agriculture to forest compared to a whopping 13184 acres that went from forest to other grasses and agriculture resulting in a net increase of other grasses and agriculture.

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