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Management and preservation recommendation: 



We can think of no management that is needed for the 

 area at this time. This area is, fortunately, probably 

 not threatened for at least 20 years (the approximate 

 time of the first "harvest" of adjacent sy Ivicu 1 tur a 1 

 lands). The pond and the swamp forests are protected as 

 part of a hunting and fishing preserve. The floodplain 

 forests and mesic hardwood forest areas are probably not 

 threatened until the next harvest of adjacent sy 1 vicu 1 tur a 1 

 lands, probably about 2000. Major threat then might be 

 that the paper companies will be even more efficient in 

 removing the mesic hardwood strip for conversion to sylvi- 

 cu 1 ture . 



