LLA MAPS

All of LLA’s maps are large format (3ft. x 4ft.) and high resolution. They can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the maps.

VERMONT MAPS

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2011 LLA ORIGINAL VERMONT 10-TOWN Regional Maps Series

1. Areas of Contiguous Wildlife Habitat was created by Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. It shows the 203 habitat blocks in LLA’s 10-town area and categorizes them by size (in acres). The darker the block the larger the number of acres.

2. Different Types of Landforms was created and used by a team of scientists to determine the Areas of Ecologically Important Habitat.

3. Areas of Ecologically Important Habitat was created by the team of scientists listed below. They prioritized the 203 habitat blocks in map #1 based on various landscape variables also listed below. The darkest green habitat blocks are predicted to be the best for wildlife.

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How were the regional maps made? LLA's 10-town regional maps were a pilot mapping project of the State of Vermont. In 2014 the entire State (4052 habitat blocks) were mapped prioritizing all the blocks in the state using the same variables that were used for LLA’s original maps.  The report, Vermont Habitat Blocks and Habitat Connectivity: An Analysis using Geographic Information Systems, details the mapping process, step-by-step, and each variable is described on its own page beginning on page 18.

GIS info: http://geodata.vermont.gov/datasets/VTANR::habitat-blocks-and-wildlife-corridors

2019 & 2020 VERMONT Regional Maps

For LLA’s Scientific Maps Go to School expanded area

These maps are prioritized with the State-wide Rating (comparing all 4055 habitat blocks in the State) and for this reason the habitat blocks’ values are different from the 2011 LLA 10-Town Areas of Ecological Importance Prioritized Maps (comparing only 203 blocks).

The Vermont State-wide Habitat Blocks are slightly different from LLA’s Original 10-Town Maps

State-wide Regional Map LLA’s Original 10-Town Regional Map

1. Buffers are different. On LLA’s Original 10-town maps, 330 foot buffers are around buildings and Class 1-3 roads. The buffers vary on the State-wide maps depending on human activity (example, larger buffers around high human activity and smaller buffers around lower human activity).

2. Habitat Block Size is different. Because the buffers have changed the size of the habitat blocks is usually larger. The large heart-shaped habitat block shown above is 5008 acres on the Original Maps and 5207 acres on the State-wide maps.

3. Habitat Block Prioritized Values are different. LLA’s Original habitat blocks were prioritized using only the 203 habitat blocks in the original LLA area. The State-wide habitat blocks were prioritized using all 4055 blocks in the state. Note the block in the upper left hand corner, its value (color) has changed from medium green to light green.

Individual Town Maps

The town maps are used for the LLA Scientific Maps Go to School Project but are interesting for anyone wanting a bird’s eye view of the landscape.

Each town in LLA’s original 10-town region (outlined in black on the map) has an individual town map created in 2015 (habitat blocks on these maps were hand edited and for this reason are more accurate than the maps made in 2020).

In 2020, LLA’S Scientific Maps Go to School Project Area expanded, now providing town maps for 47 Vermont Towns!

Outside our area and want to make your own maps so you can use our educational materials? Share these files with your GIS mapper.

Instructions for making town maps to LLA specifications

2015 Original VERMONT 10-Town maps

2020 VERMONT Town Maps

LLA’s original maps (10 towns) were the pilot project for the State and their habitat blocks were hand edited.

The Habitat Blocks for the entire State of Vermont have now been created. All the town maps generated in 2020 were made using the state-wide blocks. The state-wide habitat blocks were computer generated and as such have a few mistakes (very small triangles and short segments of squiggly lines and there are some buildings that have not been excluded from the habitat blocks).

LLA wishes they were as clean as the original maps but there are 4055 habitat blocks in the state compared to only 203 habitat blocks in LLA’s original 10 towns, so you can understand that it would have taken way too much time to hand edit the entire state.

New Hampshire Maps

NH REGIONAL MAPS

See How NH LLA Maps Were Made to learn more about methods used for the New Hampshire analysis.

NH TOWN MAPS

Special thanks to the following organizations. Their support enabled LLA to expand from its original 10 Vermont towns to 47 Vermont towns and 36 New Hampshire towns.

Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

All Vermont Town Maps and 3 New Regional Maps: Thanks to Pete Fellows

Thanks to Mascoma Bank for providing matching funds to create:

• Vermont’s 23 new Town Maps and 3 New Regional Maps (2018)

• New Hampshire’s 36 Town Maps and 2 Regional Maps (2020)

Thanks to Staples in West Lebanon for giving LLA a discount on map printing