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4worldlovers: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Wildlife Division, Habitat Management Program, Roraback Wildlife Management Area, South Road, Harwinton, CT

Rock Brook, a major feature within the Roraback WMA and a

Roraback Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is the State’s larg- est WMA, consisting of 1,976 acres and located in the town of Harwinton. The property was acquired by the Roraback family over a 5-year period commencing in 1930. The property was gifted to the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in 1982, from the estate of Lewis P. Roraback. It was the family’s request that the property be maintained as undeveloped open space and be used for outdoor recreational activities, such as hunting, fishing, and trapping. The property is located within the Northwest Hills Ecoregion of the Central Hardwoods – White Pine Zone (Connecticut Ecoregions, Dowhan & Craig 1976), which is a lightly populated region of the State with limited residential and commercial development. The most prominent features of this WMA are Leadmine and Rock Brook streams, which are impor- tant tributaries of the Naugatuck River. The property also con- tains important natural communities, such as hardwood swamp, vernal pools, old field habitat, agricultural land, mixed hardwood forest, hemlock ravines and extensive riparian zones. The area contains 1,814 acres of forested habitat. This demonstration trail traverses a 12-acre forest clearing completed in 2009. The clearing serves as the first phase of a wildlife restoration project that will provide critical habitat to a suite of wildlife species currently experiencing population de- clines in Connecticut. This work was funded by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in partnership with the Connecticut Woodcock Council, the Wildlife Management Insti- tute and the Beardsley Zoo. The trail abuts an additional 10 acres of forest clearing completed in fall 2010. These treated areas, along with suitable habitat, will provide a 40-acre mosaic of young regenerating forest and reverting agricultural fields. American woodcock and the New England cottontail rabbit are featured species within this project site. A total of 47 species, which have been identified in Connecticut’s comprehensive Conservation Strategy Plan as species requiring early succes- sional stage habitats, will benefit from these habitat treat- ments. The site will serve as a habitat demonstration area and you are welcome to walk along the designated trail and enjoy the interpretive displays.

A vernal pool is a temporary body of fresh water—filling with melting snow and spring rains. Many amphibian species, such as the wood frog, breed only in vernal pools and not in any other type of water body. The moist soils surrounding these sites serve as feeding locations for woodcock.

Brush piles provides excellent escape cover for cot- tontails and other small mammals, as well as snakes

And birds like the white- throated sparrow. Constructing brush piles is a simple way to provide cover for wildlife, even in small habi- tats or back- yards.

Riparian habitats (habitats that border the banks of rivers and streams) are highly valuable for fish and wildlife and are in limited supply. More species of wildlife use the delicate edge between land and water than any other habitat. Streamside vegetation helps protect the water quality of the stream, and pro- vides cover for woodcock and food for species such as blue- birds. Moist soils with earthworms are key feeding locations for woodcock.

Is made by beating his wings against the air. A log

Tree was cut and left to serve as a drumming log.

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