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The site was identified as important in 2012 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	-	-	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Richard T Crane Jr Memorial	Local Land Trust Preserve	4
-	Crane	Local Land Trust Preserve	2
-	Graf	Local Land Trust Preserve	1
-	Greenwood Farm	Local Land Trust Preserve	1
-	Old Town Hill	Local Land Trust Preserve	1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Rowley Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Goodale Orchard	Environmental System	<1
-	Whitemore Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Carr Island	State Bird Sanctuary	<1
-	Stavros	Private Conservation	<1
-	Sally Weatherall	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Bean Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Smith Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	McKiernan Memorial	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Knights Common	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Amelia Little Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Tommys Island	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Stackyard	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Woodbury Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Ram Island	State Bird Sanctuary	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Chandlers Far Division	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Hoopes Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Marsh Hundreds	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Pine Island Road	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Laws Point	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Bewer	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Adams	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Stitt Pond	Private Conservation	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Haskell-Hart	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Ingrams Saltmarsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Shad Creek	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Barnes Island	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Cox	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	J Lee Potter Meadow	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Goodale Memorial	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Clubhead Creek	Private Conservation	<1
-	Phillips Bluff	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Eastern Avenue	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Oak Island	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Tide Meadows	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Batchelders	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Sawyers Island	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	North Shore Salt Marsh	State Wildlife Management Area	<1
-	Mill River	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Eagle Island	State Natural Area	<1
-	Town Landing	Municipal Conservation Area	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Pine Island Sugarloaf	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Hog Island	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Wingaersheek Uplands	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Town of Ipswich Conservation Commission	Municipal Conservation Area	-
-	Heartbreak Hill	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Murray Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Wilson Woodland	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Conservation Land	Conservation Land	<1
-	Rawls Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	-
-	Giovino	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Two Penny	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Plumbush Salt Marsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Great Ledge	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Local Land Trust Preserve	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Newbury Perennial	Gardens	<1
-	Collens Saltmarsh	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	Stavros/Whites Hill	Private Conservation	<1
1941	Parker River	National Wildlife Refuge	17
1974	Parker River	Proposed Wilderness	6
1977	Oak Island CR	Environmental System	<1
1980	Salisbury Marshes	Private Conservation Land	<1
1997	Hubbard CR	Environmental System	<1
2004	Hayden Saltmarsh	Private Conservation	<1
2004	Perkins Saltmarsh	Private Conservation	-
2005	Wilson Saltmarsh	Private Conservation	<1
2008	Rough Meadows	Private Conservation	<1
2008	Curlew Cove CR	Environmental System	<1
2008	Surpitski Woodlot	Private Conservation	<1
2009	Perley Cr	Environmental System	-
2010	Hundreds Marsh CR	Environmental System	<1
2011	Soginese Creek CR	Environmental System	<1
2012	Hatch CR	Environmental System	<1
2012	Clapp CR	Environmental System	<1
2013	Sandy Point	State Reservation	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Great Salt Marsh (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/great-salt-marsh-iba-usa on 24/11/2024.