FWS R5 NEFO Connecticut Current Marsh Pink Growing Locations

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>This map was used in an educational </span><a href='https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/24e64d93a2704efabb404abac4ecd2d3' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>StoryMap</a><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'> created by US Fish and Wildlife Service and Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program</span><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'> in collaboration with students at William and Mary. Layer created by Mary Lawrence Young, William &amp; Mary collaborator to USFWS. The map shows the only remaining location that the wildflower Marsh Pink (</span><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>Sabatia stellaris) grows within the state of Connecticut. The current Marsh Pink populations are undergoing restoration work as part of the larger Great Meadows Marsh Refuge Restoration project. The point data from this feature layer was manually generated in ArcGIS Pro using longitude and latitude values of the towns provided by the </span></font><a href='https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection</a><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>. The data is meant to be used in comparison to </span></font><a href='https://fws.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=19df93942e4a45a0b747a3790d14505a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>historic Marsh Pink growing locations</a><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'> within Connecticut to display how depleted the population has become.</span></font><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'><br /></span></font></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>Listed Connecticut Townships: Stratford (</span><span style='font-size:16px;'>41.18, </span></font><span style='font-size:16px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;'>-73.13)</span></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'><br /></span></font></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><div><span style='font-size:16px;'>For more information contact Anne Condon, [e-mail]</span></div><div style='font-size:16px;'><br /></div></font></div>