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Site Description<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Property overview:<\/b>\u00a0 Thompson Farm’s landscape, land-use history, and biodiversity are representative of a broad swath of New England’s coast and uplands. \u00a0Part of the traditional lands of the Abenaki, Pennacook and Wabanaki People, the corridor of the Lamprey River must have been important both for provisioning and as a travel route.\u00a0 The land’s colonial history can be traced back to a 1701 deed to Valentine Hill issued by the town of Dover.\u00a0 Areas that are currently forested were largely cleared in the 18th<\/sup>\u00a0and early 19th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries and used for pasture, hay production, orchards, and cultivated agriculture.\u00a0 As across most of New England, agricultural intensity declined in the late 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and early 20th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries, and a majority of the land reverted to forest cover, though some remains in low-intensity agricultural use.\u00a0 Post-agricultural forests were generally dominated by white pine and shorter-lived, early-successional species.\u00a0 Forest succession and management have led to the current mix of forest species.<\/p>\n

Current land cover<\/b>\u00a0comprises:<\/p>\n