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the county. Its associated corridor, the Southwestern Habitat Corridor, follows 21.42
miles of the historically and ecologically significant Denton Creek from the western
county boundary east to Flower Mound. This area was populated by indigenous tribes
during the pioneer movement and one of the primary trails used by tribes, military, and
settlers. Furthermore, it was a resource-rich area for cultures relying upon natural
resources offered by the mixture of forest, riverine and prairie habitats. Landownership
in FCA 2 includes 662 land owners appraised at $78,155,191 with an adjacent parcel
owned by the Texas Motor Speedway appraised at $34,121,389 (Crowe, 2007). The area
is potentially the largest intact contiguous forested area currently unprotected and
proposed for the conservation network. Nearly 4,500 acres of habitat was classified per
the CSAM land cover with an additional 397 acres of water, 11 acres of shrub, and
254.15 acres of wetlands totaling 52% of the total area as natural habitat. However, it
also subject to a high degree of pressure from development and competing land use
agendas by neighboring municipalities. The overall development index values were low
for the entire area with values ranging from 0 to 3 with the most significant factors
coming from gas wells and road densities. Both the western and eastern sections of the
area are subject to accumulative gas well development operations while most of the
central interior is not subject at the time of this writing. Parcel data shows that most of
the area was undetermined while clearly falling within the timber and woodland land
types, with large sections of improved pasture, pasture, Cropland II, and native pasture
with some pockets of commercial and residential lots interlaced with the landscape.
Once again, the undetermined land type category overlaps forested habitat and calls into
question the utility of the parcel land type attribute for the index while also offering37
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Sales, Joshua. Determining the Suitability of Functional Landscapes and Wildlife Corridors Utilizing Conservation GIS Methods in Denton County, Texas., thesis, August 2007; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3920/m1/44/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .