NH-Dame+Road


 * =Birding in New Hampshire=

Strafford County
Durham =Dame Road= Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve website Great Bay maps

Dame Rd., Durham
//There is no Hotspot established in eBird at this location. If you bird this area, please submit a checklist and suggest a Hotspot in eBird.//

About Dame Road

 * Target birds**: Site of a Great Gray Owl April, 2009


 * Description**: Forested woodland with many wetlands.

Public land managed by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department as part of Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
 * Summary of the Property by Rachel Stevens of the Great Bay Estuarine Research Reserve - 4/09**

The parking lot, and nearby viewing platform for those that have found it, were put in last year with the help of local contractor CGH Excavating, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and generous donations from a family in memory of a lost brother. This year, or early in 2010, we hope to add interpretive signs that introduce visitors to wildlife species associated with beaver-created wetlands, and to the early 1970s story of Aristotle Onassis' proposed oil refinery. At that time, the land the owl is now frequenting was one of several properties optioned to have the world's largest oil refinery built on it. It was proposed that giant oil tankers would anchor off the Isle of Shoals and pump oil to a refinery in Durham to be processed using freshwater from Lake Winnipesaukee. Thanks to the tenaciousness of a few conservation-minded citizens, the current view is very different from what it could have been and includes habitats that support many rare wildlife species, including banded bog haunters, spotted and Blanding's turtles, along with our recent owl visitor.

Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is part of a national network of protected areas established for long-term natural resource research, education and stewardship. This partnership program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has protected critical estuarine and upland habitat essential for wildlife for over fifteen years. We are very pleased the birding community has an opportunity to share such a special sighting as this Great Gray Owl. Avian species are an important component of the ecosystem approach we take to land management. In addition to noting incidental sightings, we manage the only known winter eagle roost in the Seacoast and are participants in the National Breeding Marsh Bird Monitoring Program. Volunteers to help us with these efforts are always appreciated.

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