NH.Birds for Monday, November 23, 2009

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Concord Peregrin   Stephanie Parkinson    9:01am   Western Kingbird - NO   Benjamin Griffith    11:48am   Fwd: Release: Restoration Work at Little River Salt Marsh Begins   joseagle(AT)aol.com   5:50pm

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Subject: Concord Peregrin
From: Stephanie Parkinson <sparkinson(AT)sulloway.com>
Date: 23 Nov 2009 9:01am

Has been and still is sitting on top of the Eagle on the Capitol Dome since
8:30 this a.m.

Stephanie

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Subject: Western Kingbird - NO
From: Benjamin Griffith <bgriffith(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 23 Nov 2009 11:48am

The Western Kingbird wasn't present between 9:00 am and 10:30 am this
morning.  There were 2 1st winter Iceland Gulls and a Lesser Scaup
among the usual gulls and ducks.

Ben Griffith
Dover, NH


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Subject: Fwd: Release: Restoration Work at Little River Salt Marsh
         Begins
From: joseagle(AT)aol.com
Date: 23 Nov 2009 5:50pm

Subject: Release: Restoration Work at Little River Salt Marsh Begins

News from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: November 23, 2009
CONTACT:    Kevin Lucey, Coastal Program Restoration Coordinator,
(603) 559-0026
            Lenny Lord, Rockingham County Conservation
District Manager, (603) 679-2790

Restoration Work at Little River Salt Marsh Begins

North Hampton, NH - The N.H. Coastal Program at the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services and the Rockingham County
Conservation District announce the start of restoration work at the
Little River Salt Marsh. The goal of the project is to restore tidal
flow to degraded portions of the salt marsh by excavating 2,000 feet of
tidal channel.

The work builds on a project completed nine years ago, when two
undersized culverts were replaced under Route 1A. The new culverts
restored tidal flow to many areas of the marsh, but the western section
continues to suffer from poor drainage and low tidal connectivity.

The standing water that remains trapped is a mosquito breeding haven,
causing concern among local landowners and town officials. Project work
will help alleviate this problem by making habitat for fish, such as
mummichogs and sticklebacks, which feast on mosquito larvae.

"Past salt marsh restoration projects in New Hampshire have shown that
if you build it, they will come," said Coastal Program Restoration
Coordinator Kevin Lucey, referring to the estuarine fish that prey upon
mosquitoes.  "This project aims to lessen mosquito problems in certain
areas of the marsh by enhancing existing or creating new tidal creeks,"
he said.

"The great thing about this project is that it not only will help
control pests that directly affect humans, but it will also build on
previous efforts to control common reed, an invasive plant in the
marsh," said Rockingham County Conservation District Ecologist and
District Manager Lenny Lord.  "The increased tidal influx will promote
the establishment of cord grass and salt marsh hay, two keystone species
of the tidal marsh, while helping to suppress the common reed, leading
to increased species diversity and ecological integrity of the system,"
he said.

Total project cost is $80,193, including designs, permitting, and
implementation. Additional partners are the National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration and the town of North Hampton.

The Little River Salt Marsh lies between Little Boar's Head in North
Hampton and a rocky headland just south of North Shore Road in Hampton.

For more information about this project, please contact Kevin Lucey,
Restoration Coordinator for the NH Coastal Program at DES at (603)
271-0026.

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