This area is open to public use. The primary emphasis of habitat management in 1996 and 1997 has been wetland restoration. A number of management practices are being used to minimize encroachment of undesirable vegetation and maintain open fields on the refuge. Mowing, prescibed burning and a small amount of haying are techniques currently planned for 1998. In an effort to control exotic vegetation such as purple loosestrife, biological control methods are also being used.
Some water management is used to encourage desirable wetland vegetation within an impounded area.
Piping plover and least terns are monitored each year in a cooperative effort with the State of Maine and Maine Audubon. Work Outdoors at GORP Jobs Click Here. All rights reserved.