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Tranquil Seavey Creek is a salt water marsh and stream in Northern Rye, New Hampshire, just next to Odiorne Point State Park. It fills up as the tides come in from the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Piscataqua River.
It’s been a while since the beaches opened up and here in Maine I noticed that the ocean had a much greener hue to it than usual. There were intense heat waves this Spring that must have been good conditions for phytoplankton. The temperature of the water was surprisingly warm for June, yet hardly any people and no one swimming.
A two mile long path unfolds through wetlands, logging trails and high ridges overlooking beaver marshes. The one hundred and ten acres of land is managed by the Conservation Commission and Forestry Committee. It was created by volunteers in 1991.
A vernal pond under the heavy canopy of an old growth section of forest.
At the highest point, one can see down this steep ridge to a vast marshland in the distance.
There are lots of sunny patches in this forest due to “skid trails” or wood harvested areas.
The last harvest was done in 1990.
A tightly grouped cluster of young maples along the path.
Some of the vegetation includes poisonous sumac and a rare colony of rhododendron native to North America.
In 1983, a man by the name of Gilbert Knowles offered the Dowst-Cate Town Forest to the public. He wrote to the officials saying, “I have always had a warm place in my heart for Deerfield (and) I would be happy to do something for Deerfield.” His wishes were that this property be used as a “town forest and park”.
Follow the sights and sounds of a watery springtime making its way through the forest.
Bean River, Mulligan’s Forest, Nottingham
Back Creek, Great Brook Trail, Deerfield
It’s here at the Great Bay in Durham where many of the rivers and streams of southeastern New Hampshire end up. This bay is an tidal estuary that resides ten miles inland from the Atlantic Coast, being one of the farthest natural estuaries from the ocean.
Oarweed Cove, Ogunquit, Maine
Israel Head Rocks, Ogunquit, Maine
Little Beach Lighthouse, Ogunquit, Maine
Wallis Sands, Rye, New Hampshire
Wallis Sands the day after the storm.
channeling the abstract 