GLIN==> NY Sea Grant press release: New Brochure Encourages Enjoyment and Protection of Deer Creek Marsh Area

News from New York Sea Grant Great Lakes

PRESS RELEASE: August 19, 2011
Contacts: Mary Penney, New York Sea Grant, 315-312-3042; Bonnie Parton,
NYSDEC Deer Creek Marsh WMA Land Manager, 315-426-7507
Download brochure: 
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/glhabitat/PDFS/DeerCreekMarsh2011.pdf
Jpgs: Deer Creek Marsh, new brochure cover available from karalynn at gisco.net
 
New Brochure Encourages Enjoyment and Protection of Deer Creek Marsh Area
 
Oswego County, NY ­ Those who enjoy exploring natural habitats will want to
check out the new Deer Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area (WMA) brochure
now online at www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/glhabitat/PDFS/DeerCreekMarsh2011.pdf.
New York Sea Grant produced the new publication in collaboration with The
Ontario Dune Coalition, an alliance of private property owners¹
associations, non-profit organizations, local government, and state and
federal agencies. Entergy¹s Environmental Stewardship Program provided
funding.
 
Deer Creek Marsh WMA covers nearly 1,200 acres of state-owned land and
provides opportunities for beach and trail hiking, fishing, paddling,
trapping, birdwatching, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hunting and
relaxing in nature.
 
The resource brochure written by New York Sea Grant Coastal Community
Development Specialist Mary Penney highlights the habitats of the area that
is part of the 17-mile Eastern Lake Ontario Dunes and Wetlands Area.
 
Penney writes of the cobble stones left on the beach by ancient glacier
activity and encourages visitors to watch for wood ducks and to fish for
northern pike, yellow perch and largemouth bass. She also cautions that at
one point in time the fragile dunes were mined for their sand and damaged by
vehicle and foot traffic.
 
Deer Creek Marsh WMA Land Manager Bonnie Parton with the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation says, ³Deer Creek Marsh is a
largely undiscovered treasure offering access to both Deer Creek and Lake
Ontario. The dune crossover enables visitors to experience this unique and
fragile environment without harming it.²
 
³The goal of this new publication is two-fold: to let people know about this
great natural resource and recreation area that is part of one of the
largest inland dune systems in the Eastern Great Lakes region and, most
importantly, to inform people about how to protect the resource by using
observation platforms, trails, and walkovers,² Penney says.
 
Deer Creek Marsh WMA is accessible from five parking areas, including a
cartop boat launch parking area off Route 3 of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail
north of the Salmon River between Route 5 and Rainbow Shores Road. #
 
Directions to Deer Creek Marsh WMA:
>From the south: Follow Interstate Route 81 to the Pulaski exit, turn left
and travel 3 miles west on Route 13 to the intersection with Route 3 (Great
Lakes Seaway Trail) at Port Ontario. Turn right (north) onto Route 3. Deer
Creek Marsh WMA is on the left with a cartop boat launch parking area
between Route 5 and Rainbow Shores Road and parking off Kelly Drive and
Rainbow Shores Road.
 
>From the north: Follow Interstate Route 81 to the Pulaski exit, turn right
and travel to the first stop light in the village, turn left onto Route 11,
turn right at the first light and follow Route 5 to the intersection with
Route 3 (Great Lakes Seaway Trail) at Port Ontario. Turn right (north) onto
Route 3. Deer Creek Marsh WMA is on the left with a cartop boat launch
parking area between Route 5 and Rainbow Shores Road and parking off Kelly
Drive and Rainbow Shores Road.
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