Acquisition History: With duck stamp revenue,
the NH Fish and Game Department acquired land for the WMA in the
1970s, with additional acres acquired in 1991. A water control structure
was constructed in 1978 using Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife
Restoration funds.
Description: A dam maintains a 125-acre
waterfowl impoundment. The marsh includes shallow emergent and scrub/shrub
vegetation. The upland forest surrounding the marsh consists largely
of white pine, hemlock and red oak. A bridge and logging road downstream
of the dam leads to an old farmstead, where five acres of old fields
have been restored and are maintained.
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in part by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program.
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Common Wildlife: Farrar Marsh WMA has
a diversity of wildlife species, including white-tailed deer, black
bear, moose, otter, fisher, and muskrat. A small great blue heron
rookery is located at the marsh. Numerous waterfowl species occur
there as well, including Canada geese, mallards, hooded mergansers,
wood ducks and black ducks.
Directions: From Hillsborough village,
take Hillsborough Center Road to Whitney Road on the right, then
turn left onto Bog Road. Travel three miles on bog road to the dam
site. At the dam there is a parking lot for eight vehicles and a
small boat/canoe launch.
DeLorme N.H. Atlas and Gazetteer coordinates: Page
26, E/F 6/7
