New England Cottontail Rabbit - Photo courtesy of Linda Cullivan
Habitat Restoration for New England Cottontail Rabbits
The Town of Lee has the opportunity for the Lee Five Corners Reserve to become a demonstration site for creating habitat for the New England cottontail rabbit. Unlike the non-native Eastern cottontail, the New England cottontail population is in serious decline. In fact, it is listed by the N.H. Fish and Game Department as endangered in New Hampshire.
You may recall that last year Ellen Snyder of Ibis Wildlife Consulting prepared a stewardship plan for the Lee Five Corners Reserve. Among the plan’s recommendations were activities designed to restore and manage wildlife habitat suitable to the site. This would involve maintaining a mix of native shrubs, small trees, and herbaceous openings, and would include regeneration of aspen and removal of invasive plants. The resulting habitat, often referred to as “early successional” or “shrubland” would be beneficial also to other wildlife such as ruffed grouse, woodcock, and snowshoe hare.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in partnership with other federal and state agencies, is actively looking for high potential sites for habitat restoration for the New England cottontail. After site visits and analysis, they are recommending Lee Five Corners Reserve as a demonstration site which, in the future, could be shown to other landowners interested in this type of habitat restoration.
To learn more about this proposed project, please come to a public information meeting on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Lee Safety Complex at 7:00. We welcome your questions and comments.
Selectmen's Meeting Rescheduled
The Board of Selectmen's meeting orginally scheduled for October 24 will now be held on October 31, 2011 at 6:00pm.
Transfer Station News
New 2012/2013 "Dump Sticker" are now available at the Transfer Station and Town Hall. As always, they are no charge, all you need is to show residency and have your plate number (such as vehicle registration).
Big Green Bus
The Oyster River Sustainability Committee welcomed families and friends to their first event featuring the Big Green Bus from Dartmouth College. Visits were hosted by Emery Farm and Durham Marketplace with music provided by the Oyster River Middle School Jazz Band. The mission of the Oyster River Sustainability Committee is to facilitate a sustainability forum. We will measure our work and align ourselves with the five principles of sustainability (Renewability, Substitution, Adaptability, Interdependence and Institutional Commitment) in the areas of food, energy, transportation, school curriculum and community outreach. Lee's representatives on the committee are Chuck Cox and Paul Gasowski. For more information on the Sustainability Committee visit us on Facebook at 'The Green Oyster Sustainability Committee' or
contact us at Thegreenoystercommittee@gmail.com
 Left Photo: Eric Skarin, the Big Green Bus' engineer, and Chuck Cox, Tuckaway Farm, offload vegetable oil for fuel refinement. The Big Green Bus runs on B100 biodiesel, which is refined from used deep fryer oil.
Right Photo: The Big Green Bus and the Oyster River Middle School Jazz Band at Durham MarketPlace.
Lamprey River Watershed Association Annual Spaghetti Supper
Thursday, October 27 from 6pm to 9pm at the Nottingham Town Hall, 139 Stage Road (Rt. 152)
All you can eat spaghetti meatballs or vegetarian sauces, homemade desserts
$8 per person Call 659-9363 to reserve a seat
Program at 7 Premier showing of “Connecting Lives on the Lamprey” by Breakaway Media in Lee and Speaker – Bill Nichols “Natural Communities of New Hampshire”
Mary Todd Lincoln - An Unconventional Woman
A “Living History” presentation from the N.H. Humanities Council by Sally Mummey
When: November 2, 2011
Where: Lee Public Safety Complex
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Lee Historical Society and Lee Public Library
One of the finest presenters of Mary Todd Lincoln in the country today, Sally Mummey will portray a lively, accurate, and well-researched Mrs. Lincoln. She brings to life, in authentically reproduced clothing, the many facets of this unconventional woman who was perhaps the most misunderstood of her times.
Friends of the Lee Public Library
Again this year, the “FRIENDS OF THE LEE PUBLIC LIBRARY” invite you to attend a free community concert immediately following the annual tree lighting ceremony on the triangle green December 3rd at 6:00 p.m. Alan Eaton and Mudhook will perform!
Mudhook will also have their CD “First Home” available for sale at the concert for $15.00. Light Refreshments will be served and any monetary donation you would like to make will go directly to providing Library programs and services.
The Holiday House Tour is tentatively planned for Sunday December 11th so mark your calendars for both December 3rd and the 11th!
A big thanks goes out to all the donors that contributed to our membership drive "Goodie" Basket made up of all local merchandise. Dick and Betty Babcock were the lucky recipients of the basket. The Friends are always encouraging Lee residents to join or renew their membership to the Friends of the Lee Library . Bring your fundraising ideas and enthusiaism to this exciting Board that provides such wonderful library programs to all Lee residents.
Lamprey River Watershed Association Photo Contest
Cash Prizes Awarded! First place $30, second place $15
Contest Rules
- Photo must be from Lamprey River area
- Include title and location
- Maximum two entries/person,
- Images must be received by midnight Monday, October 24.
Click HERE to view last year's winning photo by Diane Gallant
LEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Book Sale
Saturday, November 5
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
CPR
Tuesday, November 15
6-8 p.m.
The McGregor Institute of EMS (an affiliate of the Durham Ambulance Corps) and the library are sponsoring an American Heart Association AED course to be held at the library. The course teaches adult, child and infant CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator. The program is free, but there is a $20 materials fee. To register, call Nate at the Durham Ambulance Corps at 862-3674 or email: cprregistration@mcgregorems.org.
Novel Fever Takes the World by Storm
National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo
Saturdays through November
On November 5, armed only with their wits, the vague outline of a story, and a ridiculous deadline, more than 250,000 people around the world and a few intrepid beings from Lee, NH will set out to become novelists. Why? Because November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, the world’s largest writing challenge and nonprofit literary crusade. Participants pledge to write 50,000 words in a month, starting from scratch and reaching “The End” by November 30. There are no judges, no prizes, and entries are deleted from the server before anyone even reads them. So what’s the point? “The 50,000-word challenge has a wonderful way of opening up your imagination and unleashing creativity,” says NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty. “When you write for quantity instead of quality, you end
up getting both.” One of the many former participants of this event includes Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants. Lee Public Library invites writers to join together on Saturdays in November and drop in any time the Library is open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Bring the tools of your trade and be prepared to be inspired by the collective sound of pen scratching on paper or fingers tapping on keyboards. Your table is waiting.
New DVDs
Green Lantern
Win Win
The Beaver
New Audio Books on CD
Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor by Russell Bonds
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
Keep a little secret by Dorothy Garlock
How the west was won by Louis L’Amour
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
New Books
Thirteen out of the 16 NYT Best sellers and other tantalizing reads!
National Weatherization Day Celebration
Where: NH State House Lawn in Concord
When: Friday, October 28th from 1-5pm
Weatherization demonstrations, "take-aways" and raffles - Click HERE for more info
Historical Document - Click HERE
This document dated March 9, 1852, in pristine condition, was submitted to The Secretary of the State of New Hampshire.
The document gives notice to the State of the results of a recent election for Counciller, where Joseph H. Smith received 166 votes, John L. Purley received 45 votes and Calvin Whitten received 10 votes.
The document was signed by then Town Clerk, Paul Giles. (submitted from Selectman Frank DeRocchi)
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