From Timber Point looking up the Little/Pellagrini River

I only discovered Timber Point and Timber Island this fall, though it was apparently added to the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in 2011, and the trail officially added to the National Recreational Trail System in 2013 after a long campaign, headed up by the Trust for Public Lands and local stakeholders, to raise funds for its purchase and protection. To complicate matters, the property includes the Ewing summer home, a classic seaside estate…and the Fish and Wildlife Service is currently in the study phase of drawing up a plan to use (or remove) the buildings. There is an active public group attempting to convince the FWS to allow them to operate the estate as the Timber Point Center…a retreat and educational nature center…in partnership with the FWS, and that is one of the proposals being studied. The FWS’s preferred plan is to maintain only the exterior of the buildings and increase interpretative activities at the site. It is, as you might expect, an interesting study in local and federal environmental politics.

I plan to add Timber Point to my list of frequently visited places...otherwise known as my local photoprowls…as it is just within range of my scooter for summer visits.

What we have here is the view from the tip of the point back up the Little and Pellagrini Rivers. This is another case of a river having one name along its course, and another were it meets the sea. Branch Brook and the Merriland River join to become the Little River by the time they reach the sea in the Rachel Carson Headquarters property in Wells, and here the Pellagrini River mysteriously (and confusingly) also becomes the Little River at its mouth. ??

Sony HX400V in camera HDR. Processed in Lightroom and PhotoShop Elements on my Surface Pro 3 tablet. (PSE was used to remove my shadow from the far left corner of the fame 🙂