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 8/1/07
Harrison Island - Part 2
Potomac River
Montgomery County, MD
Mark Burchick
Harrison Island II
Potomac River, Montgomery County, MD
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Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris). |
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Harrison Island proper is
400-acres and the private
ownership includes a second,
much smaller island
(background-right). This
photo is from the island looking
toward Virginia. The main
river is off to the right and
looking upstream, you can see
both Whites Ferry and Sugarloaf
Mountain. Balls Bluff
battlefield is immediately
downstream on the Virginia side. |
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Joe and I replenished the
several feeders and mineral lick
stations on the island. He
has numerous cameras set-up to
document herd health and has
established sanctuary
plots to reduce the pressure of
deer to swim the river. |
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Approximately 20-acres are in
sunflower for the purpose of
dove management and hunting.
Dove, waterfowl, deer and turkey
abound. |
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Swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus
palustris) and rice
cutgrass were common along the
shoreline, quickly leading up to
paw paw slopes, then onto the
riparian flats of hackberry and
boxelder. |
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The lowest part of the island
contained vast sweeps of
dense-flowered smartweed
(Polygonum densiflorum) the
widest-leaved, most 'robust'
water tolerant of the annual
smartweeds. Duck food
deluxe. |
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Many, many acres are in
switchgrass and warm-season
grass mix. Joe is
intending to intensively manage
fox and introduce upland game
birds, including bobwhite quail.
The deer browse line is obvious. |
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We have lots of locations within
the 400-acre tract for both
wetland and forest mitigation
opportunity. |
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This is the 'double-brick' (two
layers thick) house built in the
1850's. The family who
built this had children that
went to school daily in
Leesburg, crossing the river
twice daily. The ground
level of the floor has river
mud on it, and Joe said that the
second story is within the
100-year floodplain. Only
the hunting lodge is on higher
ground. |
Submitted by Mark Burchick
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