James Dorso (Ruffingham Meadow) WMA
The James Dorso Wildlife Management Area, or Ruffingham Meadow, is a 674-acre (273 ha) Wildlife Management Area in the U.S. state of Maine, located in Searsmont and Montville and formed in the 1950s by damming Bartlett Stream near Maine State Route 3 to flood an old existing basin.
In the late-1960s, a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife technician, James Dorso, pioneered the use of nesting boxes in Maine to bolster and stabilize populations of wood ducks and other waterfowl species.
References
- ^ "AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running | AllTrails".
- ^ "Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Ruffingham Meadow WMA". www.maine.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28.