Welcome to Ryan's Rock at Otter Brook Lake. Follow the blue blazes to this cache, brimming with toys, tracker bugs, and a small prize for the first to find. No sign, no find. Parking is available at the Otter Brook Dam, and the trailhead is very near to the Best Dam Cache (GC1ZVK4). The trailhead map is also provided for reference.
Congratulations cwgray for being the first to find (FTF)!
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More than half of Otter Brook Lake's 458 acres are forested with white pine, hemlock, maple, beech, birch, and oak. The open areas are a mix of old fields, wetlands, shrub areas, and the 90-acre lake itself. These varied habitats provide for a diversity of both resident and migratory wildlife. Deer, fox, raccoons, beavers, and turkeys make their home at Otter Brook Lake year-round. Waterfowl, such as Canada geese, black ducks and mallards use the area to rest and feed along their migratory journey.
Natural resources are an important component to the management of Otter Brook Lake. Park rangers use an assortment of forestry techniques to improve or conserve different habitat types. Woodcock habitat improvements have been conducted as well as managing a deer yard on the property. Apple trees are planted and pruned for food production for deer, turkeys, grouse, and various other bird species. Park rangers have also studied vernal pools and other unique habitat types and have conducted amphibian surveys to ensure biodiversity and maintain a healthy ecosystem.
(Source: US Army Corps of Engineers)