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  • About
    • The Refuge
    • Board of Directors
    • Meet the Staff
    • QWR History
    • Our Resident Animals
    • Job and Internship Opportunities
  • Plan Your Visit
    • Hours & Directions
    • Nature Center & Trails
    • Fairy Dell Restoration
    • Butterfly Garden & Greenhouse
  • Events
    • Event Calendar
    • Spring Wildlife Camp
    • Wild Night for Wildlife 2022
      • Photo Gallery
    • Wild Night for Wildlife 2019
  • Education
    • Educational Programs
    • Virtual Programming
    • Summer Camps
    • Green Birthdays & Private Experiences
    • Go Native for Wildlife
    • QWR Nature Videos
  • Ways to Give
    • Annual Appeal 2022
    • Memberships & Donations
    • Memorial & Honorary Donations
    • Adopt an Animal
    • Stock and Wire Transfers
    • Planned Giving
    • Bricks, Benches & Bee Hives
    • Become a Volunteer
    • Our Wish List Registry
  • Shop
  • QWR News
  • Resources
    • Wildlife Resources
    • Photo/Facility Use
    • Sam the Bald Eagle

Fairy Dell Restoration

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Fairy Dell boardwalk is now open, please note that there are no dogs, no bicycles and no smoking permitted.

The Quogue Wildlife Refuge is thrilled to announce it has been awarded a grant by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation in the amount of $142,778.00 to support the restoration and rebuilding of the Fairy Dell Boardwalk.

The Fairy Dell Boardwalk is a catwalk through beautiful tidal wetlands of the Quogue Wildlife Refuge. It traverses through the historic Fairy Dell Tract along the headwaters of Quantuck Creek and was in need of reconstruction due to dilapidation, and decaying wood.

This boardwalk complex was first built over the winter of 1983-84, after the Refuge became the beneficiary of the first ‘Return A Gift to Wildlife’ grant, which is a fund established by NYS from donations by NYS income tax payers on their tax forms.

The 1,500 foot long boardwalk overlooks Quantuck Creek at three terminal platforms. The Fairy Dell is the local name for the headwaters of Quantuck Creek, visible from the Boardwalk platforms.

Over the decades, summer ecology camp kids, guided groups, independent visitors and birders have enjoyed exploring on the Fairy Dell Boardwalk.  It is a wonderful teaching spot, a beautiful area to observe wildlife, and encompasses a very different habitat from the main sanctuary property.

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

We are so grateful to the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, as this grant has allowed us to rebuild this much missed boardwalk, which will now include educational signage about the local history of the area, and flora and fauna along the walk.

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, established in 1987, primarily supports the study of New York State history. Robert David Lion Gardiner was, until his death in August 2004, the 16th Lord of the Manor of Gardiner’s Island, NY. The Gardiner family and their descendants have owned Gardiner’s Island since 1639, obtained as part of a royal grant from King Charles I of England. The Foundation is inspired by Robert David Lion Gardiner’s personal passion for New York history. For more information, please visit www.rdlgfoundation.org.

Scroll below to see our beautiful signs explaining the rich history of Fairy Dell and the plants and animals you may encounter there!

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2 FairyDellHistory_BuildingoftheCauseway
3 FairyDellHistory_MinistersBay
4 FairyDellHistory_FishermansLuck
5 FairyDellHistory_WagonRdBicyclePaths
6 FairyDellHistory_WhatsaDell
7 FairyDellHistory_SaltwaterIntrusion
8 FairyDellHistory_QuogueIceCoQuantuckCreek
9 FairyDellHistory_PhillipsWildlifeRefuge
10 FairyDellHistory_1938Hurricane_NonBold
Flora and Fauna - American Eel
Flora and Fauna - Cinnamon Fern
Flora and Fauna - Eastern Red Cedar
Flora and Fauna - Herons and Egrets
Flora and Fauna - Osprey
Flora and Fauna - Phragmites
Flora and Fauna - Poison Ivy
Flora and Fauna - Skunk Cabbage
Flora and Fauna - Tupelo

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3 Old Country Road
P.O. Box 492
Quogue, NY 11959

631-653-4771

info@quoguewildliferefuge.org

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The Refuge trails and Outdoor Wildlife Complex are open every day from sunrise to sunset free of charge.  Dogs and bicycles are not permitted on the Refuge grounds.

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