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hemlock woolly adelgid on the underside of a hemlock bough

Protecting hemlock forests from hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA)

Property owners have a significant role to play in the control of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an aphid-like insect that...
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  • Climate, Recorded workshops & trainings
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Rx: Green Grass and the Light of Day

There once was a man who worked every day deep down in the bowels of a great city building. His...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
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Igniting a love of learning with Great Salt Bay fourth graders

In mid-November I received an email from Anne Tibbetts, a fourth-grade teacher at Great Salt Bay School (GSB), who wrote,...
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  • Featured News, Nature Education
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The Whispering of Hay

If I were not what I am, a man with expectations of a measure of civilized amenities, warm meals and...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
turtle crossing a road and an image of the book Crossings

Crossings: How road ecology is shaping the future of our planet

It was a treat to have author Ben Goldfarb with us once again, this time for an online presentation on...
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  • Recorded workshops & trainings
bare oak limbs in silhoutte against the sunset

The Shape of a Tree

Trees silhouetted against the clear January sky, or reaching out of the shadowy forest during a snow squall, tell the...
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  • Nature Notes
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Room with Bath

I recall it was sometime in late January, dead of winter, at a time when I thrived on impulse, little...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
young man navigating an incline on a trail in a wheelchair

All for accessibility

When I was 11, my family went camping on Mount Desert Island. That was the first time I ever went...
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  • Accessibility, On the trail, Op-eds
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Annual River clean-up brings in over 1,320 pounds of trash

On Friday, November 1, staff and volunteers from over a dozen local businesses and organizations took time off from work...
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  • Caring for the Land, Partnerships & Community, Water Quality
Jim Grenier raking out the new accessible trail

Accessible trail makes new connection in Damariscotta

Years ago, when now Executive Director Steven Hufnagel was still "the stewardship guy" for Damariscotta River Association, he recalls stopping...
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  • Accessibility, Featured News, On the trail
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In the Eyes of the Beholder

Years and years ago, I received a postcard with a black and white photograph on the front of it, a...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
The Shields-Haas Family posing in a field next to Great Salt Bay

Conservation easement paves the way for extending the accessible trail in Damariscotta

Coastal Rivers is one big step closer to bringing the shared community vision of a fully accessible, mile-long trail connecting...
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  • Accessibility, Featured News, Land Conservation, On the trail
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