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A black lab poised at the bow of an old sailing ship

How the Maine Bow Dog Got its Name

One hundred years ago this week, a noteworthy event took place off the mouth of Fish Bait Harbor just where...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
Annual Meeting title image of Goldenrod

Coastal Rivers’ 2026 Annual Meeting

In this recording of a one-hour online program with staff, you'll hear highlights of accomplishments from the past year, what...
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  • Accessibility, Caring for the Land, Climate, Initiatives, Land Conservation, On the trail, Recorded workshops & trainings
The MCC crew strikes a pose

Trailblazing in Bremen with the Maine Conservation Corps

This summer, Coastal Rivers was grateful to host a hard-working, six-member crew from the Maine Conservation Corps (MCC) for three...
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  • On the trail, Partnerships & Community
Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susans: A flower for the season

When planning a garden, choosing native plants is one of the most impactful decisions you can make. They anchor the...
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  • Caring for the Land, Nature Notes
Barnaby Porter at age 14 with a juvenile seagull

Tweedledum

In nature films and in books about birds, a great deal is made of the Herculean efforts of the parents...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
Kyle Amergian and Sarah Gladu

Introducing our new Education Director, Kyle Amergian!

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Kyle Amergian to the Coastal Rivers family as our new Education Director! If you...
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  • Nature Education
Volunteer Sharon Morrill replaces a horseshoe crab after measuring it

Inside the volunteer effort — and legal challenge — to help protect horseshoe crabs in Maine

What has twelve legs, ten eyes and one tail? It's not a creature from science fiction — it's the horseshoe...
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  • Community Science
Cutting the willow "ribbon" with loppers

Mexicali Blues and Coastal Rivers celebrate improved Marsh River Bog access

With a ceremonial snip of loppers through willow branches, representatives from Coastal Rivers and Mexicali Blues celebrated the official opening...

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  • Featured News, On the trail, Partnerships & Community
image of a painting of men in a lifeboat pulling toward a listing ship in a storm

Life Boat

I was seventeen. I was making my first crossing of the Atlantic aboard the S.S. America, once queen of the...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
St. John's wort

Worts and all

I was recently thumbing through a seed catalog and found myself wondering why so many plant names end in ‘wort.’...
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  • Nature Notes
a wide mouth jar on the grass with a spotted frog in it

A Jar

“When is a door not a door?”... “When it’s ajar.” That was just about the first joke I ever heard....
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  • Barnaby's Blog
Aerial view of Hart Woods forest and wetlands

A Legacy for the Land: Introducing Hart Woods

We have some monumental news to share with our community! Coastal Rivers is thrilled to announce the successful conservation of...
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  • Caring for the Land, Climate, Connectivity, Featured News, Land Conservation, On the trail, Partnerships & Community, Pemaquid Wild
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