Workshop Exceeds Teachers' Expectations
Earlier this month, fifteen educators participated in the Wells Reserve's seventh Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) workshop. They hailed from ME, NH, MA, RI, NY, NJ, and PA, and work throughout the year...
View ArticleGreen Crabs are Likely to Remain in Maine Even as Waters Change
This summer, I focused on identifying patterns in the early life history of invasive green crabs and determining if those patterns could be influenced by climate change. My work included measuring the...
View ArticleWhat's Blooming? Eastern Sweet Pepperbush
If I had to pick one plant for my garden, I would choose Clethra alnifolia, eastern sweet pepperbush. For ease of growing, appearance throughout the season, toughness, and pollinator attraction, it's...
View ArticleWing'd XXXIX: Plovers and Terns 2017
The least terns have departed and piping plovers are dispersing after a modest year on Laudholm Beach. According to Katrina Amaral, biologist at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, two pairs...
View ArticleGood News for Monarchs!
The Reserve conducted its seventh Monarch Rescue yesterday, and the results are encouraging! After four years of very low monarch numbers, this year's Rescue results indicate a positive upswing in...
View ArticleThe Voice of Reason
The 2006 climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth, starring Al Gore, was the first movie ever based on a slideshow. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, now playing in theaters, is the...
View ArticleThe Greatest Show on Earth
There we were on August 21st, millions of us, wearing our cardboard glasses and staring at the sky. At exactly the right time, many of us were in exactly the right place to witness an awesome...
View ArticleSummer Camps Evoke Excitement & Discovery
Several weeks ago, the Reserve wrapped up its summer camp season and bid farewell to the program's two stellar seasonal staff members. Amanda Bailiff (Summer Camp Coordinator) and Mitchell Miller...
View ArticleWhere You From?
We've always known our annual crafts festival draws folks from all over. This year, I was determined to get a better idea "from where?" Saturday was busy from the get-go. That's true every year, but...
View ArticleA Message from The Forks
Hi to all of you who served on the parking crew from one of us who did a stint at the junction of Skinner Mill and Laudholm Farm Roads, aka "The Forks." I was one of the vest-wearing, radio-toting,...
View ArticleWhat's Blooming? Bristly Aster
Bristly aster, Ionactis linariifolius, can be seen blooming in meadows around the reserve and is a new addition to the native plant border. It is named for its flax-like leaves and although many...
View ArticleCrafts Festival Celebrates the Big 3-0!
The 2017 Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival was simply amazing. If you were here, in any capacity, thank you! You saw how great weather, loyal attendees, skilled makers, dedicated volunteers, three...
View ArticleHurricane Relief Sent to Texas and Puerto Rico Estuarine Reserves
WELLS, Maine, September 27, 2017 — The nonprofit partner of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve is sending $1,500 donations to two estuarine reserves that were badly damaged by hurricanes...
View ArticleWing'd XL: A Texas Legend
Tony Amos handles a sea turtle during his patrol of a Texas beach. Photo courtesy Mission-Aransas NERR. An oceanographer's ashes will be delivered by sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday....
View ArticlePunkinfiddle = Funky Puddle!
Well, we can't say it was the warmest, driest, or sunniest Punkinfiddle in our 15-year history of holding this fall family festival and National Estuaries Day celebration. But the nearly 800 attendees...
View ArticleWells Reserve to Expand Fisheries Science and Conflict Management Research
WELLS, Maine, October 18, 2017 — Two grants from the National Estuarine Research Reserve System’s Science Collaborative will extend Wells Reserve research in collaborative and fisheries science. Both...
View ArticleSupporting the Troops
Photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod, 2012. Paratrooper with 82nd Airborne Division, provides overwatch security after firefight in Afghanistan I have never been to war. I wasn’t alive in the 1960s. But...
View ArticleA Gift from the Muskie Trail
The colors of autumn roadsides beckon us to walk with heads and eyes directed upward. The trees are putting on their annual spectacle and we are fortunate to have this show playing in our own...
View ArticleAnother Stellar Kayaking Season!
With its eighth season on the horizon for 2018, the Reserve's kayaking program continues its popularity with visitors. Through fifteen public programs, we were able to provide a first-hand,...
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