Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary

Building bridges! Maine Audubon Land Steward Liz Thibault and other staff and volunteers have been busy improving the visitor experience at Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary. If you are anywhere near Freeport (the sanctuary is only a mile from downtown), please visit! Read about the new puncheon-style bridge, see a slide show of the process, and find out how to volunteer for future projects here:

Building Bridges at Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary - Maine Audubon In the spring of 2024, I was tasked with taking a closer look at the existing trail networks that weave through all Maine Audubon sanctuaries. As with most trails throughout the northeast, I observed wet, rooty, and rocky conditions that are often indicative of a trail experiencing erosion at an acc...

Do you like to explore? Walk through streams? Care about water quality? Are you looking for an excuse to be outdoors? If you answer yes to those questions, then this community science project, to explore water quality and stream health, is perfect for you.
Maine Audubon, in partnership with Trout Unlimited Merrymeeting Bay chapter, is looking for volunteers to help sample Frost Gully Brook to determine what sensitive, moderately sensitive, and tolerant large aquatic insects (macroinvertebrates) are present in the water, post dam removal. Last summer, the last of the three dams on the Frost Gully Brook system were removed, freeing this tributary that flows into the Harraseeket River, which flows into Casco Bay.

You'd be working in teams of three or four, sampling at a location in Freeport over the next year. We will provide the training, equipment, maps of the survey streams, and data forms and instructions. You can attend an in-person training on May 16, 5:30-7:30 pm, at Selene’s Fly Shop, 279 Water St, Gardiner or you can do online training by watching two videos.

More information here: https://maineaudubon.org/news/freeport-area-stream-explorers-wanted-for-community-science-project/

If you're interested in signing up or have any questions, please email [email protected].

Freeport Area Stream Explorers Wanted for Community Science Project - Maine Audubon Do you like to explore? Walk through streams? Care about water quality? Are you looking for an excuse to be outdoors? If you answer yes to those questions, then this community science project, to explore water quality and stream health, is perfect for you. Maine Audubon, in partnership with Trout Un...