For many, Labor Day Weekend signifies the transition into the fall season. Schools are starting back up, sunny days at the beach give way to cooler mornings, and for us at the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center, that means the end of the summer season, but one that ended with some of our busiest days of […]
Sanctuaries
Native Plant Communities: Salt Marshes
Along the coast of Maine, saltmarsh plant communities are abundant and important. Studies show that saltmarshes can sequester carbon up to 10 times faster than forests! The broad umbrella of saltmarshes contain a gradient of plant communities that feature different characteristics based on salinity, easily distinguished by distance from the coast. Salt-hay Saltmarshes form in […]
Updates on Invasive Plant Removal at East Point Audubon Sanctuary
September 1, 2026 update: After several successful rounds of treatment in 2025, year two of a multi-year invasive plant control project is currently underway at East Point Sanctuary. A licensed contractor, Wilkinson Ecological, has already visited the site twice to chemically spot treat newly sprouted plants, and will likely return at least once more this […]
Campers, thanks for a great summer!
Camp is over and school has started—it’s a bittersweet time. Campers, we’ll miss you! GILSLAND FARM After eight fun-filled weeks of summer camp at Gilsland Farm, it’s time to clean out the cubbies and put the sprinkler away. But first, we wanted to revisit some of our favorite moments from the summer. This year brought […]
Better walking thanks to new boardwalk at Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary
Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary in West Bath has received a lot of stewardship attention as of late! One major upgrade is a new boardwalk. Cole Epstein, Maine Audubon Seasonal Stewardship and Grounds Assistant, and I worked hard to haul a lot of timber into place for the construction of a 140-foot-long boardwalk. The area originally had […]
Unplug at Borestone Mountain this September
After Maine Audubon took over Borestone Mountain from National Audubon in 2000, it took a lot of hard work to get the lodges back into the condition that visitors appreciate now. Two volunteers who played a big part in that were George Libby and Gary Roberts, and they started leading weekend trips called the “Borestone […]
Emerald Ash Borer Summer Update: Information, Action, and Community Science
Ash trees are being threatened by Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive pest which has arrived in North America. Ash trees—which make up about 3% of all trees in Maine, an estimated 511 million trees—feed and support numerous species of insects, birds, and mammals, and are vital to Maine forests and communities. Once EAB has […]
Finding creative expression at Borestone Mountain Monson Arts retreat
Never in a million years would I consider myself an artist. But I came home from the Borestone Mountain Monson Arts nature journaling workshop, this June, having discovered a new way to communicate artistically through immersion in the natural world. This, in a nutshell, is the goal of this collaboration. For the fourth year in […]
Fun new features at Fields Pond!
We are so fortunate at Maine Audubon to have amazing members like Joyce Rumery and Kendra Burton, whose generosity and creativity have transformed our summer camp headquarters this year. Thanks to their collaborative efforts, campers and visitors alike are discovering two wonderful new additions to FPAC—and the joy on their faces says it all. For […]