The Sheepscot Log, Fall 2012

The Sheepscot Log, Summer 2012

SVCA Goes to the Classroom

Lynne Flaccus made several classroom visits as part of the Wiscasset Middle School's program to incorporate the Sheepscot watershed into their science curriculum.

the Wiscasset Middle School, with a big boost from SVCA's Lynne Flaccus, this past school year launched an ambitious program to increase student appreciation for the Sheepscot watershed and its inhabitants. Inspired by the broad expanse of the Sheepscot River right outside the school windows, and by a Gulf of Maine Research Institute course in Portland the previous summer, the teachers planned a varied series of events, ranging from visits to vernal pools at the Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson to a sophisticated clam seeding experiment in the mudfl ats visible from the windows, guided by an expert from Machias....more

Improved Fish Passage at Pullen Mill dam site in China

Fish passage has been restored to the site along the West Branch of the Sheepscot River in China.

On May 18, 2012, the Sheepscot River Watershed Council (now a committee of the SVCA) held a dedication of a recently completed project to improve fi sh passage at the Pullen Mill dam site off of Dirigo Road in China, Maine. Representatives of the ten partners viewed the new improvements and joined with the family of the late Melissa Laser to celebrate the site, a project that Melissa promoted starting during her work as employee of the SVCA and later for the Department of Marine Resources...more

Boothbay Region High School students cut new trail for SVCA

This past spring, Boothbay Region High School students helped cut a new trail on SVCA's Trout Brook Preserve in Alna.

This past spring an energetic group of Boothbay Region High School students helped to cut a new trail on our Trout Brook Preserve in Alna. As part of their Community Service day, students worked with staff and volunteers to trim back branches, move logs off the trail, as well as installing a small foot bridge and several erosion-controlling water bars along the new trail....more

Plus

Beauty is ... a Riparian Buffer
Sheepscot Valley Health Center joins SVCA's Business Member Community
Membership Survey Gets Great Response
From the President: The Next Step
And still more

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