Come join us on the Lake Auburn Whitman Spring Trail to discuss recreational usage, erosion control, and community efforts and how they can play a part in water quality. Bring your friends, bring your dogs and most importantly your thoughts for a late afternoon walk and talk about our watershed. Where: Whitman Spring Trail North
** UPDATE: EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE DUE TO WEATHER!** Get the kids and yourself outside during winter break and join Master Naturalist Paula Curtis-Everett and the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission to learn how to identify trees during the winter months. The event will be held at Salmon Point, part of
The Maine Forest Service has District Foresters who provide technical assistance and educational services to landowners, loggers, schools and educational institutions, municipalities and other stakeholders. Field Foresters conduct educational workshops, field demonstrations, media presentations and can provide limited one-on-one contact with individual landowners. Shane will dicuss how district foresters can help to meet the needs
Why Going Native Matters Talk Wild Seed Project In this slide presentation, Heather will cover the many reasons we all should care about our regions native flora and bring these native plants back into our developed landscapes. Native plants are beautiful (many examples shown), they are important for our regions ecosystem functioning, and they do
Logan Johnson is the coordinator for the Maine Tree Farm Program, a recognition program for landowners committed to sustainable forest stewardship. Logan, who grew up in Calais, ME, has a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and is currently a Master of Forestry student at the University of Maine. While pursuing his biology degree, he spent
Join Andy Shultz, Landowner Outreach Forester with the Maine Forest Service and Chip Love, Forester with Southern Maine Forestry to walk on Commission owned and managed lands to discuss current forestry practices. Please RSVP to lolson@awsd.org by April 8th for the field trip. Location is TBD but will be on Commission owned property in the
Get the kids and yourself outside during Spring break and join Master Naturalist Paula Curtis-Everett and the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission to learn how to identify trees! The event will be held on Whitman Spring Road Trail in Auburn on part of the Lake Auburn Watershed Commission public lands. We will meet at the
As a Water Resources Specialist with the Maine Forest Service, Tom manages water quality programs, including an annual forestry BMP monitoring program and produces a biennial BMP monitoring report. Tom is also involved in state-wide stream connectivity efforts and stream habitat enhancement using large wood additions. He also serves as a board member of Project
Join the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission At Gritty's in Auburn to test your watershed knowledge at their weekly Monday night trivia series. Come celebrate drinking water week with us, because you can't make beer without water!
A day of water-related activities, lessons, entertainment, learning, and fun at the University of Southern Maine.