With safety our priority, for the first time in 33 years the weekend after Labor Day will not be marked by exhibitors, volunteers, and visitors flocking to the Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival.
The Wells Reserve's education program is one of 29 within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, collectively connecting hundreds of thousands of people to estuaries each year.
The Wells Reserve will receive about $250,000 over 2 years to study how warming coastal waters are affecting lobsters in the Gulf of Maine, as part of Sea Grant's American Lobster Initiative.
Linda Littlefield Grenfell, an environmental educator at the Wells Reserve, completed hundreds of hours of training to earn certification through the Maine Master Naturalist Program.