The Wrack

Sand beaches are incredibly valuable to Maine. Sea walls and jetties disrupt the natural movement of sand along the coastline, creating areas of erosion that combined with rising sea level and increased frequency and severity of storms have contributed to an overall net loss of sand.

Some 1,200 students participated in 49 field trip programs during spring and fall this year. Thank you, docents and teachers!

At the New England Estuarine Research Society Fall Meeting in Avery Point, Connecticut.

Yankee Woodlot video series: Home sweet home for plants and animals.

Climate Reality Project's Allen Armstrong delivered an info-packed update to An Inconvenient Truth 8 years after its release.

Preliminary findings of the National Park Service validated the efforts of the Friends of the York River, which since 2009 has been working toward getting a law passed by the U.S. Congress that will allow a comprehensive study of the river.

We have developed a disaster response plan for the Wells Reserve and surrounding watersheds that complements and coordinates with local and county efforts and that will serve as a model for other natural resource organizations and agencies.

Doing field work in the largest remaining mangrove stand on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, which abuts the island's unlined landfill.

Year 4 of the popular teacher training program.

A 13-ton machine rolled down the "F field" to make habitat for a 2-pound rabbit. As the grassland greens up this spring, the evidence should fade quickly away.