The Wrack

An exciting—and odoriferous—discovery was made during a recent education program.

Partners from the Salmon Falls River Watershed Collaborative joined community members to travel throughout the Salmon Falls watershed learning about projects that support or protect water quality.

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.

Hurricane Dorian was off the coast, but it didn't rain on our parade!

Reserve educators and volunteers conduct their ninth Monarch Rescue!

How does a week of summer day camp at the Wells Reserve change kids' understanding and attitudes toward science?

When green crabs arrived in New England more than 150 years ago, they found an unoccupied ecological niche in Maines salt marshes. Despite their long occupancy, great abundance, and serious impacts, there is a lot left to learn about green crabs. The reserves latest research has focused on understanding seasonal movements, population structure, sexual maturity, and effects on habitats.

View the Summer 2019 issue of Watermark, our member newsletter.

The salt marsh tiger beetle, a species of special concern in Maine, appears to have a stable and secure population at the Wells Reserve in 2019.

A big predator proves to be patient as people pass it by.