Wells Reserve at Laudholm
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The Wrack

The Wrack is the Wells Reserve blog.

Why "The Wrack"? In its cycles of ebb and flow, the sea transports a melange of weed, shell, bone, feather, wood, rope, and trash from place to place, then deposits it at the furthest reach of spent surf. This former flotsam is full of interesting stuff for anybody who cares to kneel and take a look. Now and then, the line of wrack reveals a treasure.

  • Teleost Tuesday: Trout in the Classroom

    | May 17, 2011

    Teacher Edward Tivnan chose trout rearing as his Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) classroom project. Eggs were delivered to?Notre Dame?High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts) in November and his students got a lot of hands-on learning over subsequent months. The fish were later released into a local trout stream.

    Read a newspaper article about the project

  • International Migratory Bird Day Update

    | May 16, 2011

    Our first International Migratory Bird Day event was a big success on Saturday, with?200 people in attendance!?Scott Richardson led a bird walk on the trails of the Reserve, where?participants were treated to a white-eyed vireo sighting.

  • Lamprey River and Great Bay NERR Field Trip

    | May 12, 2011

    For the past few years, the staff at the Wells Reserve and Laudholm Trust have taken a springtime day trip to places with missions similar to our own. It's great to get out together to see how others meet challenges big and small. Yesterday's focus was on the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in New Hampshire. Our two Reserves are constantly collaborating, but this was a good chance to broaden and deepen the relationship.

  • TOTE stewardship project: Nashoba Regional HS

    | April 26, 2011

    Alison Doucette, a teacher at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, Massachusetts, was the first to report on the stewardship project that all TOTE participants committed to as part of their involvement in the 2010 Teachers on the Estuary workshop.

  • Saco River Estuary Project

    | April 25, 2011

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    About the Project

    The goal of this project is to protect the Saco River estuary so it will continue to provide services and values to surrounding communities. Investigators are seeking to understand the effects of increasing coastal development on the health of the Saco River estuary and to identify ways to mitigate those effects. The project's full title is "Sustaining Quality of Place in the Saco River Estuary through Community Based Ecosystem Management."

  • Earth Day Reflections

    | April 22, 2011
    Following are a selection of comments that were written in the Reflection Journal at EcoDay last Saturday. Visitors wrote in the journal after completing a self-guided solo walk with various prompts along the trail that encouraged being in touch with Nature. Happy Earth Day! When I close my eyes, I finally heard the birds. (HH) I heard a chickadee and I heard the ocean! I had fun on my b…

  • Results: 3rd Laudholm 5K

    | April 16, 2011

    Thanks to all the runners in the 3rd Laudholm 5K. Here are the results.

  • Winged Wednesday XXII: Bird of Happiness

    | March 30, 2011

    The avian community at the end of March is not dramatically different than the one that has been around for the past few months, but behaviors have changed. The birds are getting noisier.

  • Wild Friends in Wild Places indoors and out

    | March 25, 2011

    Wild Friends in Wild Places activity outside the Laudholm farmhouse

  • Photos from Winter Wildlife Day

    | February 28, 2011

    It was standing room only at the first live animal presentation during last Thursday's Winter Wildlife Day. Here's a look around the auditorium, where the Center for Wildlife, York County Audubon, and the Wells Reserve teamed up for a successful event.