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.
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Reserve dedicates Forest Learning Shelter
Visitors to the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm paraded down the Saw-whet Owl Trail, in cadence to folk-bluegrass music, to celebrate the dedication of the new Forest Learning Shelter and Interpretive Trail. Some visitors stood, while others rested on tree stump seats, as Don Somers, Paul Dest, and Sherry Huber spoke of the mission of the Forest Learning Shelter and the importance of educating people to be stewards and good users of the forest.
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Forest interpretive signs put into place today
| April 21, 2006Four large signs and several smaller ones were installed along the Saw-whet Owl and Farley trails this morning, setting the stage for Earth Day's dedication of the new Forest Learning Shelter.
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Winged Wednesday II
| April 12, 2006More singing in the air today. The avian highlight of a brief noontime walk was a Merlin winging northward low over a field beyond the barns.… -
The plovers are back!
| April 7, 2006Piping Plovers returned to Laudholm Beach by today. They'll likely be with us into August. Let's hope for a productive year here and along the Maine and Atlantic coasts.… -
Dust at a massive scale
| March 29, 2006At today's Lunch 'n' Learn, Andy Ballantine told about two dozen people more about dust than most imagined possible. Atmospheric dust can affect the world in powerful or subtle ways, though its effect here in Maine is not thought to be great.
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Winged Wednesday I
| March 29, 2006A flock of 45 Canada Geese flew north along the shoreline this morning. Below them, in the Webhannet Marsh along Wells Harbor Road, stood a solitary Great Blue Heron. Somewhere way up, a Tree Swallow scratched out a few notes. They're hints of spring movement that ought to start in earnest any day now. Green-winged Teal, American Black Ducks, Canada Geese, and Mallards were the waterfowl close at hand. Red-… -
Robins, Blackbirds, and the Timberdoodle
| March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Observations
Midway through March, early signs of vernal reawakening appear at the Wells Reserve.
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Foundation offers challenge grant to Laudholm
| February 9, 2006The Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation has stepped forward with a $50,000 challenge grant to help make the final payment on the 2?-acre Diane and Frederick Lord property. Just after sunset on December 22, 2005, Wells Reserve manager Paul Dest and Laudholm Trust president Susan Rouillard signed closing papers on the Lord Parcel. This final legal step marked the end of several years of discussion with the Lord… -
Happy Birthday, Alice!
| January 10, 2006Long-time Laudholm supporter Alice Freeman Muchnic is 99 today. She's long been a strong supporter of Laudholm Trust and the Wells Reserve.
Laudholm is as close to a home as I could want.
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Fair or foul?
| December 20, 2005 | Filed under: Program ActivitiesHere's a question: Do artificial substrates favor non-indigenous fouling species over natives?
