Friends of Scarborough Marsh

We conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the Scarborough Marsh.

 

 

 


Save the Date!

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Experience the Marsh!
Full Moon Canoe Tours
start May 24th
at the Audubon Nature Center

 

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The Scarborough Marsh

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Welcome!

Thank You, All - Another Successful Clean Up, With Many Participants!!
Many families, groups, clubs, and individuals gathered Saturday, April 20th to help clean up our beaches, the marsh, and ready the nature center for the coming season. In addition, we held our first food drive, in partnership with Project GRACE. Thank you, all!

Seeking a Few Good Friends!
We are currently looking for new board members who are passionate about accomplishing our mission and are willing to commit time for board meetings, committee meetings and special events. >>MORE

Your Support Helps FOSM Conserve, Protect, Restore and Enhance the Marsh
With you as a Friend, we are a stronger organization and you are a part of a community of people devoted to ensuring the continuation of our all-volunteer efforts to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance Maine's fragile gem, the Scarborough Marsh. To make your gift, you can download our form and mail a check, or go to Network for Good to contribute securely online now. Thank you!!!

Expanding Habitat for Endangered Cottontail Rabbits
Who wouldn't like to see a few more cottontail rabbits hopping around Scarborough Marsh? Shrubland habitat along the Eastern Trail recently has been expanded for the endangered animal. >>MORE

An Invader in the Marsh! Friends & Partners Fight Back!
An intruder is invading and wreaking havoc upon the 3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh, the largest salt marsh in Maine. State officials, regional experts and local marsh supporters are fighting back. >>MORE

They Called It Owascoag - Website Showcases the Marsh's Past
Check out the new website put together by Maine Memory Network, the Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Public Library and others! (scarborough.mainememory.net) Images from Scarborough's past include views of the Marsh through the seasons as well as through the ages, showcasing the Marsh's role as a resource to people as well as the natural ecosystem. >>MORE

Focusing on Wildlife as Important Indicators of Ecological Integrity
BioDiversity Research Institute is a non-profit ecological research group based in Gorham. Dedicated to progressive environmental study and education to further global sustainability and conservation policies, they recently released two new reports focusing on contaminants, mercury, and saltmarsh sparrows. Links to these reports may be found in our online library of reports. >> LEARN MORE

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Meetings

6:00 p.m.
Scarborugh Town Hall
Route 1, Scarborough

2013 Dates TBA

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"When we see land as a community to which we belong,
we may begin to use it with love and respect."
-- Aldo Leopold 

 
   
   

 

 
 

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