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Thank You Dinner/Auction Supporters!
Please support the businesses that support us. Let them know you're a Friend of Scarborough Marsh... The auction was held on Saturday, November 7. >>LEARN MORE... Soon we'll post pictures and more info about this great event - in the meantime, thanks to all who supported our cause!
The Marsh Wins At the Polls!
The unofficial results are in: 60% of Scarborough voters supported the million dollar land conservation bond. The town's Parks & Land Conservation fund will receive $200,000 in matching funds from an anonymous donor of the Maine Community Foundation! According to the Current, the bond was approved 5,844-2,800.
Thank you to all who joined Friends of Scarborough Marsh at the polls!!!
FoSM & Partners Conserve 46-Acres!!
It's been a long journey bringing this project to fruition, but at last, 46 acres have been added to the Scarborough Wildlife Management Area. Hats off to the Gervais family for having the patience and vision to work with FoSM and our partners to conserve their land. The major funding partners are to be saluted for their commitments, as well as the many volunteers and donors who made this project happen. Ultimately, the big winners are our kids and future generations who will have this land to enjoy in perpetuity. >>MORE
Restoration Grant Awarded
Two Friends of Scarborough
Marsh Restoration Projects Receive U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and FishAmerica Foundation Funds >>MORE
Mill Brook Water Quality Analysis
Final Report
A restoration project was undertaken
in 2004 to restore the 350-acre salt marsh in the lower
Mill Brook watershed. In February 2005, Friends of Scarborough
Marsh was awarded a grant to conduct Water Quality Testing
in Mill Brook. The report is now available. >>MORE
Nonesuch Salt Marsh Restoration
Project Completed
Scarborough
Marsh restoration partners completed their fifth major
salt marsh restoration project in Scarborough Marsh
Wildlife Management Area in four years. This most recent
project promises to help restore the ecological health
of the Nonesuch River, a 247-acre subwatershed of the
3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh. >>MORE
We Are Looking for New Board Members
Are you passionate about accomplishing our mission and willing to commit time for board meetings, committee meetings and special events? If so, we would like to hear from you. Our charter allows for up to 16 members of the board of directors. Click here to learn more.
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