Please join Friends of Scarborough Marsh and the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust for a celebration marking the acquisition and conservation of the 46-acre Gervais Property.
Wednesday, October 21st
2 p.m.
Gervais Property
53 Manson Libby Road, Scarborough
(located 1/2 mile off of Route 1 in Scarborough's Industrial Park)
Representatives from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Land for Maine's Future Program, and Tom Hall, Scarborough's Town Manager will join other project partners in celebrating this latest addition to the Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area.
Project partners will give short speeches and tours of the property.
This celebration event is free and open to the public! Refreshments will be served.
"It's been a long journey bringing this project to fruition," said C.D. Armstrong, president of the Friends of Scarborough Marsh. "I take my hat off to the Gervais family for having the patience and vision to work with us 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."
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46-acres Conserved! 
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A Win-Win for All!
Friends of Scarborough Marsh, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and our conservation partners thank Dennis Gervais (third from right) for his family's decision to place a 46-acre parcel of land into conservation as part of the Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area.
From left are: Scarborough Town Manager Tom Hall, Rick Shinay of the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust, IF&W Regional Wildlife Biologist Scott Lindsay, C.D. Armstrong of Friends of Scarborough Marsh, and Richard Dressler, IF&W's representative on the Julie N Natural Resources Trustees.
Photo Credits: Maine Dept. Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
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