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Spring migration bird walks

Free, pre-registration required May 13 with Adrienne Leppold, State Songbird Specialist with the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife May 20 with Brian Olsen, Professor of Ornithology, UMaine School of Biology & Ecology Both walks meet at the Tripp Dr. parking lot in the Bangor City Forest, 7am To register please contact james.bird@maine.edu. Please provide […]

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Bog Walker’s Companion book published!

The Bog Walker’s Companion – A Guide to the Orono Bog Boardwalk. Jerry R Longcore, James E. Bird, and Robert Klose (editors). University of Maine Press, Preface by Bernd Heinrich. Price: $28.00 + shipping and handling. Click here to find book information and how to order your copy.

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Boardwalk Work Schedule

Please come help on the following days/times: Monday, April 27 – Morning only — need more volunteers Tuesday, April 28 – All day — need more volunteers Wednesday, April 29 – All day  — need more volunteers Thursday, April 30 – All day — need more volunteers Friday, May 1 –  All day Saturday, May […]

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Boardwalk is Closed for the Season (11/14)

On November 14th we closed the Boardwalk for the 2014 season in order to begin work on Phase II of boardwalk reconstruction, where we will be replacing many more of the “old” wooden boardwalk sections with our new composite sections.  Thanks to all who volunteered, donated, and visited the bog during 2014 season, and we […]

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News Update 31 October 2014

The Boardwalk will close a couple weeks early this year – our last day open is Friday November 14th.  We should have the next 48 new sections by the end of the first week in November.  On November 15th we hope to start removing the next 96 sections which will take us past station 4.  If […]

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News Update – 19 October 2014

Our silent auction/potluck is coming up on October 25th at 6pm, Keith Anderson Community Center in Orono.  Here’s what we have so far:   Weekend getaway at Miswold House on Hancock Point 2 tickets to the Moscow Ballet’s Swan Lake at the UM Collins Center Gift certificate ($15) and t-shirt from Central Street Farmhouse, Bangor 2 […]

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The Boardwalk in the News

The University of Maine Alumni Association recently profiled Steve Merriam (UMaine Class of ’94), Vice President of Engineering for Great Northern Docks and designer of our new and improved boardwalk sections. This is a great example of a partnership between the Boardwalk and a local small businesses to bring people closer to nature. Also check […]

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Science at the Boardwalk

Steven Rice and Kyle Pilkington from the Department of Biology at Union College, and Sean Robinson of the Department of Biology and SUNY-Oneonta, recently presented a poster at the meeting of the American Bryological and Lichenological/Botanical Society of America that included data collected from the Orono Bog along the boardwalk. To learn more you can […]

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