UMaine Sponsors Trip to Bangor City Forest and Orono Bog Boardwalk
Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205, amy.witt@maine.edu
BANGOR, Me.—University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tour of the Bangor City Forest and Orono Bog Boardwalk on Friday, June 11 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan Santerre of the Maine Forest Service, Bangor City Forester Brian Dugas and guides from the Orono Bog Boardwalk will lead the tours. The Bangor City Forest encompasses more than 680 acres of wildlife habitat and working forest. The bog itself encompasses 616 acres on the Bangor and Orono town lines and is home to hundreds of species of hardy yet fragile plants and some of Maine’s rarest bird species.
This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested. Those interested in registering should call the UMaine Extension office in Cumberland County at 800-287-1471 (in Maine) or 207-780-4205 before Monday, June 7. Participants are asked to bring their lunch to enjoy on site.
This tour is an organized outing of the Maine Tree Club, an educational outreach program established by UMaine Extension, the Maine Forest Service and the Pine Tree State Arboretum. The club is designed to teach people, young and old, how to identify 50 Maine tree species over a two-year period; to teach participants how to best care for trees on their property and in their community; and to help people to better understand the importance of trees to Maine, their ecosystems and their economy.