UMaine Sponsors Tree Tour of Clifford Woods
Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205
FARMINGTON, ME—University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be offering a tree tour of Clifford Woods off Titcomb Hill Road in Farmington, on Friday, May 29 from 10 a.m. to noon. Patty Cormier, district forester with the Maine Forest Service, will lead the tree identification walk and discuss basic forest ecology in Clifford Woods. This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested: please call the UMaine Extension office in Cumberland County at 800-287-1471 (in Maine) or 207-780-4205 before Tuesday, May 26.
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 trees of Maine 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. UMaine Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.