Join us on Saturday July 5 to explore insects along the Orono Bog Boardwalk. We will meet at 9AM at the cabin at the beginning of the boardwalk. Bring anything you would need for a light hike: bug spray, comfortable shoes, rain gear if it looks like it’s going to be a little wet. The walk […]
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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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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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Fox 22 (WFVX Bangor) recently gave the Boardwalk Reconstruction some coverage. Read the story here.
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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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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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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 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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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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Retired UM professor, peatland researcher, and boardwalk founder Ron Davis will lead a walk that emphasizes the unique history and ecology of Orono Bog. Ron will start the walk by describing the landscape at and around what is now Orono Bog when the continental ice sheet was melting away, and the landscape was transforming into […]
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