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School Outreach
Teachers, our volunteers can bring these local critters into your classroom![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””]We have an incredible collection of taxidermy mounts of local critters which are available for teaching purposes, including:
- Atlantic Sturgeon
- American Eel
- Red Fox
- Fisher
- River Otter
- Bobcat
- Coyote
- American Beaver
- Ermine
- Striped Skunk
- Broadwing Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Great Blue Heron
- Cormorant
- Northern Goshawk
- Old Squaw Duck
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Atlantic Puffin
- Willow Ptarmigan
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Baltimore Oriole
- Ruffed Grouse
- Snowy Owl
- Barred Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Long-Eared Owl
- Northern Saw-Whet Owl
- Grey Squirrel
When not out visiting kids, most of these critters can be viewed at the
Bowdoinham Public Library.
We offer a wide range of environmental topics to teach your classes, including ecology, forestry, maps, and migration.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]
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Bobcat[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755691109315{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]Learn More about the Public Service Announcement from the West Bath Elementary School 3rd Grade[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlfvakTKkGo” css=”.vc_custom_1755691101711{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755691114340{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]No Child Left Inside:“Get ’em Outside” is a five-minute video celebrating the value of environmental education.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR1feHqZPY” css=”.vc_custom_1755691119093{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]
Bay Days
Watch our calendar for our biannual Bay Days—a chance for regional 4th-graders to gather on the shores of Merrymeeting Bay for a fun day of outdoors, hands-on activities. Typical courses include fish printing, beach seining, tree walks, and foraging for wild edibles. Dozens of volunteers help us make this one of our most popular and long-standing events.
Spring: Chop Point School, Woolwich-mid-late May
Fall: Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area, Bowdoinham, late September[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=””]
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