Friends of Scarborough Marsh, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and our conservation partners thank Dennis Gervais (third from right) for his family's decision to place a 46-acre parcel of land into conservation as part of the Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area.
From left are: Scarborough Town Manager Tom Hall, Rick Shinay of the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust, IF&W Regional Wildlife Biologist Scott Lindsay, C.D. Armstrong of Friends of Scarborough Marsh, and Richard Dressler, IF&W's representative on the Julie N Natural Resources Trustees.  Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife completed its purchase of a 46-acre parcel to be added to the Scarborough Wildlife Management Area. The property was purchased from the Gervais family of Scarborough . It is located on Manson Libby Road adjacent to Dunstan River and the 3,200-acre Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area. The acquisition, originally spearheaded over several years by the Friends of Scarborough Marsh, will conserve habitat for species impacted by the Julie N oil spill, which occurred in the Fore River in 1996.

Please join Friends of Scarborough Marsh and the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust for a celebration marking the acquisition and conservation of the 46-acre Gervais Property.

Wednesday, October 21st (2 p.m.), Gervais Property, 53 Manson Libby Road, Scarborough

Representatives from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Land for Maine's Future Program, and Tom Hall, Scarborough's Town Manager will join other project partners in celebrating this latest addition to the Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Project partners will give short speeches and tours of the property. This celebration event is free and open to the public! Refreshments will be served. 

"It's been a long journey bringing this project to fruition," said C.D. Armstrong, president of the Friends of Scarborough Marsh. "I take my hat off to the Gervais family for having the patience and vision to work with us to conserve their land. The major funding partners are to be saluted for their commitments, as well as the many volunteers and donors who made this project happen. Ultimately, the big winners are our kids and future generations who will have this land to enjoy in perpetuity."

A number of project partners made this effort possible, including the Gervais family of Scarborough, Friends of Scarborough Marsh, the Natural Resource Trustees for the Julie N Oil Spill, the Town of Scarborough, the Land for Maine's Future Program, the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust, the Davis Conservation Foundation, and Ducks Unlimited. 

More about this team effort.