The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife will be hosting a public informational meeting at Scarborough Town Hall from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, to present plans for a small timber harvest at Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area during the winter of 2016.
IF&W biologists and a forester will answer any questions from the public after a brief presentation.
This timber harvest will increase the amount of young forest on the upland perimeter of the marsh and diversify wildlife habitat.
A site walk is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 30, at 9 a.m. at the Gervais property on Manson Libby Road to view a young forest demonstration site at this property and walk areas to be harvested this winter. Following the walk at the Gervais section of marsh, all interested parties are encouraged to attend a second trip to Scarborough Land Trust’s Libby River Farm near Camp Ketcha on Black Point Road to visit a recent young forest cut from 2013.
Please carpool if possible as parking is limited at the Gervais barn and Libby River Farm.
IF&W biologists and a forester will answer any questions from the public after a brief presentation.
This timber harvest will increase the amount of young forest on the upland perimeter of the marsh and diversify wildlife habitat.
A site walk is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 30, at 9 a.m. at the Gervais property on Manson Libby Road to view a young forest demonstration site at this property and walk areas to be harvested this winter. Following the walk at the Gervais section of marsh, all interested parties are encouraged to attend a second trip to Scarborough Land Trust’s Libby River Farm near Camp Ketcha on Black Point Road to visit a recent young forest cut from 2013.
Please carpool if possible as parking is limited at the Gervais barn and Libby River Farm.
The Scarborough Marsh is the only Inland Fisheries and Wildlife management area in the state with documented New England cottontail use, which is why the department is planning to cut down trees, plant shrubs and work to minimize the spread of invasive plants. The Maine population of the endangered New England cottontail rabbit is estimated to be less than 300, prompting the DIFW’s new project to increase the species’ preferred habitat at the Scarborough Marsh. The young forest habitat will also benefit a number of other species such as yellow warblers, Eastern towhees and the American woodcock.
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