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SUMMER 2017 volume 34 issue 1

inside•PayAttention•FederalBudgetUpdate•YorkRiverFishing•NASATechnologyGrant•NewClimateExhibits•ReadyforDisaster•OurDigitalUniverse

Sculpture captures the imagination and anchors our Summer of Art & Science

POWEROFPLACE

watermark A newsletter for members of Laudholm Trust and supporters of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Laudholm Trust207-646-4521fax646-2930

Nik Charov, Trust President ext 144 nik@laudholm.org

Tracy Kay, Operations Director ext 127 tracy@laudholm.orgScott Richardson, Communications ext 114 editor@laudholm.orgKaren Stathoplos, Membership ext 140 karen@laudholm.org

Wells Reserve207-646-1555fax646-2930

Paul Dest, Reserve Director ext 124 dest@wellsnerr.org

Jacob Aman, Research Associate ext 112 jacobaman@wellsnerr.orgJane Ballard, Digital Coast Fellow ext 146 jane.ballard@nerra.orgCaryn Beiter, Program Coordinator ext 110 caryn@wellsnerr.orgSue Bickford, M.S., Stewardship Coordinator ext 120 suebickford@wellsnerr.orgAnnie Cox, M.A., Coastal Training Coordinator ext 157 acox@wellsnerr.orgChris Feurt, Ph.D., Coastal Training Director ext 111 cfeurt@wellsnerr.orgMichelle Furbeck, Research Assistant ext 105 mfurbeck@une.eduJason Goldstein, Ph.D., Research Director ext 136 jgoldstein@wellsnerr.orgLinda Littlefield Grenfell, Environmental Educator ext 128 linda@wellsnerr.orgSuzanne Kahn, M.S., Education Director ext 116 suzanne@wellsnerr.orgJeremy Miller, Research Associate ext 122 jmiller@wellsnerr.orgScott Rocray, CPA, Accounting ext 123 srocray@wellsnerr.orgJohn Speight, Facility Manager ext 131 johns@wellsnerr.orgLynne Benoit Vachon, M.A., Volunteer Programs & Visitor Services ext 118 lynne@wellsnerr.org

Maine Sea Grant Kristen Grant, M.A., Extension Agent ext 115 kngrant@maine.edu

upfront

The paper in this newsletter:

• Contains FSC certified 100% post-consumer fiber

• Is certified EcoLogo, Processed Chlorine Free, and FSC Recycled

• Is manufactured using biogas energy

New Look for wellsreserve.org

Just in time for the summer solstice, we

launched a new website, thanks to the

support of Becky Richardson and her family.

While we continued to receive praise for

the “old” site, which launched in 2010, it was

time for an upgrade, a fresh perspective,

and a responsive site that works as well on a

phone as it does on a tablet or desktop. Take

a peek and let us know what you think.

Water Tower Rehab on Hold

The desired and necessary refurbishment of

the water tower will wait until fall. Weather,

reconstruction delays, and some sudden

projects needing immediate attention

conspired to prevent us from completing

this job in the spring.

Profitable Pizza Night in Portsmouth

The Laudholm Trust benefit at Flatbread

Portsmouth went well, thanks to our

supporters and the folks who were just out

for a pizza. The restaurant donated 10 percent

of its proceeds from the evening, amounting

to a donation of more than $400.

Visionary Award for Reserve Volunteer

Volunteer Betsy Smith was honored on

June 7, by the Gulf of Maine Council on the

Marine Environment, with a 2017 Visionary

Award. Betsy’s volunteer activities directly

support rivers, beaches, and coastal waters

on the Gulf of Maine. At the reserve, she

monitors trail conditions and greets guests

at the Visitor Center. She has served as

trustee and treasurer for Laudholm Trust.

In addition to her work at the

reserve, Betsy tests water quality,

participates in beach profile monitoring,

samples phytoplankton, serves on the

steering and program committees for

The Beaches Conference, and is former

chair of Kennebunk’s Conservation and

Open Spaces Planning Commission.

Congratulations, Betsy!

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nik’snotebook: Pay Attention

What’s happening now at the

Wells Reserve at Laudholm?

facebook.com/wellsreserve

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Email: wellsreserve.org/signup

The Wrack: wellsreserve.org/blog

The Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of 29 reserve sites throughout the country. All reserves require local funding to match federal grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Wells Reserve is the only reserve that receives its match from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Each year, Laudholm Trust contributes private funds and in-kind services to support Wells Reserve operations and capital improvements.

Laudholm Trust Board of TrusteesJessica Gribbon Joyce, ChairJoanne Conrad, Vice ChairDennis Byrd, TreasurerMaureen St. John, SecretaryBen McCallMark MuellerRob OlsonMichael PalaceRobin PlancoKrista RosenJanet Underhill

Honorary TrusteesDoris Adams-NunnemacherCynthia DaleyTim DietzGeorge W. Ford IILily Rice Kendall HsiaRebecca RichardsonHans Warner

Wells Reserve Management AuthorityNik Charov, Chairman President, Laudholm TrustDaniel Belknap, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Earth Sciences University of MaineKarl Ekstedt Member, Board of Selectmen Town of WellsAmy LaVoie (temporary) Assistant Refuge Supervisor – North U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceRon Hunt Acting Director of Operations, Bureau of Parks and Lands Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryKathleen Leyden (ex-officio) Director, Maine Coastal Program Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryErica Seiden (ex-officio) Program Manager, National Estuarine Research Reserve System National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

wellsreserve at laudholm

a place to discover

It was a long winter, made longer by what

seemed like a daily crisis with the new

administration in Washington. Certainly Mr.

Trump has the world a-twitter and on the march.

Personally, I’ve never felt more distracted.

Nowadays, I need help focusing. When curator June LaCombe installed

the POWER OF PLACE sculpture show here this spring, I found that help. The

sculptures here at the Wells Reserve refocused me, helped me return to the

present, see this place anew, ponder its deeper meanings.

Encountering a meticulously made sculpture in the middle of a field or

forest forces the viewer to pay attention and to remember the beauty that

surrounds us all. Mystery and wonder and beauty abound in this world, but we

need to remember that.

Art in nature gives us that reminder, because each artwork is a tangible

expression of attention. How does a sculptor capture our moving world in

stone, metal, or wood? By paying attention, by looking deeper, by watching and

documenting and interpreting change.

That sounds a lot like the kind of activity scientists engage in too, and so we

have here in 2017 the “Summer of Art & Science,” our celebration of attention to the

natural world, in a year when paying attention seems like a very important, even

patriotic, thing to do. It’s been so much fun to put together, and so awakening, that

though it’s our first “Summer of Art & Science,” it won’t be our last.

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national / partnership

Budget Update: Supporters Lobby Congress on Behalf of ReservesTheNationalEstuarineResearchReserveSystemisanetworkofprotectedareasestablishedforlong-termresearch,education,

andstewardship.ThispartnershipprogrambetweenNOAAandthecoastalstatesprotectsmorethanonemillionacresofestuarinelandandwater,whichprovidesessential

habitatforwildlife;offerseduca-tionalopportunitiesforstudents,

teachers,andthepublic;andservesaslivinglaboratoriesforscientists.

The 29 Sites in the NERR SystemACE Basin, South Carolina

Apalachicola, Florida

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Chesapeake Bay, Virginia

Delaware, Delaware

Elkhorn Slough, California

Guana Tolomato Matanzas, Florida

Grand Bay, Mississippi

Great Bay, New Hampshire

He`eia, Hawai`i

Hudson River, New York

Jacques Cousteau, New Jersey

Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico

Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Lake Superior, Wisconsin

Mission–Aransas, Texas

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

North Carolina, North Carolina

North Inlet/Winyah Bay, South Carolina

Old Woman Creek, Ohio

Padilla Bay, Washington

Rookery Bay, Florida

San Francisco Bay, California

Sapelo Island, Georgia

South Slough, Oregon

Tijuana River, California

Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

Weeks Bay, Alabama

Wells, Maine

NOAA Reviewers Rave After Visit to Wells

In March, we learned that the National

Estuarine Research Reserve System would

be at risk of losing its federal funding in the

next fiscal year (beginning July 2018). On

May 23, with the release of the president's

full budget, that threat was confirmed: The

administration seeks to eliminate funding

for operations and procurement, acquisition,

and construction throughout the reserve

system. This is a cut of about $23 million

from the budget of the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration and would

result in the loss of nearly $750,000 in grants

to the Wells Reserve.

The proposed budget has been

called “dead on arrival” in Congress, which

will be debating spending priorities for

months. Maine’s senators and 1st-district

representative, all of whom have visited the

reserve and consistently speak highly of

our work, are likely to be advocates for the

system during budget negotiations.

We know our members and supporters

have fervently expressed support for the

reserve in postcards, emails, and phone

calls to our Congressional delegation. In

Florida, Texas, California, Virginia, and sixteen

other coastal states, more people are raising

voices for their local reserves. A national

petition has surpassed 2,500 signatures.

The 29 reserves, clearly, are close to

people's hearts. Nowhere is this more

evident than in Wells. Our public-private

partnership, unique in the reserve system, is

buoyed by a base of support unparalleled at

any reserve.

We are committed to keeping members

and supporters informed throughout the

budget process. Our website is the best

place to find facts, opinions, and calls for

action about this issue. We include links

to important pages in our monthly email

updates and posts to social media.

visit wellsreserve.org/chorus

Periodically, each reserve in the national system hosts a team that evaluates how effectively it is

adhering to the terms of its NOAA grants. For Wells, 2017 was that year. The evaluation is dubbed

the “312 review” for the section of the Coastal Zone Management Act where it is codified. Our

reviewers, three from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and one from another reserve

site, spent three days here at the end of May, interviewing staff, volunteers, and members of the

community affected by our programs. While their full report will take some time to complete, we

received some preliminary feedback from the review team that we’re happy to share:

“The Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve is an exemplar in the system.”

“The grace and good humor of the volunteers, who feel they are just like staff, make this place

so welcoming.”

“The fiscal nimbleness and facilities here enable the Wells Reserve to do things no other reserve can.”

“The Wells Reserve’s output is peerless.”

“This is clearly a place to come for leadership.”

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research / coastal science

Testing DIY High Tech Gear with Grant from NASA

Spring Fishing Feeds York River Wild and Scenic StudyCatching fish in the York River over 10 weeks this spring, we caught 3,759 fish of 21 species.

Among them were over 1,200 rainbow smelt, a species of greatest conservation need. We were

happy to find fertilized smelt eggs attached to stones in the river.

This was the first major study of fish using the York River since 2001 and the full results will

be submitted to the York River Wild and Scenic Study Committee by this fall.

We received a lot of help from the community during the course of this research and want

to thank everyone for their support. We especially thank:

• Mike Masi and his York High School marine biology honors students

• AmeriCorps Moose 5 team

• Kristin Underwood from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Reserve interns Liam Dougherty, Blair Morrison, and Bri DeGone

• York Land Trust

• George and Janie Gendron

• Jeffrey Rudman – Michelle Furbeck and Tyler Spillane

More Research Under Way This SummerIn addition to long-standing

studies, the research staff and

interns are working on these

grant-funded projects this year:

New in 2017

Developing Cost Effective

Monitoring for Rainbow Smelt

Using eDNA

Habitat Mapping / Assessment

and Sediment Elevation Tables

Effects of Sea Level Rise on New

England Salt Marshes (workshop)

Continuing

Lobsters and Climate Change

Climate Change Vulnerability

Assessment Tool for Coastal

Habitats

A Fishery in Flux: Jonah Crab

Survivorship and Behavior

Discover More

For further details about

these studies, please visit

wellsreserve.org/projects.

The RaspberryPi computer is tiny in size and

price, making it popular with experimenters and

researchers. This summer, scientists and students

from the Wells Reserve and St. Joseph’s College

are testing the minicomputer in estuaries.

Research director Jason Goldstein says the

idea is to create inexpensive sensor systems

that are easy to replicate, which will allow more

data collection over a broader area. The project

team is developing platforms for monitoring

marine animal behavior, physiology, and

movement, as well as water quality. The work is

supported by Maine Space Grant, since it relates

to NASA’s mission to describe the mechanisms

of environmental change.

Later this summer, the team will

showcase the student-motivated, lab-built,

field-tested products and share their data and

interpretations (date to be announced).

St. Joseph’s College student Brooke Murch tests a temperature sensor that can be attached to a minicomputer as an inexpensive monitoring device.

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Sculpture invites us to more fully engage with our environment.

It helps focus our attention on nature’s materials and forms.

June LaCombe

Sculptors Selected for POWER OF PLACE

Dave Allen

Anne Alexander

Lise Bécu

John Bowdren

Ray Carbone

Kate Cheney Chappell

Miles Chapin

Dan Dowd

Peter Dransfield

Paul Heroux

Mark Herrington

Andreas von Huene

Eugene Koch

Wendy Klemperer

Cabot Lyford

Pamela Moulton

Jean Noon

Jac Ouelette

Roy Patterson

Meg Brown Payson

Mark Pettegrow

Patrick Plourde

Stephen Porter

Antje Roitzsch

Constance Rush

Cat Schwenk

George Sherwood

Gary Haven Smith

Jordan Smith

Cynthia Stroud

Sharon Townshend

Digby Veevers-Carter

Dan West

Melita Westerlund

John Wilkinson

Joyce Audy Zarins

summer of art & science

Bold Artworks Transform a Landscape

to make art that celebrates nature and raises concern for its depredation

every place has its own spirit, its own numinosity, and these sculptures act as signifiers and reminders of that quality

many places on our planet are in distress while splitting the stone vertically I was reminded of calving icebergs

mark a place to stop and pay attention to whatever might be there and to whatever might be glimpsed just beyond

Bold Artworks Transform a Mindset

Curator June LaCombe previews POWER OF PLACE with staff and volunteers. She will present a virtual tour of the exhibition on July 24 at noon in Mather Auditorium.

exCeRpTS fRoM aRTIST STaTeMenTS

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Sculpture invites us to more fully engage with our environment.

It helps focus our attention on nature’s materials and forms.

June LaCombe

POWEROFPLACEOpening Reception – June 7, 2017

Atleast150people,manyofthemnewtotheplace,arrivedontheLaudholmcampuslateonthisafternoontomarktheopeningofourPOWEROFPLACEsculptureexhibitionandsale.Theeveningwasperfectforaleisurelystrolltoviewandcontemplatethecollectedart.Beforesunset,NikCharovthankedandcongratulatedcuratorJuneLaCombeforherperceptivearrangementoftheshow.

summer of art & science

Kate Cheney Chappell’s Tumblestar is like three “joyous, cartwheeling vagabonds on our Knight Trail,” writes Nik in a recent blog.… If you look closely, you’ll find the word ‘dichloro-diphenyltrichloroethane’ hidden on each sculpture,” he continues. “Here in Rachel Carson land, we’ve planted a reminder about DDT.” While it’s been 45 years since the US stopped spraying DDT, the FDA still finds trace amounts in foods we eat. “Those manmade molecules have been woven into the very fabric of nature,” Nik writes. “I see what Kate Cheney Chappell was getting at… now that I understand a little more of the science behind the art.” Read the entire post in the June 25 Journal Tribune or at wellsreserve.org.

Tumblestar: Imbuing Art With Science

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“It has been more than 35 years since I first drove up the service entrance with Mort and saw a place I did not know nor imagine existed in Wells. It was a hot, humid summer evening and the overgrowth of trees, shrubs, unkempt fields, and the complete absence of paint on any of the buildings was a deeply moving visual experience. My life took a turn that day. It proved to be an extraordinary journey to be involved with people who were passionate about what they were doing and undaunted by the difficulty of the task. As you know, those attributes are still here today.”

stewardship / conservation

Farewell, Tin Smith

After dedicating more than 35 years in combined volunteer and professional time to the Wells

National Estuarine Research Reserve, Tin Smith’s last day in the office was June 15. Tin has been

involved in countless projects and programs in habitat protection and restoration, community

engagement and outreach, environmental monitoring, training, and research.

Tin was one of our founders, volunteering very early in the effort to create this research

reserve and to protect the land and buildings that went with it. He chaired key decision-making

committees and continued his efforts long after the reserve was well established. For 21 years, first

as a research associate and then as Stewardship Coordinator, he was a key member of our staff.

Of course, Tin will remain busy with his conservation and organic farming activities. And

he will be on contract with the reserve for the foreseeable future, continuing land protection

activities through the Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative.

We will sure miss him around here.

Conservation projectsIn addition to their regular

activities, our coastal training

and stewardship staff are

working on these grant-funded

projects in 2017:

New in 2017

Improving Water Quality in the

Cape Neddick River, York

Establishing a Saco River

Watershed Collaborative

Continuing

Creating a Visual Buffer (planting

native trees along the entry road)

Discover More

For details about these efforts,

please visit wellsreserve.org/

projects.

Soundscape Environmental Recording Project ContinuesThis year, we are expanding our investigation into the sounds of the Yankee Woodlot

Demonstration Forest by adding four new recording devices, two within an area that will be

cut and two outside of that area to serve as controls. The sounds captured by these devices

will contribute to our long-term study of how

bird use changes during regeneration of early

successional habitat. This is our fourth year as

part of the Soundscape Project and third year

recording in the Yankee Woodlot.

Sonogram of Spring Peepers in a Vernal Pool

World Listening Day is July 18wellsreserve.org/listen

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education projects In addition to their traditional

programs, the education team is

working on these grant-funded

projects this year:

New in 2017

Watershed Stewardship in Action:

Deaf Students on the Estuary

Art HOPE Warrior’s Way Veteran’s

Project

Interpretive Signs for the

Webhannet Salt Marsh Trail

Continuing

Teachers on the Estuary:

Teaching About Coastal Impacts

of Climate Change

Discover More

For details about these efforts,

please visit wellsreserve.org/

projects.

education / environmental learning

New Exhibit in Visitor Center, New Signs Along Trails

Tourism-related businesses in the Kennebunks are

getting some planning assistance from our Coastal

Training Program. Concerned about the potential

impacts of climate change and sea level rise, these

proprietors are working to decrease their vulnerability

to storm surge and flood damage.

The reserve is collaborating with the Kennebunk/

Kennebunkport/Arundel Chamber of Commerce

and local towns to identify candidate businesses.

Annie Cox, CTP coordinator, has assisted a number

of business owners in completing a workbook that

identifies what actions they can take to improve

their resilience.

This project is adapted from a successful effort in the Gulf of Mexico to calculate a

“Tourism Resiliency Index” for businesses based on their preparedness. It is funded by the

NERRS Science Collaborative.

Engaging Businesses in Resilience Preparation

Three signposts along the Barrier Beach Trail tell hikers where they will become waders when the sea rises six feet above present levels. This sign, in the woods near the salt marsh, is placed where the water’s edge could be by the end of the century.

Energy conservation, climate change, and

sea level rise are featured in a series of new

signs and exhibits at the reserve.

In the Visitor Center, new displays

extend the “Changing Landscapes” theme

beyond the present, highlighting how

individual actions can make a difference

when adopted broadly. The emphasis

here is on our energy conservation and

conversion initiative.

A new sign outside the Coastal Ecology

Center briefly explains how solar energy

works and why it’s a good idea. The sign is

placed so trail users will see our photovoltaic

panels while reading about them.

Down the Barrier Beach Trail, three

small signs mark spots for people to

imagine the result of 6 feet of sea level rise.

While the signs set no timeline, models

suggest 6 feet of rise is possible before 2100.

thankyou

Susan AdamsDonna AhernDon & Debbie AlgerMelissa AlipaloJanis AndersonTodd & Cheryl AndersonDulce Anderson-SantosMarla AndrewsJohn Andrews & Lucy CiminiJen Armstrong & Tanya AlsbergPriscilla & James ArsenaultIris & Gary AtkinsRichard A. AzzaroPatricia BakerJoseph BarberioNancy BauerDiana BeaulieAnne & Douglas BeckerMark BelangerDr. Luci BenedictLynne Benoit-VachonRobert & Deborah BloombergChristina BouchardChris BowerDoug BradleyCarol BrewerAmy BringerJulieann BrownJudith Troy BrownDiane BrownJacqueline BruhnLisa BubarMr. & Mrs. John BuraczynskiKaren BurkeBruce ByorkmanGrace CainMary CallananRichard & Joan CarrJason & Melissa CarterMichael CaseLyell CastonguayAnn & Darren ChabotMarshall ChamberlinKatia CharovPatrick Chavanelle & FamilyCarra CheslinMichael & Valerie ChristleDon & Pauline CloughMaria & Ray ColemanTrish ConantPaula ConnollyJohanna CormanDavid CorrissJames CourtoisRyan M. Crawford & Kaela L. MahoneyRebecca & Neal CrossonStephen D’AgostinoBonnie DalrympleJohn & Luanne DalyStephanie Davis-KahlDavid & Tami DayMary DelehantyCharles & Sue DeVitoPaul Dixon

Peace of the DockRising Tide Brewing Company

NewMembers

NewBusinessMembers

Gifts received August 2016 through May 2017

Sandra Dwight-BarrisKaren EisenbergMarilyn EppDeborah EthridgeCatherine FatinaCornelius FinneganSteve & Louise FitzpatrickJohn FleckRichard FoyeMichelle FrancesconiKathleen & Eric FreemanAnatoly & Paulina FrenkelDawna & Steven GagneKevin GallifordDiana GannettCatrina & Bill GaudetteKati GaulkinDr. Mary L. Giknis & Joseph FrankMark & Paddy GiordanoMegan GouldDana & Andrea GraichenMegan GrassiSue Gregoire & Tyler SullivanWendy GriffisMelissa GugliottiRoger & June GuptillLinda HajjarHeather HarrisDiane HarwoodDorothy HawsJudith HelmKaren HendersonMichael HessLori J HodgsonKelley & Brandon HolmesLeslie HookailoShaari HorowitzEllen HowardRobert Hulefeld & Molly McEachernMark & Phyllis ItzkowitzMary Beth JenkinsMichelle JohnsonDana JohnsonDave & Judy JurczakJo-Anne & Greg KahlZelda KenneyJulia KenyonMichael KeonAlessandra H. KingsfordMathew & Alexis KochkaClaire & Albert KolffBlair LaBellaRick & Jenny LakeAllyn & Norma LambRich LampertiRalph & Mary LancasterMary M. LandbergLinda Lavin & Geoff PaysonAnne LennigAlice LimDavid LittlefieldMindy LiuJean LoCiceroAmanda LoganJohn Long

Erin Ludwig & Daniel DukesJeffrey LynchJeremy MacIntyreCat MacriSue & Bob MacurdySuzanne & Jackie MacWhinnie &

Mark WilliamsonGerry & Skip MagawSteven MalkasianChristine MantzavrakosNancy MarrinucciFaith McAdamsAlexandra McCabeJohn McCarthy & Martha ZimickiJane Atkinson McKechniePeter McKenzieRichard MedveNikita MelnikovDoreen Meyer & Sheryl SmithAnnie E. MiddletonClaudette MidgleySarah MinerBarbara MingesSue MooreKeith, Maureen & Katherine MoranTessa MorganShannon MorrisonJohn & Ann Michelle MorrisonAmie MorrisonMarilyn MundyErin NelsonBen & Sara NestEllen NixonKimberly NoblePatty NuttingEdwin & Catherine OlsenJoanne PatalanoGregory PayeurTom & Suzanne PearlGeoffery PedderIsabelle PellouxIrene R. PepinJeff & Teen PetersonPaula & Richard PiccoloLaura PierceAvery PierceTim and Kitty PinchCaryn PoissonLaVerne PokouMatt Poole & Anne PostAnita PrickettJames & Roberta PurdyJacquelyn Quesnel-FisherHilary & Jaime RamirezWesley & Gale RaynesAyslinn ReadyHillary RezendesJennifer, Dennis, Hannah, Erin &

Simon Roberts

Deb & Lowrie RobertsonGary RobinsonPat & Rick RogersJosh RogersMargaret RomanoKaren Ropes & Mari HalseySusan & Al RotondiSteve Roy & Sarah LeffertsJulia RyanAndrea SahinJanet SalvatorStephanie SandersRichard SchulerEileen ShapiroJim & Ruth SheaDan ShineSusan SidwellKen SierlejaEmily SilevinacAndrea SimoneauLinda G. SimpsonGary Skantze & Judith GrantTim & Amelia SmallAmy SmithDiane St. Germain & Tom McCarthyFeodora StancioffRobert & Emily StriblingNikki SullivanSara TacksonJeff & Benjamin Tash and Kathleen MeyersJames & Elizabeth TheriaultLouise K. ThomasStephen ThornleyRichard TiltonJohn TommasiniJoseph TunneraLars & Connie TurinJanet UnderhillHarry & Joan ValentineClayton Verrill & FamilySandra WaldsteinSteve WallsJ. Weagle & J. StandfieldLucia WeigertClaire WeinbergGeorge WhitbreadJacqueline WhiteChristina WhiteVirginia & Paul WiesmanLinda WilkensonMatthew & Cheryl WilsonNancy WolffJoseph WolfsonStuart Wood

Microsoft Corporation for discounted softwareKaren Marshon for a Stihl clearing sawGray Farms for mumsEstabrook’s for decorative plantsDunkin Donuts for snacks for volunteersJudith Helm for a podiumTributary Brewing Company for growlersJo-Ann’s Gardens for decorative gourds

In-kindContributions

George Robert ButlerAnthony CostantinoJohn CoughlinHank DonahueDan DoolittleJune FickerEleanor Johnston FordRichard FrostMarion W. GilesBilly OatesHenry OatleyBarbara PouliotKenneth RidleyNorm RitterDr. Paul and Mary SweetStephen Woodhead

MemorialGifts

Kathryn CadeAnne CoylePaul Dest, honoring his NOAA awardGeorgie Fisher, remembering her birthdayJane Kringdon, on her birthdayElizabeth Smith, on her birthdayJohn Speight, recognizing his dedication

CelebratoryGifts

An anonymous benefactor recently informed

us that Laudholm Trust is designated for a

significant sum in their will. Some short work

with an attorney, a brief discussion about

Wells Reserve needs and future plans, and a

handshake was it all took. Most importantly,

we have the opportunity to thank this

generous person now, so they can know just

how much we appreciate the planned gift.

Thank you, Anonymous Planned Giver!

If you would like to include Laudholm Trust in

your estate plans, please contact us “before it’s

too late.” — Nik Charov, 207-646-4521 ext 144

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Laudholm,thankstoGill

Page,whosaidPOWEROF

PLACE“blendednatureandart

togethermajestically.”

Mrs.Pagewroteus:“I’vemadeadonation

inhonorofLymanwhodiedlastyear.Hewas

afounderalongwithMortMather,atrustee,

adocent,andanardentsupporteroftheWells

Reserve.Lymanalsotookpeopleonbirdwalksand

wasanexcellentbirderhimselfsothosebirdsasagift

resonatedwellwithme.”

Aninspiredandwonderfulchoice,Gill.

Thankyou.Whatafittingtribute.

Remembering Lyman Page

130 Juried Artisans in a Historic Seaside SettingBeer, Wine & Food – Live Music – Ample Parking — Member Price $5

wellsreserve.org/crafts

30th annual

SEPT 9-10 : 10 am-4 pm

laudholm nature crafts festival

wellsreserve at laudholm

a place to discover

POWEROFPLACE

f e a t u r i n g

65 sculptures 36 artists