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#ScarboroughLandTrust acquires 130 acres to expand #conservation area
The 130-acre addition to #SilverBrookPreserve expands contiguous conserved lands.
Dana Richie, July 30, 2025
"The Scarborough Land Trust is expanding its green footprint in Western Scarborough with the addition of a 130-acre parcel to the Silver Brook Preserve at 65 Hanson Road.
"This is a sizable boost to the preserve that was previously made up of a 19-acre parcel purchased in 2001 and an 18-acre parcel purchased in 2024. And it expands the contiguous block of conserved land in the area to 943 acres, 600 of which are within the SLT’s stewardship.
" 'It really rounds out 25 years of conservation efforts,' said Christine Labaree, president of the land trust’s board of directors.
"The Silver Brook Preserve is home to a variety of wildlife including wild brook trout, spotted turtles, deer, bobcats, bats and maybe even a black bear or two.
And the land directly abuts #BroadturnFarm, a 434-acre parcel under the SLT’s stewardship complete with a working farm and wooded trails — the spot where Andrew Mackie, executive director of the land trust, and Labaree met on a hot and sticky afternoon."While walking along the #MapleSugarTrail by the edge of an open field full of tall grasses speckled with trees, Mackie said that the Silver Brook Preserve is across the tree line in the distance. Plunging deeper in the woods, past a still brook surrounded by a canopy of green, he pointed to a tree that bore a sign for the Stonewall Loop, a 1-mile trail in the Western corner of the property.
"Mackie explained that the land trust plans to extend that loop into the Silver Lake Preserve property, adding about 2 miles of trails and parking onto the new parcel within the next two years.
"Right now, the Silver Brook Preserve is open to the public for activities like hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, wildlife observation, hunting and fishing, and Mackie said that the land trust is still figuring out a lot of the policies for the preserve, like whether dogs will be required to be leashed.
"Western Scarborough isn’t the only area in town where the land trust is working to 'seed and grow' its conserved areas. There are 500 acres of contiguous conserved land in Pleasant Hill, made up of the 187-acre #PleasantHillPreserve and 300-acre #RachelCarsonNationalWildlifeRefuge. And #WarrenWoods, which was originally 162 acres in 2012, is now 313 acres, with plans in the works to connect trails to The Downs.
" 'The goal is that every neighborhood in Scarborough has opportunities to have access to open land,' Labaree said. The land trust is working with the town to achieve its goal of '30 by 30' — to preserve 30% of its land by 2030. According to Labaree, the town is currently at 23%.
"And Mackie said that these larger land parcels are more attractive in the long term because they are more ecologically sustainable, provide varying habitats for #wildlife and are easier to maintain."
Archived version:
https://archive.md/qaDNC#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #WaterIsLife #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheFarms #Maine #SouthernMaine #LandTrust #BlueCarbon #SaveTheWetlands #SaltMarshes #ScarboroughMarsh #WebOfLife #Wetlands #SaveTheForests
#PreserveNature #LandConservation #LandForMainesFuture #SpendTimeInNature #RachelCarson -
#SilentSpring - #RachelCarson - 1962
Available through the #InternetArchive!
"Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is an expertly written #environmental science book published in 1962. It focuses on the documentation of detrimental effects that the haphazard use of #pesticides has on the #environment. In the book, she is vocal about her criticism of #ChemicalIndustry which she blames for the rampant #disinformation that is aimed at ensuring that public official accepts their claims unquestioningly (Carson and Lear). Carson had earlier focused all her attention on conservation efforts and in particular in environmental problems caused pesticides.The result of her new found passion culminated in the writing of Silent Spring (1962) that brought out her environmental concerns with the aim of sharing them with the American public."
https://archive.org/details/fp_Silent_Spring-Rachel_Carson-1962
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[Thread] This was my day today... A hike in a nearby forest and meadow, recording bird songs, and taking photos. Observations? Plenty for the bees to eat, but no bumblebees and barely any other bees. A couple of carpenter bees, a few small bees, but that was about all. I did capture some cool bird songs and used Merlin to identify them. So, mixed feelings about my hike. But it was still good to spend some time in nature -- even if my observations confirmed my misgivings about the local bee population.
#Nature #NatureHike #Maine #NatureObservations #CitizenScientist #RachelCarson -
How Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ Awakened the World to Environmental Peril
Carson's 1962 bestseller first warned the public about the devastating effects of chemical pesticides—and started a revolutionBy: Cate Lineberry
April 22, 2022"Carson had resisted writing the book for years because of these anticipated attacks from the chemical companies as well as public officials who had accepted their false claims. 'It was a David versus Goliath sort of saga,' says Lear. 'She was uncovering industrial misdeeds and, in the course of that, bringing down powerful men who had been entrusted by the public and shown to be unworthy of that trust.'"
https://www.history.com/news/rachel-carson-silent-spring-impact-environmental-movement
#BigChemical #SilentSpring #RachelCarson #Corporatocracy #EnvironmentalMovement #Environment
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‘The #ThreeBodyProblem’ and ‘#SilentSpring’ Books Rocket to No. 1 on Amazon After Netflix Debut
by Anna Tingley
March 25, 2024"The book 'Silent Spring,' which plays an integral role in the show’s storyline, also rocketed to No. 1 on Amazon following the show’s release. Like the book, the sci-fi drama begins with a woman named Ye Wenjie, who works at a mysterious military base which she eventually learns is trying to make extraterrestrial contact, and her work there ripples into the present, when a group of scientists connect the base’s work to mysterious deaths in their community. In the first episode, she receives the book 'Silent Spring' by #RachelCarson and she resonates deeply with the text’s notions about humanity’s role in the universe. She reads aloud, 'In nature, nothing exists alone.'"
https://variety.com/2024/shopping/news/three-body-problem-silent-spring-books-buy-online-1235950943/