Projects and Research
Refuge staff conserves, creates, and restores habitats to benefit a diversity of wildlife. We focus on our refuge's highest priority lands; salt marshes, tidal rivers, forests, beaches, and thickets. These areas are home to many animals, both common and rare. Of course we don’t do it alone, we work closely with our conservation partners and communities.
The Land Management Research & Demonstration (LMRD) program focuses on innovative assessment, restoration techniques,
research, and education. Southern Maine is characterized by arching sandy beaches, back barrier salt marshes, and riverine estuaries with fringing salt marshes. Salt marshes provide vital ecosystem services including wildlife diversity, flood control,...
Up to 46 percent of the plants and animals federally listed as endangered species have been negatively impacted by invasive species (Wilcove, et al. 1998, National Invasive Species Council 2001). Refuges in the North Atlantic Appalachian Region initiated an effort to systematically identify, locate, and map invasive plant species occurring on refuge lands leading to an effective...