Naturalist Walk at Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area

Kennebunk Land Trust will host a Naturalist Walk on Sunday July 19, 2015, from 10 am to 12 noon. Are you interested in learning about birds, plants, ecology and other areas of natural history? Or, interested in sharing what you know? If so, join us! Over this coming year, Kennebunk Land Trust is sponsoring bi-monthly natural history walks in the Kennebunk/Arundel area. The July walk will be at the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area (see directions below). The walk will focus on plants and animals in mid-summer on grasslands and the blueberry barrens. The Kennebunk Plains WMA is home to the largest population of the Northern Blazing Star, a threatened wildflower which will be just coming into bloom. The Upland Sandpiper and Grasshopper Sparrow also nest on the property. The Kennebunk Plains WMA is a 2000-acre landscape scale property located on Route 99 west of the village of Kennebunk, Maine. http://www.kennebunklandtrust.org/preserves/kennebunk-wildlife-management-area.php


Directions to the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area: From the center of Kennebunk, proceed south on Main Street and cross the Mousam River Bridge. Turn right on Route 9A/Route 99, proceed .3 mile to where Route 99 turns right (Cat Mousam Road). Proceed 4.4 miles on Route 99; the parking lot  for the Kennebunk Plains WMA will be on your right (north side of the road).
(Lat: 43° 24’ 09” N; Lon: 70° 37’ 30” W).
Bring binoculars if you have them.
 
Hope to see you there!