Maine Land Stewards

 
 

“The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.” -Thomas Jefferson

 Just a quick post to share a photo of my stewardship colleagues…  We took a day most recently to, together, paddle the Cold Stream in Passadumkeag.   …as means of most important comradery and to complete an annual site check of our nature preserve bisected by the waterway.   It’s home to some rare plants and mussels, and the Tomah mayfly – sometimes referred to as a living fossil.  The nymph stage shows greatly expanded, wing like structures on the abdomen that are reminiscent of characteristics seen in fossil mayflies from the Carboniferous era.  The streams and adjacent wetlands were magnificent, and we sure did have lots of fun on this prefect fall day.  It’s difficult work, but someone must do it!

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Dan Grenier

Passadumkeag

 
 

Passadumkeag River

Passadumkeag, Maine


Passadumkeag River

Passadumkeag, Maine

I recently had the great fortune to visit the confluence of the Passadumkeag River, Cold Stream, and Ayers Brook - a National Natural Landmark found just east of the town in northern Penoboscot County…  One of thirteen Maine sites known to harbor the Tomah mayfly -  long thought extirpated, but rediscovered in the late 1970’s .  Also home of a rare bulrush, Scirpus steinmetzii...  Botanists have found the bulrush only along the Passadumkeag River and are uncertain whether it is a species evolving over time, or a hybrid of two other species. 
 

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