WHALES OF MAINE WORKSHOP

Bristol, Maine - The public is invited to learn about the whales of Maine at a Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center workshop from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, July 27.  Phil Averill will present a fun, hands-on program about the lifestyles of these very large mammals.  Averill will describe the adaptations of a formerly terrestrial animal to an ocean life and how toothed whales differ so dramatically from the baleen whales.  This is a participatory program for ages 10 and up, including adults.  The workshop is free, but participants must pay the Town’s admission fee to the Park.  Space is limited, and pre-registration is required by July 25 by contacting PWA at 207-563-2196 or info@pemaquidwatershed.org.

Averill has extensive experience as a commercial fisherman, marine biologist and fisheries engineer.  For the past 20 years he has owned and operated Ocean Adventure!, a marine education business providing programming to schools, libraries and festivals throughout northern New England.

Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center is a collaboration between the Bristol Parks and Recreation Commission and the Pemaquid Watershed Association, a volunteer-based, membership-supported non-profit organization that has been conserving the natural resources of the Pemaquid Peninsula since 1966. To reach the Center from Damariscotta, take the Bristol Road (State Rte 130) about 12 miles. Take the first right about 50 yards after the Fire Department (and just before Hanna's Store) onto Snowball Hill Road. Travel 9/10ths of a mile. At the bottom of the hill, on the left, there is a sign for the entrance to Pemaquid Beach Park. Workshop participants should gather in the community room on the right side of the Park pavilion building.  For more information on Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, visit www.pemaquidwatershed.org.   This program will be cancelled if weather is inclement (as Pemaquid Beach Park closes on bad-weather days); call 677-2754 for information about the Park.