The Ducktrap River’s pristine and undisturbed corridor makes it one of only eight rivers in the United States that supports a wild Atlantic salmon population. Peter Ruksznis, a fisheries biologist with the Department of Marine Resources, will lead a walk on the river to explain Atlantic salmon ecology and biology and hopefully find salmon redds, the depressions in the riverbed where female salmon lay their eggs. Participants should meet at the Tanglewood parking lot, and group size is limited to 15, so please reserve your place by calling (207) 236-7091 or emailing info@coastalmountains.org.
For more than a decade the Land Trust has been working to conserve the Ducktrap River and its watershed, in large part to protect the habitat of these endangered fish. To date, 84% of the land on the river has been permanently conserved, including the 1,136-acre Ducktrap River Preserve owned and managed by the Land Trust.
Coastal Mountains Land Trust permanently conserves land to benefit the natural and human communities of western Penobscot Bay. In its 26th year, the 9,129 acres of land conserved by the Land Trust host 30 miles of trails and protect biological diversity, water resources, productive farms and forests, and scenic landscapes, all of which are essential to sustaining our quality of place. To learn more about the Land Trust or its conservation work on the Ducktrap River, visit www.coastalmountains.org or call (207) 236-7091.
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