RICHMOND — Join Friends of Merrymeeting Bay on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m. for an evening paddle or row to Little Swan Island on the Kennebec River. Participants will meet and launch from the Swan Island ferry landing just north of the Richmond Town Landing.
If time permits the group will circumnavigate the island. Little Swan is a bald eagle nesting site, an important archaeological site and is a favorite paddling site. It is part of the Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area, which also includes Swan Island, and is administered by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
Leading this paddle is Warren Whitney, formerly the executive director of FOMB and currently land trust program manager at Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Paddlers must bring their own boat and PFD and possess at least intermediate paddling skills.
This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration with Whitney at (207) 666-3376 is required.
The next FOMB Outside 2016! event will be a Swan Island tour with local historian Jay Robbins on Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is an $8 island fee to MDIF&W for this event. On Sept. 18, the last FOMB seasonal event will be a Swan Island circumnavigation by boat with narration by Jay Robbins. Suggested donation is $5. Pre-registration for both of these outings is with Robbins at (207) 737- 2239. For more information on FOMB programs, call Ed Friedman at (207) 666-3372 or visit friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org.
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