Location: Baring: Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
Saturday, May 23
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Guides:
Refuge Staff
Fee: No additional fee
Description
The Moosehorn NWR headquarters building will be open for visitors this afternoon. There will be exhibits for viewing, including a showcase of wildlife items that have been seized at our borders from smugglers. Photos of wildlife captured by our trail cams will be running throughout the afternoon, and there will be displays showing refuge habitat, wildlife, and management activities.
Refuge staff will be present to answer questions and provide recommendations on hiking trails, fishing, hunting, birding hot spots, wildlife inventory and monitoring projects, and habitat management.
There will be two guided tours of parts of the refuge not normally open to the public; tours will leave the refuge office at 1:30 and 3:30 pm.
Refuge maps and brochures, posters, and the Where People Care About Wildlife DVD will be available.
Meeting Place
Baring: Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
GPS Coordinates: 45.115013, -67.281511
Meet at the Refuge Office on the grounds of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge.
From points west or south take I 95 north to Bangor and follow signs to get onto Rte 9 north. After about 88 miles turn right onto US 1 south; after 3.6 miles turn right onto Charlotte Rd; after 2.4 miles turn right into the Refuge. From points north or east take US 1 north, turn left onto Charlotte Rd (3 miles southwest of Calais), and after 2.4 miles turn right into the Refuge.
Once you are in the Refuge, follow signs to the event. Restrooms are in the Refuge Office.
Meeting Place Map