Saco Watershed Events Calendar - check out events happening within and surrounding the watershed that aim to protect and enjoy the resource. Many events hosted through Saco Watershed Collaborative partners.

Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative Success Safari

Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM

2017 Wakefield Road
Wakefield, NH, 03872
United States

Join us on a journey through the Salmon Falls Watershed to celebrate our collaborative success in preserving this important natural resource

Nature-Based Strategies for a Climate Ready Southern Maine Workshop

Monday, September 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

The Wells Reserve
342 Laudholm Farm Road
Wells, ME, 04090
United States

workshop to explore the tools and resources created as part of the Nature-Based Strategies for a Climate Ready Coast Southern Maine project. This in-person workshop will be held from 11am - 2pm at the Wells Reserve. Lunch will be provided.

Workshop highlights include:

An interactive walkthrough of the new Decision Support Tool
An engaging review of another new resource we’re developing about approaches for weaving local, place-based, and Indigenous knowledges into NBS projects and processes
A presentation of NBS conceptual designs developed for the Town of York’s Steedman Woods
Opportunities to connect, provide feedback, and learn about other NBS resources

Community Farming & Grassland Birds: A Local Conservation Strategy

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Join ornithologis Noah Perlut to learn about Bobolink and Savannah Sparrow movement ecology! Bobolink and Savannah Sparrow populations are declining throughout the Northeast. While intensifying grassland management and loss of breeding habitat are important factors in these declines, these birds spend ~9 months of the year away from the breeding grounds. We used miniaturized tracking devices to reveal mysteries of Bobolink and Savannah Sparrow movement ecology, connecting what happens to them on the breeding grounds to the rest of their life-cycle.

NRCS State Technical Meeting

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The State Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) meets quarterly to provide information, analysis, and recommendations to the State Conservationist and USDA officials charged with implementing conservation practices in Maine.

UNE Science Cafe: Storms, Sea Level Rise, and the Future of Maine’s Beaches

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Elements Coffee & Books
265 Main Street
Biddeford, ME, 04005
United States

The second Science Café event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. at Elements in Biddeford, during which Will Kochtitzky, Ph.D., and Jennifer Brousseau, Ph.D., both assistant professors in the School of Marine and Environmental Programs, will present “Storms, Sea Level Rise, and the Future of Maine’s Beaches,” focusing their work to study the impact of climate change on Maine’s coast.