The Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary provides a variety of school-based and field-based environmental educational programs for local students on Mount Desert Island.  Programs are customized to teachers individual needs and curriculum goals, with particular emphasis on involving students in project-based learning.  Some sample topics include:

Loon natural history & research

Floating Classroom Watershed Science

Healthy Watersheds

Wetland Ecology

Winter Ecology

Diadromous fish

Invasive species

                                                             MDI Wildlife

Somesville’s Historical Mills and Dams

For more information please contact Billy Helprin at (207) 460-9390 or email somesmeynell@gmail.com