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Indians Last Leap Geologic Rumblings Created Indian’s Last Leap By Kevin McKeon, Director of the Mousam Way Land Trust Arguably Sanford’s most beautiful footpath along its extensive trail system, Mousam Way North offers parking at the Stanley Road trailhead, from which a 900-foot, well-marked trail leads to Indian’s Last Leap. We’ve heard many variations of the legend, but this is the geologic origin story. About 395 million years ago, a huge ocean covered the land, from which a clay-rich sediment…
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The Meadow at McKeon Reserve Photo: Kevin McKeon An Unbeatable Autumn Bloom for Pollinators By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist The roadsides and fields of Sanford are lighting up with the bright yellow stalks of Solidago, or goldenrod, which blooms from August through fall. The goldenrod, or goldenrods, plural, is the common name for 19 species. They are a type of aster. Legend has it that the two flowers were once girls who went to a witch to grant their…
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Out In the Woods… A Keystone Species Benefits the Landscape in Many Ways

Canada geese and a beaver lodge are visible from the old Hobbs Mill at the foot of an impoundment of the Great Works River. The surrounding lands were conserved in a deal that allowed solar development at the airport. Photo: Kevin McKeon By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist To learn about beaver behavior, scientists once placed a domesticated beaver and some sticks in an isolated space, then from behind a wall, piped in the sounds of running water. The beaver…
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Out in the Woods With… The Incredible Beaver

November “Beaver” Moon… peak beaver activity time Picture Credit: NASA, GETTY By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist Within the Hall Environmental Reserve in Springvale sits Deering Pond. Its waters and beaver dams create a vibrant wetland habitat. During a recent beaver survey with a game warden, this writer was told that molesting an active beaver dam or lodge should not be done for various reasons. Only a trained professional can assess both the volume of dam-impounded water and the potential…
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