The Scarborough Land Trust is part of the Momentum Conservation Collaborative Climate Change Observatory Network, a photo monitoring program designed to work with environmental conservation organizations and communities to assist with the observation, measurement, and documentation of long-term climate change trends.

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 Fuller Farm is a retired mixed-agricultural site with multiple stages of mixed forest regeneration, a hayfield that is currently managed for Bobolink and wetland habitat, and a spring water fall that feeds the Nonesuch River. The Observatory is positioned on the bridge above this waterfall, facing downstream. The intention is to capture changes in flow as seasonal shifts, droughts, and storm events change through time. 

In 2001, SLT purchased the 150-acre Fuller Farm property from the Fuller family.  For almost 100 years, Fuller Farm had been farmed for crops, livestock and hay.  We purchased an additional 30-acre abutting property from Blue Rock Industries. Previously, we had received an abutting 40-acre parcel donated by Priscilla Dunn in 1997 as part of the Dunn Estates development.  The Fuller Farm, Blue Rock and Dunn Estates properties are managed together as Fuller Farm Preserve and total 220 acres.



Fuller Farm Preserve

Blue Point Preserve permanently protects about 800 feet of frontage along Scarborough Marsh, the largest salt marsh in Maine. As sea level rises, a freshwater wetland on the property will allow for salt marsh expansion when formerly tidal areas become permanently flooded. Blue Point Preserve was formerly an abandoned housing project before SLT acquired it. There is a quiet and gentle loop trail that crosses through early succession woodland before leading to the overlook of Scarborough Marsh. This Observatory is near the bench that overlooks the marsh. The intention is to collect tidal and species variation over time.

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Blue Point Preserve

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