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• University of Maine Cooperative Extension Habitat Stewards Program
• LA Trails
• Healthy Androscoggin
• Stanton Bird Club
• Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission

Habitat Stewards^TM Program in Fall 2008

Habitat Stewards™ is a volunteer program of the National Wildlife Federation® and, in Maine, is a joint effort with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Habitat Stewards help improve wildlife habitat in their communities by spending 30 hours on related volunteer activities in exchange for 30 hours of training by conservation experts. All classes are held at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Androscoggin-Sagadahoc Counties office in Lisbon Falls at 24 Main Street, or in the local area, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., on alternate Saturdays, September 13 & 27, October 11 & 25, November 8 & 22, 2008. Cost for the program is $75. We are accepting applications from now until August 15, 2008. For more information and an application packet, please contact Nancy Coverstone, Extension Educator, ncstone@umext.maine.edu, 353-5550 or 1-800-287-1458 (in Maine only). For more details, and education resources, go to www.extension.umaine.edu/habitatstewards

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