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Peatland Seeps in Northwest Colorado

Special guest writer edition By Grant McKown My crew and I were expecting a nice graminoid meadow – one that had been flooded early on in the spring but now dry in early July – with dry, firm soil within a larger vegetative drainage outside Dinosaur National Monument. But within a few hours of sampling…

Brownfield Bog

What’s out there? The Major Gregory Sanborn Wildlife Management Area (WMA), previously the Brownfield Bog WMA, is managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) for waterfowl and upland game. The WMA is primarily characterized by floodplain wetlands of the Saco river, but in the higher and drier areas, a rare pitch-pine…

Paddling Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

But First… Science! And Some History. Swamps, marshes, fens, and bogs. All wetlands, but each name indicates a unique combination of water chemistry, hydrology, and the bacteria and plants that can grow in them. It’s important to have a diversity of wetlands in order to support the unique organisms that have adapted to live in…

Bogs on the Cape

Pre-bogventures and local intrigue of Sandwich, Massachusetts On a Saturday afternoon in mid-October, I got in my car and headed south for Sandwich, MA. The three-hour drive from Portland put me on the Cape at 4:30 pm, leaving me about two hours of daylight when I arrived at the Treehouse Brewing Company parking lot abutting…

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Hi, I’m Sarah! I became interested in bogs during a field trip with my freshwater ecology class in college. Since then, I’ve traveled all over the U.S. in the pursuit of a career in environmental science. My many odd jobs and master’s degree finally landed me in Portland, ME where I am surrounded by New England’s iconic glaciated landscape which bears an abundance of bogs. I started this blog to share my experiences with you and to hopefully inspire your own bogventures!

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