Explore Vernal Pools
Date: April 15, 2025
Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Location: Belfast Free Library, Abbott Room on the ground floor
Explore Vernal Pools and Maine “Big Night” with Gabrielle Brodek, 4-H Professional, University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Washington County.
Join us in exploring one of the most spectacular signs of spring…vernal pools! Seasonal spring pools are essential for the wellness of many critters and the forest ecosystem, but as the name implies, they are not here for long. Youth will build a model of a vernal pool to discover how these pools develop over time and play a game to learn what outside factors influence these sensitive ecosystems.
For more information or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Karen Giles at The Waldo County Cooperative Extension office at 207.342.5971 or karen.giles@maine.edu.