A free technical training workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 24, at Camp Bryant Pond, 17 Lakeside Drive. Another training will take place on Monday, April 30, at the Avon Town Office, 1116 Rangeley Road, Avon.

The workshops will focus on the proper installation and maintenance of road/stream crossing structures to prevent erosion and to enhance water quality and fish passage.

The workshops will also include forest management strategies to benefit a variety of birds and other wildlife.

The training, hosted by Maine Audubon, in partnership with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Maine Forest Service (MFS), will start with registration at 9:30 a.m. and a classroom session at 10, then move outside and break for a “bring-your-own” brown bag lunch and discussion.

After lunch, workshop attendees will visit several local field training sites to look at real crossing structures and forest habitat settings. The workshop will conclude at 2:30 p.m.

Landowners, including woodlot and camp owners as well as lake and road association members, road construction contractors, loggers, foresters and forestland managers, will benefit from attending the free workshop.

Others interested in habitat connectivity, stream restoration, fisheries management and forestry for Maine birds are encouraged to participate. Continuing education credits are available for licensed foresters.

The workshop is free, but space is limited. To register, contact Annica McGuirk at amcguirk@maineaudubon.org or call 207-781-2330, ext. 219.

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