LISBON FALLS – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering Habitat StewardsTM, a volunteer education program, on six alternate Saturdays: Sept. 8 and 22, Oct. 6 and 20, and Nov. 3 and 17. Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Androscoggin-Sagadahoc Counties Extension office in Lisbon Falls.

Participants will learn how to create and manage habitat for wildlife in yards and other places in the settled landscape. In return for 30 hours of training, plus homework, participants must volunteer 30 hours to coach others or to do a service project with a nonprofit. Topics include wildlife survival needs, habitat components and management principles, native plant species and designing the home landscape as wildlife habitat.

Class size is limited and applications must be received by Aug. 9. Program fee is $75. Habitat StewardsTM is a volunteer program of the National Wildlife Federation and, in Maine, is a joint effort with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. For information and an application form, contact the Extension Office at 1-800-287-1458 or 24 Main Street, Lisbon Falls, ME 04252.