PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 1, 2025
Around 170 Midcoast fourth graders spent the day out of the classroom, getting some hands-on learning at the Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area in Bowdoinham on Tuesday, as part of an educational day hosted by the Friends of Merrymeeting Bay. Fall Bay Day featured around 13 educational stations focused on a range of activities, including archaeology, conservation canines, fish migration, bugs, bird banding and wildlife rehabilitation. The archaeological site is a historic location adjacent to a cellar remains of an old farm building, where students unearthed remnants of old nails, brick and glass left behind from the few settlements on the site during the 1700s to 1800s. Each station ties back to Merrymeeting Bay.