Stewardship & Conservation

Stewardship

The Wells Reserve landscape is a model for resource stewardship, with several hundred acres managed for fish and wildlife habitat. Among the management activities at the Wells Reserve are:

• controlling invasive plant species
• maintaining and creating shrublands as wildlife habitat
• protecting rare plants and endangered animals
• maintaining fields for grassland nesting birds
• surveying wildlife populations
• restoring salt marsh habitats

Conservation

The Wells Reserve involves communities in conserving land and water resources by providing mapping data and services, training programs, and technical assistance coastal training to its conservation partners.