Conservation and Stewardship
Wells Reserve resource specialists manage about 500 acres (2.0 km2) representing many habitats that support an impressive flora and fauna. Acting as a model site for stewardship, methods of active management employed at the Wells Reserve include:
- controlling invasive plant species
- maintaining and creating shrublands as wildlife habitat
- protecting rare plants and endangered animals
- maintaining fields for grassland nesting birds
- managing an over-abundant deer population
The Wells Reserve also involves communities in conservation by providing mapping services, technical assistance, training programs, and conservation data useful for the protection and care of land and water resources.
Read more about this topic: Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
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“A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
—Aristide Briand (1862–1932)