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Wells Reserve, Maine
Wells Bay Reserve view
Location: The reserve is located on Laudholm Farm Road off U.S. Route 1 in Wells.

Total Acreage: 2,250

Designation: 1986

Lead State Agency:
Reserve Management Authority

Mailing Address:
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
342 Laudholm Farm Road Wells, ME 04090

Phone: 207-646-1555
Wells Reserve protects fields, forests, freshwater wetlands, salt marsh and sandy beach on the densely populated southern coast of Maine. The reserve's diverse habitats support a broad variety of plants and animals, including rare species such as least terns, piping plovers, and slender blue flag iris.

Reserve facilities are situated at historic Laudholm Farm and its activities are supported in part by Laudholm Trust, a nonprofit organization formed in 1982 to protect Laudholm Farm.

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Wells Reserve's
local Web site is
www.wellsreserve.org.

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