BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 12, 2022
Alumni of a heralded Down East field station that shut down seven years ago have banded together to reopen the property this spring as a nonprofit nature educational center. The Center for Ecological Teaching and Learning will start its first season of educational programs next week after buying the Robert S. Friedman Field Station on the shores of Cobscook Bay from Suffolk University in 2020. The center, founded by a group of teachers and students who had previously studied at the field station, aims to promote responsible land stewardship and immersive ecosystem system learning.