Walsh Preserve
Directions
From Route 1 turn onto Old county Road and go on a bridge over I-295. Take Old County Road for 0.9 miles and the parking lot will be on your left. There is a parking area you can park in at the trailhead.
Walsh: Protecting Habitat and Providing Public Access
Freeport Conservation Trust, Royal River Conservation Trust, and Maine Coast Heritage Trust strategic collaboration to conserve the Cousins River salt marsh and upland habitat
These three organizations are working together to specifically conserve to critical parcels, 82 acres in Yarmouth and 13 acres in Freeport (Marsh Preserve). Over the preceding decades, FCT has conserved 180 in twelve parcels along Cousins River north of I-295.
The Cousins River and bordering saltwater marshes make up an ecologically rich tidal area, hosting a diversity of fish and serving as habitat for rare saltmarsh sparrows and other birds. Because of its extensive undeveloped shoreline and the large acreage of marsh, the Cousins River ecosystem has been identified as adaptable to the impact of rising sea levels. Conserving the tidal marsh and adjacent uplands will sustain the viability of this important coastal habitat.
