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GARDINER — Dedicated to restoring sea-run fish passage and ecological health to Cobbossee Stream, Upstream will host a free family workshop on fish, freedom and the settling of the state of Maines by painting a wooden fish for exhibit in Gardiner.
The goal is 200 cheerful fish for Maine’s 200th birthday. The event will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Children’s Room, Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St. A subsequent workshop will be held Thursday, March 12, in the library’s Reading Room.
Early European settlers sailed to Maine to harvest abundant natural resources from the forest and the sea providing food, shelter and a livelihood to early colonial settlers, notes Upstream President Tina Wood. This vibrant economy contributed to Maine’s statehood 200 years ago, when native fish were an integral part of everyday life from the millions of cod and haddock pulled from the clean, cold productive waters of the Gulf of Maine to the every spring return of millions of sea-run fish to the inland rivers, lakes and ponds. Learn about this abundance and create a bicentennial fish to celebrate a most exciting birthday.
To schedule a Bicentennial Fish event, call 207-582-0213 or email upstreamcobbossee@gmail.com
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