Water Quality
Woodbury Brackett Environmental Center
Home of the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
Situated on the shoreline of Lake Auburn, the two acre Woodbury Brackett Environmental Center offers many opportunities to demonstrate lake-friendly conservation practices for the public. The VLMP is developing a “Lakes Campus,” in accordance with the wishes of the late Barbara Brackett, who stipulated that her former home should be used to benefit the environment. The Campus will be a comprehensive facility that focuses on all aspects of Maine lakes, including volunteer monitoring, environmental education and research, public outreach, and the demonstration of land owner conservation practices to protect lake water quality from the effects of watershed development.
Brackett Center History
1946: Woodbury & Barbara Brackett build their house on the shoreline of Lake Auburn incorporating features from a historic Cape Elizabeth home.
2002: Barbara Brackett bequeaths her home and property to the Auburn Water District, with the provision that the property be used for environmental education.
2003: VLMP leases the building and property, and establishes the Brackett Environmental Center.
2010: The VLMP purchases the Brackett Center to create a permanent training center for volunteer lake monitors.
Present: We ask for your support of the VLMP’s purchase and development of the Brackett Environmental Center. Through your donation to the Brackett CenterBuilding Campaign, you will help to create a legacy for Maine’s lakes.
Maine Lakes Campus
The Lakes Campus at the Brackett Center includes a library, a conference room and classrooms, offices for staff, a beautiful screened meeting room that overlooks Lake Auburn, and storage facilities for equipment and vehicles. The Brackett Center is being landscaped to attract birds and wildlife, in addition to protecting water quality.
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
vlmp@mainevlmp.org
24 Maple Hill Road, Auburn, ME 04210
(207) 783-7733
www.MaineVolunteerLakeMonitors.org
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