TRC - Teachers' Resource Center

The Teachers' Resource Center (TRC) is a lending library providing educators with environmental education materials for classroom and outdoor use. Located in the Gilsland Farm Environmental Center in Falmouth, the TRC has over 1800 multidisciplinary resources covering a variety of topics.

Resources include:

• Taxidermy mounts, including mammals and birds
• Educator programs and learning opportunities, including:
  • Teaching About Maine Birds
  • Schoolyard Learning
  • Project WET, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree
  • Common Loons in the Classroom
• Custom educator programs for groups (call to inquire)

Download and print resource brochure

TRC Subscription Information

The TRC lending library is available to anyone including: teachers, parents, scout leaders, and environmental educators.

To purchase a subscription, mail information with payment to: Maine Audubon TRC, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, ME 04105. Include your name, email address, school name and mailing address, and indicate the amount paid. Please make checks payable to Maine Audubon.

Subscription Rates
$15 per year -- Maine Audubon Members
$20 per year -- Nonmember Individuals
$40 per year -- School or Organization

Online Resources

For a virtual field trip through a Maine salt marsh, including detailed identification tips on the plants and wildlife you might find there, visit Robert Zottoli's excellent Field Trip to a New England Salt Marsh site.

Dr. Zottoli is working on more online guides to other New England habitats - check back here soon.