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Contact us at our year-round office

Boy meets tree at fbes
This watercolor depicts our year-round office, built utilizing green building techniques and materials, showcases natural landscaping, permaculture, and a solar array.


About Us:
Ferry Beach Ecology School is operated by Ecology Education, Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit established in 1998. We have a ful-time staff of five which is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors which includes:

Ecology Education, Inc. Board Members

  • Mike Hansen, (President) Classroom Teacher and Environmental Educator - Cambridge, MA
  • Ken Barber, (Past President) Assistant Vice President, UNUM - Cape Elizabeth, ME
  • Steve Grindle, Esq., (Secretary) Partner of Grindle, Robinson, Goodhue & Frolin - Cambridge, MA
  • Susan Gentile, Professor at Antioch University New England - Northfield, MA
  • Marc Lavoie, (Treasurer) Application Manager in HR & Finance (Technology) TD Banknorth - Windham, ME
  • Kelly Towle, Environmental Educator, Maine Audubon - Falmouth, ME
  • Corey Hascall, Public Relations Consultant, Barton & Gingold -Portland, ME
  • Maggie Daigle, Marketing & PR Consultant, Former Community Relations Director, Active Community Member - Portland, ME
  • Mary Martin, Retired Maine Principal- Mechanic Falls, ME
  • Drew Dumsch, (Clerk), Executive Director, Ecology Education, Inc.Saco, ME

    Each spring and fall, FBES hires a staff of 15 naturalists who live and teach at our coastal campus on Ferry Beach, Saco, Maine.

For a printable map and directions to our campus see our Directions page.

 
 

 

PHONE: (207) 283-9951

MAIL:
Ferry Beach Ecology School
8 Morris Ave, Building One
Saco, ME 04072

EMAIL INQUIRIES
Administraitive emails are the first name of the person you are trying to contact @fbes.org.

For booking schools:
Drew Dumsch,
Executive Director

For media and fundraising:
Maureen Duggan,
Associate Director
Cell: (207) 239-7094

For logistic, health or other questions about Residential programs:
Alexandra Grindle, Residential Program Director

For Outreach programs (field trips, school visits, camps, workshops, and multi-year programs):
Meg Edstrom,
Outreach Director

For Food For Thought project or garden volunteering opportunities:
John Ibsen,
Assistant Director

To contact our web/graphic designer:
Krysta Zambroski,
Program Naturalist

FAX: (207) 283-4465

WEBSITE www.fbes.org

Email:firstname@fbes.org