In the Spring of 2022, Acorn Engineering was chosen to be part of the team enlisted to assist Maine Audubon’s master planning efforts across four sanctuaries throughout the State. After a series of roundtable discussions with design charettes, pricing exercises, and site visits and robust coordination with Staff, the master plans for each sanctuary were developed and presented to the Board of Directors and were subsequently approved.
Over the course of 2023, Maine Audubon’s fundraising efforts took place, setting the stage for a phased approach to the implementation of the master plans. As part of Phase I, the design focus has been on the Headquarters location at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth with some ancillary design work at the Fields Pond sanctuary in Orrington, serving the Eastern and Central Maine populations. This work commenced in the Spring of 2025. Additional work for Orrington and Scarborough facilities will advance shortly with the remaining phases to occur in future years.
