The GapTracks Project

The GapTracks Project Documenting the wildlife community in the GAP of the Eastern Trail and Nonesuch River before, during and after trail construction.

This project is run by Dr. Noah Perlut and his students in the School of Marine and Environmental Programs, University of New England. They use remote cameras to study the wildlife community along the GAP section of the Eastern Trail and Nonesuch River—evaluating the current wildlife community (begun in Feb 2017), the community during trail construction, and the community after trail construction

. This section is highly relevant to the ecology of Scarborough Marsh because it includes important headwaters of the Nonesuch River and its adjacent forest serves as a movement corridor for mammals, amphibians and birds. The goals of this project are to 1) document what wildlife use the trail and forest corridor that parallels the trail, 2) to see if and how this wildlife community is impacted by the trail extension project, 3) identify human use of the trail and surrounding area and associated changes in it, and 4) use this information to inform management decisions by relevant stakeholders. The project is funded by the Friends of Scarborough Marsh and the University of New England, and supported by the Eastern Trail Alliance, Town of Scarborough and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.

Opening day for the trail extension is eminent!! So incredibly exciting. Our cameras have fresh batteries and are ready ...
07/23/2026

Opening day for the trail extension is eminent!! So incredibly exciting. Our cameras have fresh batteries and are ready to go. Amazing work Town of Scarborough, Maine and The Eastern Trail!

04/03/2026

December sparing practice between a button buck born that spring and a one year older buck. Teaching the young fellas how to compete.

03/31/2026

5 BEAUTIES

03/30/2026

Up close and personal!

03/27/2026

Fittingly noted by a GapTracks researcher--"Check out this sassy doe stomping her feet."

03/25/2026

Remarkably little is known about fishers--admittadly difficult to see, this video shows a fisher pair moving through the GapTracks landscape together on Feb 26. One behavior that is well known--but poorly understood--is that fisher LOVE to saunter across logs, as seen in this video.

03/23/2026

Another view of this sweet coyote pair. Den must be nearby!

03/22/2026

Coyote pair out for a jog on the new Eastern Trail

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Eastern Trail
Biddeford, ME
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