About the Scotland Brook Sanctuary Scotland Brook Sanctuary supports a large variety of flora and fauna. An as-yet incomplete inventory of animal life has tallied 22 species of mammals including moose, black bear, whitetail deer, porcupine, and the secretive fisher. Beavers move in and out of the area as their food sources become abundant or scarce. Scotland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary owes its existence to the generosity of several people. The Scotland School, Inc. generously established a small endowment fund, which helps to defray management costs for the sanctuary.
Any contributions are welcome.
The Scotland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary is certainly not wilderness. . . But though the land has been abandoned for some time now, it has never stopped growing. . . Even where part of the property was heavily cut over for timber in the early 1970's, a dense understory of mixed hardwoods has softened the scars left by logging and now provides a good place to watch ruffed grouse hens brooding their young or a cow moose browsing on red maple saplings. Keep the former tenants and their practices in mind as you walk these trails. Evidence of their struggle to tame the forest still abounds.