Eco Resource Center
At our center in Belfast, we provide an inspiring physical space for environmental work, including office space (via The Office Co-Working), meeting and presentation space, and more.

Eco Reading Room
Free assistance in locating books and online resources to match your interest or area of study. Please schedule a time by contacting us. A list of all available library resources is available in our reading room, or you may request the list as a spreadsheet attachment.


Our center has a library of books available to read or borrow in the following topic areas:

  • Ecological Restoration: A wide range of technical resources available in this area
  • Invasive Plants
  • Botany and Natural History of New England
  • Ecological Landscaping, Land Management and Gardening
  • Wetlands Restoration
  • Field Guides: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Plants, Insects
  • Texts: Biology, Ecology, Plant Biology, Conservation Biology, Hydrology, Environmental Science
  • Wetlands: Tidal, Freshwater, Vernal Pools, Streams
  • Forestry, Urban Forestry, Woodlot Management
  • Trails Development
  • Landscape Design
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Environmental Education
  • Environmental Philosophy
  • Environmental and Science History
  • Statistics
  • Proposal writing
  • Current environmental writing
Featured Books:

The Green Garden by Ellen Sousa
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This beautiful and highly readable guide to ecological gardening and landscaping is one of the best overviews of the topic. The Green Garden is a great way to start learning how to make your yard and garden beautiful, chemical free, as well as a great place for wildlife and plants. Packed with excellent photos and useful planting lists.
Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy
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As Doug Tallamy eloquently explains, everyone can welcome more wildlife into their yard just by planting native plants. With facinating explanations of why and how native plants are vital in our landscape, Doug Tallamy provides a manifesto for ecological landscaping. This book is also a good way to begin appreciating the beauty and intriguing behaviors of insects…even if you have never been very fond of bugs.
Native Plants for your Maine Garden 
by Maureen Heffernan
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If ever there was a brief, perfect guide to just what will grow well and look beautiful in our challenging climate, this little book is it.

The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher by Robert Burton and Stephen Kress
Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens
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An informative and comprehensive guide to the world of birds in your yard—brought vividly to life by more than 1000 spectacular color photographs.
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast by Carol Gracie
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This is one of those rare botanical books that is not primarily a field guide, but provides a marvelous natural history of many spring flowers.

Urban and Suburban Meadows by Catherine Zimmerman
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A how-to guide on creating an open space that is diverse, beautiful habitat and not a patch of mowed weeds.