Casco Bay Estuary Partnership recently announced its 2024 Casco Bay Community Grants awards recipients, which include three Midcoast-based organizations. The Community Grants program supports new partnerships and innovative projects that engage communities with Casco Bay and its watershed. CBEP received 10 proposals totaling over $65,000 from schools, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations and community groups. This […]
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Commentary: Conservation can help nature weather forces of change in Maine
A plan to set aside 3,000 acres of forested land in Piscataquis County will protect wildlife, jobs, recreation and more.
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Bethel land trust connecting people with their own backyards
The Mahoosuc Land Trust is using gardening as a way to encourage conservationism.
Posted inTimes Record
Georgetown groups and KELT host talk on local marshes
Georgetown Historical Society, Georgetown Conservation Commission and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust are co-hosting a talk focused on Georgetown’s marshes at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. This free program is focused on the history of marsh management, how that translates to the way marshes look today and how restoration work today takes that history into […]
Posted inTimes Record
First volunteer training for community science project is Tuesday
Schoodic Institute, of Winter Harbor, and Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, of Bath, are hosting training for volunteers to help monitor rockweed on the Maine coast.
Posted inTimes Record
Land trust network announces first live conference event since pandemic
Topsham-based Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization, recently announced that the Maine Land Trust Network 2023 Maine Land Conservation Conference will culminate in a live gathering on May 3 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, where the recipient of the annual Espy Land Heritage Award will be announced and where MCHT’s new […]
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Group announces 260 acres of Pittston land now preserved as ‘forever wild’
The land was donated to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, which said the ‘Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve’ contains a freshwater tidal zone and a mature forest that appears to have not been logged for many decades.
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Society Notebook: Scarborough Land Trust names Eddie Woodin Conservationist of the Year
The land trust has conserved more than 1,600 acres.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Falmouth Land Trust plans 40th anniversary celebration
Falmouth Land Trust will host a 40th anniversary celebration, “Forty Fest,” May 22 at Tidewater Farm. The celebration will include live music by the Susan Gerry Trio, food donated by Town Landing Market and Rivalries, activities for children and the debut of a mini-documentary about the land trust. The event will be held from 2-5 […]
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Maine Voices: Land trusts’ practices raise unanswered questions
Fire hazard, municipal oversight and the impact on landowners who are not tax-exempt are among the issues that need to be explored.