Stories and Updates from the Coast Fall 2022 Coast Wide Edition

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Stories and Updates from the Coast 2022 Coast Wide

nock Glidden enjoys Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s accessible trail at Bog Brook Cove Preserve in Cutler and Trescott, which he reviewed for Maine Trail Finder.

From the President and CEO

Love of Place

My first six months at Maine Coast Heritage Trust have flown by, and I continue to be impressed and inspired by the dedication, expertise, and teamwork I see among my colleagues and within our broader network of partners and supporters.

At any given time, MCHT staff are working on dozens of projects around the state. Each one involves people from up and down the coast who represent a wide range of professional backgrounds, political persuasions, and life experiences, all coming together in support of a shared goal. Every day at MCHT, I witness this love of place for Maine and the collaboration that it engenders.

Trail by Trail, a More Accessible Maine

Enock Glidden is helping Maine land trusts make their trails more accessible.

Saving Maine Marshes

In Memoriam: Peter P. Blanchard III

Birth of a New Era at Aldermere Farm and Erickson Fields

A local school bus pulls up to Aldermere Farm, hisses to a stop, and a handful of kids race down to the barnyard. These kids know: if they see Heidi Baker, general manager, waving her hands, putting a finger to her lips, and pointing to a ladder, it’s going to be a special day. One […]

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Cherished Land Becomes an Open Classroom

Imagine your classroom isn’t just a room with four walls but a mossy coniferous forest, salt marsh, and epic granite outcropping overlooking a winding tidal creek and the hills of Acadia. The students of The Community School of Mount Desert Island (TCS) have been so lucky, thanks in part to the generosity of a landowner […]

Downeast Marsh Restoration Provides Insights for Other Land Trusts

On a drizzly morning in June, a group of Maine Coast Heritage Trust stewards, marsh scientists, and restoration specialists met at the Old Pond Preserve trailhead in Hancock, where they spent the day in knee-high boots exploring the salt marsh and learning all they could about how it’s functioning—or, rather, not functioning as well as […]

In My Words

Maggie Cozens, Southern Maine Outreach Coordinator

Earlier in 2022, Maine Coast Heritage Trust welcomed two dedicated outreach specialists to the Stewardship Department who will be leading outings, managing MCHT programs, and partnering with other organizations to connect people to the land. Welcome, Maggie (and Renee)!

How did you know this was the job for you?

Connecting people and place is something that’s always interested me, and I think it’s at the heart of addressing environmental and societal issues.

Name that MCHT Preserve

Some hints…

It encompasses two islands located 3.5 miles south of Bass Harbor in the town of Frenchboro.

At the turn of the 20th century, this island was home to about 50 year-round residents practicing subsistence farming, logging the island’s forests, and fishing in the surrounding waters.

Find the answer

Thanks to our Donors

Everything you read about here is possible thanks to MCHT donors and supporters. Thank you for all you do for the Maine coast.

Have you made your gift to MCHT this year? If not, give today, and keep up the good work for the coast.

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