Stories and Updates from the Coast Fall 2022 Midcoast Edition

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Stories and Updates from the Coast 2022 Midcoast

Erickson apprentice Olivia Caron (left) and Aldermere apprentice Mimi Rebein (right) work together to build a curriculum for youth that expands their knowledge beyond just one farm.

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.

In Memoriam: Peter P. Blanchard III

Birth of a New Era at Aldermere Farm and Erickson Fields

Nature Bummin’ with Kirk Gentalen

Every month, Midcoast land steward Kirk Gentalen shares a story about what he’s been seeing in and around his back yard and on the job for Maine Coast Heritage Trust. He photographs and writes about everything from otters to flowers to mushrooms to birds, packing facts and laughs together in a column that’s truly one of a kind.

Now you can sign up to get Nature Bummin’ delivered right to your inbox. Every time he writes a blog (which is about once a month), we’ll send it your wa

In Brief

Trail by Trail, a More Accessible Maine

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

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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

Zhenya Mikha, Teen Ag Crew Alum

Zhenya Mikha started participating in Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s Teen Ag Program at Erickson Fields Preserve in Rockport in the summer of 2020, became a Leader in the program in 2021 and in the spring of 2022. She plans to attend college in Maine and study ecology and psychology.

What about conservation interests you?

So much land is depleting, and we’re losing an incredible amount of animals. Even thinking about all the species that have been depleted in my lifetime… it’s so sad. Plus, I’ve always been an animals nerd. I love my dog, and I also love learning about all kinds of animals—whale, rhinos, reptiles are really interesting.

Name that MCHT Preserve

Some hints…

This island preserve is only half a mile from the Owls Head mainland.

At the northern tip of the island are the remains of a former US Naval range tower used to assess speeds of Navy ships.

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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