July 22, 2025
At Mount Desert Island (MDI), where Maine Coast Heritage Trust is the local land trust, one gem that we’re proud to protect is Stone Barn Farm—one of the island’s most beloved and best-known historical landmarks. Characterized by hayfields, grazing sheep, fruiting trees and nesting birds, it is simultaneously a place of natural beauty, a gathering […]
August 26, 2024
By Cathy Lookabaugh, MCHT’s Washington County Community Outreach Manager What makes a landscape? Is it the wind of a river, the wildlife that calls it home, or the sometimes-unseen connections between water, soil, and life? This August, a group of curious young explorers set out to find the answers at Watershed Camp, hosted by Maine […]
February 29, 2024
February 2024 – The Mills administration recently announced Sears Island as the preferred location for an offshore wind hub to facilitate deepwater ocean wind energy development in the Gulf of Maine. Decades ago, Sears Island was acquired by the Maine Department of Transportation to support marine transportation as part of the state’s three-port strategy. In […]
November 1, 2023
In my words Angela Twitchell Land Trust Program Director While serving as Executive Director of Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Angela worked with MCHT on the effort to conserve Woodward Point in Brunswick, a preserve now cared for by both organizations. Angela Twitchell grew up with a unique perspective on Maine. Her father’s family business—Twitchell’s Airport in […]
November 1, 2023
Friends of MCHT share their work and stories Communities across Maine cite lack of affordable housing as a primary concern. MCHT is working with partners, like Island Housing Trust, to help address the issue while preserving wildlife habitat, clean water, working waterfronts, and places for people to be in nature. Island Housing Trust Island Housing […]
