February 5, 2026
In Perry, a walk through 92-acre Sipp Bay Preserve got a little easier thanks to members of the Ancestral Lands Trail Crew, a program of Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS). Alongside Maine Coast Heritage Trust Regional Land Steward Kyle Koch, the trail crew rerouted 1,000 feet of trail, hardened areas with gravel, and addressed drainage […]
August 19, 2025
By Emma Righter For Emma Righter, an intern with the Scarborough Land Trust, supporting a blue crab monitoring study has been one of the most enjoyable parts of her summer. In early June, I found myself unexpectedly traipsing through the Scarborough Marsh—the largest contiguous salt marsh in the state—with a backpack full of fish. Our […]
August 18, 2025
By MCHT Nature Bum and Steward Kirk Gentalen Nature is full of hidden worlds, waiting to be discovered. Some are visible to the naked eye—like the lichen clinging to a rock or the bark of a tree. Others, too small or just out of sight, require special tools to be seen. Still, the influence of […]
June 26, 2025
Nature Bummin’ with MCHT Steward Kirk Gentalen I’ll say it again—like a broken record—in my experience, all nature observation is a form of tracking. The Trouble with “Tracking” When most folks hear “tracking,” they picture big, bold footprints in snow, mud, or dirt—likely left by some majestic megafauna. And there’s no shame in that! Snowy […]
March 19, 2025
By MCHT Land Steward Kirk Gentalen Every winter is different, but some winters are a little more different than others. For the last four to five years, the chatter around Midcoast Maine has been, “This wasn’t a real winter.” The consensus usually came from a lack of snow, cold days, and—let’s be honest—a big lack […]
March 13, 2025
Based out of MCHT’s Downeast Field Office in Whiting, Cathy Lookabaugh works as MCHT’s Community Outreach Manager for Washington County. Before starting this position in 2024, Cathy worked for about five years as the Education and Outreach Director with the Downeast Coastal Conservancy in Machias. Can you please describe your position? What does it mean […]
February 26, 2025
Aaron Englander, Associate Director of Stewardship at Aldermere Farm and Erickson Fields, joined MCHT as the Erickson Fields Farm and Program Manager in 2014. In 2023, he stepped into his current role as Associate Director, leading the successful completion of a $4.4 million capital campaign that will expand the growth and impact of these working […]
January 28, 2025
Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s Midcoast Regional Stewardship Manager and author of Nature Bummin’ Kirk Gentalen was recently featured in Birdwatcher’s Digest! His article, “Dots on the Rocks: Purple Sandpipers,” highlights his experiences with and musings on these winter shorebirds, along with some of his fantastic wildlife photography. Read the beginning of Kirk’s piece below for […]
December 10, 2024
A career conservationist on why he decided to make a legacy gift to Maine Coast Heritage Trust What are some of your first experiences of Maine? One of my earliest memories is from a trip I took with my family out to Whitehead Island in Muscle Ridge. That was the first time I smelled the […]
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 […]
