August 31, 2023
MCHT Steward Trevor Herrick offers his thanks! Marshall Island is a massive undeveloped gem on the coast of Maine and it sparkles a little brighter today thanks to a hardworking group of people. On August 24th, 2023, 40 people joined together on the most idyllic late summer day to network, picnic, compile bags of trash, […]
August 18, 2023
By 2023 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Joshua Berry Hello, my name is Joshua Berry, and I am a recent graduate from the University of Maine. I majored in wildlife ecology with a concentration in wildlife management. I first learned about Maine Coast Heritage Trust last summer when I had the opportunity to volunteer […]
August 3, 2023
By MCHT steward Caitlin Gerber When we go down to the low-tide line, we enter a world that is as old as the earth itself—the primeval meeting place of the elements of earth and water, a place of compromise and conflict and eternal change. — Rachel Carson, Edge of the Sea When Maine Coast Heritage […]
April 21, 2023
Nature Bummin’ with MCHT Steward Kirk Gentalen A nice thing about writing a monthly nature blog is that in any month there are a gagillion topics to write about. At times it can be hard to pick just one thing to focus on. And so, often I find myself with two, three, or even four […]
March 28, 2023
By MCHT Land Steward Kirk Gentalen Land conservation is about so much more than views and human access trails—though we do love those! When Maine Coast Heritage Trust protects land, we protect wildlife habitat for all kinds of plants and animals. And of all the habitat I have visited on MCHT protected lands, vernal pools are […]
March 16, 2023
Nature Bummin’ with MCHT Steward Kirk Gentalen All dates mentioned in this post are based on personal observation and may change by days or even up to weeks depending on the year. It’s nature, not everything is etched in stone. Blood itself is a track. But we’ll get to that in a bit. Let’s start […]
March 13, 2023
These days at Maine Coast Heritage Trust, climate change factors into most decisions we make about how we conserve land. To ensure our work has the greatest impact, we’ve launched special initiatives to protect and restore some of our coast’s most vital and resilient habitat types, coastal rivers and tidal marshes. We’ve been involved in […]
March 13, 2023
Updated: April 2025 A major contributor to climate change is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Thankfully, trees, plants, and soils can draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and respirate out oxygen. (That’s one of the many reasons why we love them so much!) As farmers, we’re particularly focused on regenerative agriculture, and making our […]
February 21, 2023
Nature Bummin’ with MCHT Steward Kirk Gentalen So, January ’23 has come and gone, and February announced its presence with authority by providing a fierce chill that sent me and my son off the ice and to the movies (“Knock at the cabin”—wonderfully uplifting movie). Now, with the first half of winter being just about […]
February 21, 2023
Updated: 6/16/2025 Enock Glidden grew up in Patten, Maine, in a log cabin built by family and friends, surrounded by horses and many acres of woods. He spent countless hours among the trees, pushing his wheelchair as far as it could go, then getting out of it and crawling, dragging his wheelchair behind him. “I’ve […]
