Land Stewardship

Summer Shrooms

Just add water, and mushrooms arrive in full force—even in the generally hot and dry summer months.

Drowsy Dragonflies on Hot Summer Days

These hot midsummer days aren’t good for much except swimming, lemonade sipping, and dragonfly spotting.

A Geography Student Expands Her Horizons

MCHT Conservation Intern Dianna Farrell puts her Geographic Information Systems (GIS) skills to work for Cape Elizabeth Land Trust.

Lookout for MCHT’s New Preserve in Brooksville

MCHT protected Lookout Rock in Brooksville in the spring of 2018. Since then, stewards have been hard at work turning it into a public preserve.

Population Dynamics

Every spring, bird and mammal populations swell. But as the summer goes on, populations dwindle. What’s this about?

“The Column I’d Never Thought I’d Write”

MCHT Land Steward Kirk Gentalen falls for Maine’s native flowers—and tells you all about some of his favorites.

The Conservation of Seaduck Point

After decades of loving and caring for land on Beals Island, a woman and her family make the decision to conserve it through Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

Watching for Migratory Birds

When songbirds migrate through Maine in the spring, you better believe MCHT steward Kirk Gentalen is outside listening and looking for warblers.

Beloved Views Protected on MDI

Generous landowners donate easements on their extraordinary MDI properties, forever protecting iconic viewsheds on MDI.

Aldermere Farm Celebrates 20 Years as an MCHT Preserve

20 years ago, Albert Chatfield Jr. bequeathed his saltwater farm and world-class herd of Belted Galloways to MCHT, and so many have given to make it what it is today.

20 Years Bringing Lubec School Kids Outside

When Melissa Lee joined MCHT’s stewardship staff in 1999, she also began a program—The Lubec Outing Club—to get local kids outside. Twenty years later, it’s still going strong.