December 4, 2021
If you’re curious to know what four-and-a-half acres can do for a community, go to Milbridge, Maine. In the center of town at the water’s edge, there’s a place called the Milbridge Commons Wellness Park where, on a recent warm October day, a father and his young daughters flew a kite; threestudents lay in the grass pouring […]
December 1, 2021
“Almost every kid who grew up on Owls Head has been to Sheep Island,” says Dick Carver, Owls Head native, fisherman, and former town selectman. “Fishermen, fishermen’s kids… families would picnic on the beach and play Treasure Island.” He mentioned this earlier this fall, when he bumped into Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s David Warren on […]
July 19, 2021
Almost anywhere on the planet, collections of plants, animals, fungi, and other microorganisms have coevolved in balanced systems that ensure the survival of all and the domination of none. So what happens when a species from another part of the world is abruptly added to the mix? Because local species don’t always have systems for […]
