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 […]
November 1, 2023
What do you think of when you imagine green space in the city? The first major city parks in America were basically gardens, with sculpted lawns, large paths, spots of shade, borders of flowers, and picturesque water features. But Clifford Park is nothing like that. The forested walk is difficult at times, genuinely so, and […]
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 […]
July 25, 2022
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Matthew Martin My name is Matthew Martin, and I am a Conservation Intern as a part of this year’s Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Internship program. This summer, the internship program has sent me to the forests, farms, foothills, and lakes of Norway, […]
July 5, 2022
Since 1970, Maine Coast Heritage Trust has been working to conserve Maine’s extraordinary coastal lands and islands, with a special focus on protecting avian havens like Jordan’s Delight Island, an important nesting island off Milbridge. As MCHT’s Director of Stewardship Jane Arbuckle says, “Conserving habitat for birds and wildlife is as essential to our work […]
March 17, 2022
Nature Bummin’ with MCHT land steward, Kirk Gentalen The trick for most, if not all, nature observation comes down to tracking, as in tracking down a critter. If you hear a Northern Parula sing and follow the song to the singer on its perch, you’re tracking. If you follow the hyper-active flight path of a […]
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 15, 2021
“Everyone I know who visits Little Whaleboat Island feels how special it is,” says Daneel Dafni. “I’ve taken kids I care for out there, and it’s like their souls ignite.” Daneel, who grew up in Freeport and Brunswick, has been visiting Little Whaleboat Island since she was a young girl, when her stepdad started bringing […]
