Programming

Aldermere’s Farm Hands Program Turns 20

Over 20 years, hundreds of local kids have participated in Aldermere Farm’s Farm Hands program. Now, Big Farm Hands welcomes adults to participate!

I Like to Bird Watch

Kirk Gentalen couldn’t host a spring bird walk at Erickson Fields this year, but he walked the preserve himself nonetheless and saw some cool birds!

Conserved Land Helps Feed a Community

At Aldermere Farm and Erickson Fields, Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s agricultural preserves in Rockport, the land is feeding the Midcoast community.

Expecting the Unexpected: The Large Projects that Made my Summer

MCHT Conservation Intern Claire Pellegrini spent the summer of 2020 working with Boothbay Regional Land Trust.

Life at the Farm

Aldermere Farm’s General Manager Heidi Baker offers an update from Aldermere Farm in the midst of COVID-19 and calving season.

Land Conservation Plays a Role in Addressing Hunger

MCHT is partnering with the newly formed Knox County Gleaners and other organizations to get healthy food in the hands of those who need it.

Feeling Stuck

Every had one of those days? Ellie the cow did when she tried to track down her buddy Cooper in a distant field at Aldermere Farm.

Land Conservation Effort Underway at Stone Barn Farm

This Mount Desert Island project offers potential for expanded public access to a lovely trail system and programming.

Meet Erin Rollins, 4-H Alumna and Future Vet

Erin shares what she learned through Farm Hands and 4-H at Aldermere Farm Preserve and how these programs set her on the path towards becoming a veterinarian.

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.