Stories
Mornings Are For Otters
When is the best time to see an otter? Nature Bum, Kirk Gentalen gets this question a lot and has thought long and hard about when and where you’re most likely to find an otter. Read on to learn more!
What the Birds Have to Say
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Calvin Lucindo
My Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Internship
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Hannah Bradish
My Summer with the Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Addison Gruber
A Summer of Stewardship
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Gia Francis
A Summer With Three Land Trusts
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Vladimir Reed
My Summer Internship
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Madelyn Kennedy
Choose Your Own Adventure
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Jessica Crandell
My Summer Internship
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Hayley Gibbs
The Curious Case of the Red Crossbill
Did you know it was the summer of the Red Crossbills? Well neither did most people, but MCHT Nature Bum Kirk Gentalen was well aware and eager to spread the word.
Conserving Land in Soil and Film
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Jennifer Clifford
My Summer Internship in Norway, Maine
By 2022 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Matthew Martin
5 Blissful Days & a Big “Take Back!”
If you read Kirk’s Nature Bummin’ column “Favorite Tree – The Trail, The Blood, and The Fisher” you know his favorite tree is a Big-tooth Aspen. Well… at least it was. Since then, Kirk has learned quite a lot and it’s changed things for him… as far as favorite trees go.
Why We Support Replacing the Machias Dike
We have the opportunity to enhance recreational and commercial opportunities in the Machias area and the ecological health of the Middle River by improving fish passage and restoring 300 acres of salt marsh.
Bring Your Binoculars to MCHT Preserves
The September 2019 issue of Down East magazine has a special feature about how land conservation keeps Maine a birding mecca.
I Miss Dendroica…
After Nature Bum Kirk Gentalen’s favorite genus of warbler becomes absorbed by another genus, he begins to ponder the idea of change and how “we” (the royal “we”) adapt to it.