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July 2019
All The Buzz!
Join us at the seaside home of Barbara and Walter Reitz in South Thomaston (featured on last summer's Gardens in the Watershed Tour) for our annual benefit ALL THE BUZZ! This year’s event will feature live music, signature cocktails, and silent and live auctions of fine art, jewelry, trips and accommodations, and authentic experiences, including guided hikes and island camping. Tickets to the benefit are $100 per person, $75 for Land Trust members, and are available online (below) or by…
Find out more »August 2019
Rescheduled! Paddle Long Cove and Tommy’s Island
Join us for a boating adventure on Long Cove in St. George, just north of Tenants Harbor. We will lead canoeists and kayakers on an exploration of secluded Long Cove, a mile-long tidal inlet. The water here is calm and the shoreline is close enough to offer opportunities for diverse wildlife sightings. It is not uncommon to see eagles, eiders, herons, and sometimes otters! We will circle back around Tommy's Island, and enjoy our lunch overlooking this 1-acre GRLT preserve.…
Find out more »Wildlife Wonders of the Weskeag
Georges River Land Trust and Friends of the Weskeag will cohost a bird, wildlife, and salt marsh habitat walk in the Weskeag Marsh on Thursday, August 15 at 10 am. Our speaker for the event will be Keel Kemper, Regional Wildlife Biologist with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Kemper works to maintain and improve wildlife habitat conditions, maximize biological diversity and protect unique natural areas. He works on various wildlife issues from Bangor to Belfast, to Augusta, to…
Find out more »September 2019
Invaders! Plants, that is…
Join Georges River Land Trust and the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) for a walk to identify and discuss native and invasive plants at the Ash Point Preserve in Owls Head. The walk will help people improve their confidence in identifying the most common and emerging invasive plants and recommendations on how to remove and dispose of them. Our trip leader will be Rebecca Jacobs, Program Manager with KLSWCD. Rebecca works with landowners to perform field identification and…
Find out more »Sweet Cider Pressing Day
For the third year, we are hosting Langlais Sweet Cider Day! Charles Waite Maclin, also known as Pastor Chuck of Pastor Chuck's organic apple products, will be bringing his small cider press and the know-how to create some delicious cider with our own organic Langlais apples. Pastor Chuck's dream is to create the best applesauce and apple butter in the world, originated in his own family's kitchen in Cushing. He also works with the Cushing Community School and their Green…
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