September 15, 2022

You are invited to our

2022 Annual Membership Meeting &

Volunteer Celebration

Tuesday, September 20

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Rockport Boat Club

4 Main Street, Rockport

Please join us for our annual end of summer gathering. Board and Staff of Coastal Mountains Land Trust are truly grateful for your generous support. Join us for dinner at the Rockport Boat Club, right on Rockport Harbor. This event is hands-down staff's favorite event of the season, as we gather with friends in celebration.

RSVP to info@coastalmountains.org, or 207-236-7091

Arts on the Hill: Mallett Trio

Thursday, September 22

6:00 p.m.

Beech Hill Preserve

Stormy weather caused us to reschedule the Mallett concert once - fingers crossed that the new date of Thursday, September 22 is smooth sailing! Maine's popular Mallett Brothers Trio will play at Beech Hill as part of Coastal Mountains Land Trust's Arts on the Hill outdoor music series. The Mallett Brothers Band is an independent rock and roll / Americana / country band from Maine. We couldn't fit the entire band on the hill, but we have the Mallett Brothers Trio!!

Please leave your dogs at home for this free event.

Mazie Cox and Brinkley Thorne generously help underwrite the Arts on the Hill music series.

Happy Wanderers Hike

Thursday, October 6

10:00 a.m.

Long Cove Preserve, Northport

Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital’s Journey to Health program for a Happy Wanderers Hike at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 6th at the Long Cove Preserve in Searsport. This will be an easy hike totaling 1.2 miles of moderate hiking, with the option of going further if the group chooses.

How to get there: From Searsport, take Mt. Ephraim Road west (off of Route 1). In 2.6 miles turn right onto Savery Road. Follow for 0.6 miles to the preserve parking lot on the right.

The Happy Wanderers meet on the first Thursday of each month at the trailhead of a Coastal Mountains Land Trust preserve. The hikes range in location from Rockport to Searsport. Each outing is led by a Coastal Mountains and Journey to Health staff member. We hope you can join us! Register here.

Full 2022 Happy Wanderers schedule

10,820 miles were logged from July 30-Sept 10 during our 2022 Trails Challenge!

Sponsoring businesses (see below) generously matched EACH and EVERY mile,

raising a total of $10,820 for local trail stewardship and development.

THANK YOU for getting out, exploring trails, and supporting this important effort!

Special shout out to the group below who logged an incredible amount of miles over the last six weeks!

2022 Trails Challenge

Honorable Mention

Top 3 Adults Overall

Most mileage across all activities

Virginia Knutson (262 miles)

Lawrence Reichard (208 miles)

Jennifer Samway (202 miles)

Top 3 Kids (Under 15) Overall

Most mileage across all activities

Sam Tooley (145 miles)

Ethan Cohen (107 miles)

Keagan Urey & Matilda Schroeder (50 miles)

Top Adult by Activity

Most miles logged in a single activity

Hiking: Virginia Knutson (236 miles)

Running: Ramona Larsen (186 miles)

Biking: Michael Samway (162 miles)

Paddling: Ethan Merrifield (57 miles)

Swimming: Kathleen Bradshaw (9.5 miles)

Top Kid (Under 15) by Activity

Most miles logged in a single activity

Hiking: Ensley Sholes, Isla Sholes, and Lolajeanne Black (11 miles)

Running: Sam Tooley (120 miles)

Biking: Keagan Urey (50 miles)

Paddling: Ava Croce and Kara Croce (2 miles)

Swimming: SMJ (1 mile)

Pet Participants!

Basil, Bella, Blue, Bob, Bogart, Bruce, Buddy, Captain Jack, Cecilia, Chance, Charlie, Copper, Curtis

Daisy, Dexter, Echo, Emma, Fern, Groot, Herbie, Ida, Jolie, Keyara, Lori, Luna

Maddie, Maggie, Moxie, Mugen, Nikki, Nina, Peach, Peppermint

Shadowfax, Skeeter, Stewart, Sunny, Violet, Wilfred, Winston Churchill

Photo courtesy Friends of Sears Island

Coastal Mountains Nature Program walk

Geology of Sears Island

Saturday, October 8

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sears Island, Searsport

Coastal Mountains Nature Program, in partnership with Friends of Sears Island, presents Geology of Sears Island on Saturday, October 8 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Sears Island in Searsport. The popular Coastal Mountains Nature Program is a series of monthly naturalist-led walks and talks exploring the natural history of Mid-Coast Maine.

Dr. Steve Norton, Professor Emeritus of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, will lead us on an exploration of the past 350 million years of Mid-Coast geological history by exploring the rocks and sediment of Sears Island. This walk is timed to take advantage of low tide, exposing the shoreline of the island. Meet at the entrance to Sears Island at the end of the causeway in Searsport.

DIRECTIONS

From downtown Searsport, drive 2 miles northeast on Route 1 to Sears Island Road (which will be on the right if driving from the town of Searsport). Continue on Sears Island Road across the causeway to the island. Park on the causeway.

Hunting is allowed on the island so participants are suggested to wear hunter orange.

WISH LIST

Dog leashes for trailheads
Used golf cart for Beech Hill events (This is a stretch wish, we know! But just in case you have one kicking around that you'd like us to take off your hands...)

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