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Container Gardens for the Community

Gardening provides delicious food, exercise, and stress relief, but it’s not always an option. Many seniors are no longer capable of growing large gardens, and transportation may be a barrier to getting to a community plot. Harpswell Aging at Home, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, and Harpswell Coastal Academy are teaming up for a second year… Read more

Intro to Birding

Intro to Birding

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust
April 14, 2022

Interested in birding? We encourage you to watch a recording of Judy Marino’s 2021 Intro to Birding workshop. Click here for the recording. Download a helpful resource sheet for beginning birders created by Judy Marino. This Intro to Birding session will present basic guidelines and hints for identifying birds, with emphasis on appropriate habitat as… Read more

Nature Notes: Brook Trout

Nature Notes: Brook Trout

Ed Robinson
April 11, 2022

The mid-September day was perfect for fishing; overcast, upper 50’s, light breeze, no mosquitos, swamp maples in bright red dress.  The fly was a floating elk hair caddis, one of the most productive flies in any Maine angler’s box.  The stream was small but scenic, winding through a quiet meadow 20 miles east of Greenville. … Read more

Intertidal: Seasonal shifts come to the coast

Originally published in the Press Herald Last weekend spring officially arrived. While it doesn’t often feel like spring when the calendar officially says it begins, this year was an exception. Not only did the sun cross the celestial equator, dividing the sky from south to north on the vernal equinox, but it was actually warm… Read more

Profile: Sam Alexander

Profile: Sam Alexander

Tim McCreight
March 9, 2022

Sam Alexander, Sr. knows Harpswell pretty well, which is not surprising since he’s spent most of his three score and ten years here (so far). His ancestor, William Alexander, was one of the first persons of European descent to live here, moving from Topsham after his father was killed in a raid by Native Americans… Read more

Nature Notes: Insects at Risk

Almost daily we are presented with more evidence of significant changes taking place around the globe. The big news items often refer to global warming, the status of the ozone hole, deforestation in the Amazon and rising CO2 emissions. Close to home we regularly hear about rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine and the impact on… Read more

Year in Review: 2021

Year in Review: 2021

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust
February 9, 2022

While reflecting back on 2021, we wanted to take this opportunity to share our accomplishments. We are deeply grateful for the volunteers, donors, trustees, and staff who enable our continued success. Here is a list of Harpswell Heritage Land Trust accomplishments in 2021: After a successful and short fundraising campaign, we closed on our new… Read more

Nature Notes: Ruffed Grouse

Nature Notes: Ruffed Grouse

Ed Robinson
February 9, 2022

It was a brisk but glorious winter day, dazzling blue sky, no wind and ten inches of diamond-bright powder on top of a two-foot base.  Snowshoeing through the aspens on my way to prune some old apple trees, my hands were full of tools.  Pruning is far easier when standing on solid ground but Mother… Read more