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For many years, the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) has worked to conserve special lands

in all corners of our town. Even so, the map of conserved lands shows gaps in the eastern part of town. While the Land Trust was able to acquire the southern half of the offshore Little Yarmouth Island, finding available properties on Great Island has been difficult. Finally, thanks to a generous donor and landowners who care deeply about their land, HHLT has its first success.

The new 22-acre Little Ponds Preserve is on Bethel Point Road.

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At Harpswell Community School (HCS), Harpswell Heritage Land Trust’s

(HHLT) Julia McLeod has become a recognized face. Kids wave as she walks the hallways, and they ask when she will be visiting their classroom.

Over the past four years McLeod has been helping students connect with nature through hands-on exploration, strengthen their science skills through gathering and analyzing data and build on their knowledge of Harpswell’s habitats, plants and animals through outdoor lessons and field trips to some amazing sites in Harpswell.

During the 2016-2017 school year, HHLT reached every class in the school and provided a total of 59 hours of engaging science

lessons. These programs are provided for free to Harpswell Community School as part of HHLT’s educational mission and are funded by the Holbrook

This beautiful property includes a portion of the freshwater pond and cattail marsh known as the Little Ponds, surrounding forest and meadow and shoreline at the head of Hen Cove. The preserve will be forever protected and open to the public for recreation. A trail will be built within the next year.

The property was in the Harold and Susan Pulsifer family for many years. In the 1960s and

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Engaging Youth with Nature and Science in Harpswell

The new Little Ponds Preserve on Bethel Point Road. (Ed Robinson photo)

Community Foundation. During the 2017-2018 school

year, even more programs are in the works. Kindergarten, first and second grade students will

participate in weekly “Forest Friday” outdoor science lessons in the fall and the third grade will embark on a year-long learning adventure structured around the Junior Ranger Activity Book (created by Harpswell native Emma Levy), including nine field trips to HHLT and Town trails!

“You have given a huge boost to our childrens’ knowledge about their environment!” wrote Kerry Bailey, Principal at HCS. “I can’t say enough good things about your ability to tailor learning experiences to the age group you teach and the variety of ways you are willing to connect with our teachers and students. We are such fans!! And we are such beneficiaries!”

It is HHLT’s hope that through participating in these programs, Harpswell’s youth will connect with their town

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Last spring Harpswell Community School second graders learned about phenology, or the study of seasonal changes, with HHLT educator Julia McLeod. Over the course of six weeks, they watched spring unfold in the woods near the

school. They discovered striped maple flowers on the trees. (Curt Chipman photo)

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Our Mission:To preserve and protect Harpswell’s natural resources, cultural

heritage, and access to the outdoors through targeted conservation, responsible

stewardship and education.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESWendy BatsonJohn Boomer

David Brown, PresidentKeith Brown

Ron DavisBecky Gallery, SecretaryAlicia Pulsifer Heyburn

Dan HuberCharlie Johnson, TreasurerLynn Knight, Vice President

Mary Ann NahfSharon Oehmig

Ed RobinsonPriscilla Seimer

Deirdre StrachanJeff Stann

STAFFReed Coles,

Executive DirectorJulia McLeod, Outreach

Coordinator

HARPSWELL HERITAGE LAND TRUST

PO Box 359153 Harpswell Neck RdHarpswell, ME 04079

207-721-1121207-837-9613

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Harpswell Day: A Celebration of Traditional Handcrafts and

Subsistence SkillsSaturday, Oct. 14, 12-4 p.m. (rain or shine) at the

Harpswell Historical Society, 929 Harpswell Neck Rd

Join Harpswell Historical Society and Harpswell Heritage Land Trust for a celebration of traditional handcrafts and subsistence skills. This event happens rain or shine at the Harpswell Historical Society Museum, Centennial Hall, the Old Meeting House, the one room schoolhouse and outdoors. For all ages, there will be much to see, do and learn about during this free event celebrating Harpswell’s history.

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1970s, Susan Pulsifer donated 23 acres of her land in several pieces to Bowdoin College for use as a nature preserve and outdoor classroom. Bowdoin used the property mainly for their sailing club, building a dock and clubhouse there.

When the sailing club was relocated to the Coastal Studies Center on Orr’s Island, the property reverted to Harold and Susan’s four grandsons. As a result of this change, a window of opportunity opened when the grandsons agreed to sell 22 acres of the property to HHLT at a bargain price in order to see their grandmother’s wishes fulfilled.

Finances are always a challenge in such acquisitions, since there are costs for surveys, legal work and, of course, the purchase price for a property. Having just finished a major capital campaign to acquire the new Otter Brook Preserve, HHLT needed a source of funding that did not require another long campaign. Fortunately, a family with solid roots in the area stepped in to fund the project.

Pat and Mary Scanlan are well known locally for their work with the Quahog Bay Conservancy and other charitable efforts. While Mary grew up far from the coast in Iowa, Pat spent many memorable summers in Harpswell as a child. Pat’s uncle owned Snow Island in Quahog Bay and Pat remembers many trips from his family’s home in upstate New York to help launch

boats in early summer, or to pull docks ahead of winter.

In 1998, Snow Island was sold to Dodge Morgan. Pat recalls the sense of loss that he felt upon that sale. However, after Mr. Morgan’s death, Pat seized the opportunity to

acquire Snow Island from the Morgan family and bring it back into his family. Since that time, the Scanlans have become very involved in protecting the quality of life in and around Quahog Bay.

Thanks to the Scanlan’s generosity and concern for protecting the water quality of Quahog Bay, a grant from the Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan Family Foundation provided the resources to acquire the new Little Ponds Preserve and provide for the preserve’s long-term stewardship.

The pond, filled with lily pads at this time of year, and marsh are important habitat for birds and are flush with waterfowl,

insects and all kinds of aquatic life. A recent visit turned up a great blue heron, snowy egrets, frogs, robins, sparrows and plenty of deer tracks on the pond’s edge. The neighboring forest is a mix of pines, oaks, cedars, spruce and shrubs and offers important nesting, shelter and feeding areas for birds, small mammals, deer and turkeys. It is a truly special addition to HHLT’s conserved lands.

For more information about the Quahog Bay Conservancy, visit: http://quahogbay.org/.

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cove for clammers.“This project really serves

the part of HHLT’s mission that calls for providing access to the outdoors for all Harpswell residents and visitors,” said HHLT’s Reed Coles. “We want everyone to be able to enjoy the beauty of our community.”

Otter Brook updateTalented volunteers are in

the process of laying out a trail system on the new Otter Brook Preserve and identifying where to put a parking lot. We hope to open new trails there in 2018.

Community Outreach and EducationShort Courses

This year we offered three short courses with as in-depth learning opportunities for adults. The short courses included sessions on plankton, geology, marine mammals, the ecology of place, birds, Native American foods and medicines and the history of Birch Island. Participants love these courses, and we will offer more in 2018! Funding support comes from the Alfred M. Senter Fund and the Leonard C. and Mildred F. Ferguson Foundation.

Land Conservation

The Lands Committee and staff continue to pursue new land conservation opportunities. Read the front page story for information about our first preserve in Cundy’s Harbor.

StewardshipThe Stewardship Committee

and our stewards continue to work hard to maintain and improve our preserves and trails for public use and habitat values, as well as monitor and enforce our conservation easements.

New Accessible Picnic Area on Basin Cove

Thanks to a $3,800 grant from LL Bean and the sweat equity of dedicated HHLT volunteers, visitors to the scenic Basin Cove area of Harpswell Neck have a new picnic area to enjoy.

Located across Basin Point Road from the parking area for HHLT’s Curtis Farm Preserve, the picnic area was specifically designed to be accessible by wheelchairs. A level, gravel path leads to a picnic table with a spectacular view of Basin Cove and a set of sturdy wooden steps leads from the top of the bank to the flats of Basin Cove. These new steps improve access to the

NEWS AND UPDATES

Our Changing OceanIn an ocean-oriented town

like Harpswell, people and the ocean are inextricably linked. Our community’s past, present and future relate intimately to the sea, and these days big changes are happening in the ocean. Seawater is getting warmer and more acidic, sea level is rising rapidly, lobster catches are booming but young lobsters have become scarce, clams are disappearing, invasive species like green crabs are more abundant and southern fish stocks are moving north, to name just a few of the changes.

This fall HHLT is sponsoring a series of public events exploring these changes. What changes have been observed already in Casco Bay and the Gulf of Maine? What is causing these changes? What changes are expected in the near future? How do the changes affect our local ecosystem, fishermen and economy? What can we do to reduce or adapt to the changes successfully in Harpswell?

Join HHLT and experts from the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Oct. 17, Oct. 29 and Nov. 18 to discover and discuss answers and solutions. Check the back of this newsletter or our website for details.

Sunset CruiseWe had another successful

Sunset Cruise this summer. Weather conditions finally allowed us to cruise the spectacular eastern bay this year.

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New TrusteesThis summer at our Annual

Meeting we said thank you to two retiring trustees: Robin Brooks and Don Newberg. We welcomed Wendy Batson and Ron Davis to the board.

Wendy currently serves on Harpswell’s Conservation Commission and on the Steering Committee for the Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP). Before retiring here, she spent 35 years working with war-wounded, persons with disabilities and refugees in post-conflict and low income countries in Asia, Africa and South East Europe.

Ron is returning to the board after a year off. He has been a stalwart member of the Stewardship Committee and can often be found working outdoors on HHLT trails.

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Browntail and Winter Moth UpdateBy Christine Farrell

We have two moths in the Midcoast that are harming our trees: the

winter moth and the browntail moth. As you probably already know, Harpswell was one of the worst hit areas in the state for suffering tree damage from both moths this year. While I can’t inform you that the pests will be gone any day now and will never return to our midst, I can tell you about some new developments in our area as well as steps you can take to mitigate their damage.

Many are aware of browntail moth due to the annoying itchiness they cause humans.

According to Charlene Donahue, Forest Entomologist with the Maine Forest Service, you should clip overwintering browntail moth nests and soak them in soapy water. If you see many clusters high up in the trees and beyond your reach, contact a licensed arborist now to get on their schedule for next spring. Many of us learned this past spring how busy the arborists are in May, so fall is the best time to get on their schedule.

The Maine Forest Service is working with universities to

develop alternative methods to curb the browntail moth population. So be patient, and hope that scientists will develop a new solution or Mother Nature will come to the rescue with a natural predator (a disease or a parasite) to consume the caterpillars as they hatch.

For more information on the browntail moth, visit http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/forest_health/invasive_threats/browntail_moth_info.htm

Our second big pest is the winter moth. While this moth doesn’t cause the itchiness of browntail, it can be very damaging to trees.

In late November, the adult moth emerges from the soil to lay eggs for next spring. The male winter moth is light brown and is strongly attracted to outdoor lights. The female moth is grey and wingless. Females are found

at the base of trees, where they crawl up the trunk to deposit eggs, which turn blue. The eggs hatch in the spring, just in time to devour the buds of maples, oaks, ashes and fruit trees. Amazingly, the larvae produce

strands of silk, similar to spiders,

to move from tree canopy to tree canopy, thus enabling them to enhance dispersal through the forest. Once the tree buds open, you may find the caterpillars feeding inside the buds. Once the one-inch caterpillars are mature, they drop to the soil in early summer to begin the cycle once again.

To treat the pest, you can apply horticultural oils to the eggs in the late winter, when you may find them on tree trunks. Finding the eggs is not easy, however, because the eggs are often hidden in tree crevices. For this reason, a professional pesticide applicator may be needed. But be aware that spring is a difficult time since bees will be out at the very same time and they will also be on fruit trees, for a different and better reason: pollination.

You can place sticky bands

on your trees in November to prevent the female moth from crawling up the trunk to deposit eggs. If you wedge cotton balls behind the sticky band, you will force the moth to lay her eggs at the bottom of the tree trunk, thereby increasing your chances of seeing the eggs and destroying them with horticultural oil in late winter.

Now for the good news. In the fall of 2016 the University of Massachusetts, in conjunction with the Maine Forest Service, released adult parasitic fly cocoons (Cyzenis albicans) in peat moss in a cage buried in Harpswell. This past spring the

flies emerged from the cocoons and hopefully consumed enough winter moths to reduce their population. If the plan works as expected, these steps will be repeated in the future wherever needed. Let’s hope for the best!

Know Your Invasive Plants: Black Swallow-wortBy Becky Gallery, Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP)

Black swallow-wort is a non-native invasive plant just gaining a foothold in Harpswell. It has been designated as an EDRR (early detection/rapid response) species by Maine’s Department of Agricultion, Conservation & Forestry and is damaging to Monarch butterflies. Getting a

handle on this plant early and preventing its spread could save much time and effort later, while supporting our native plants and animals.

This vine has stems up to six feet long that twine over vegetation. Its narrow leaves are dark-green, smooth-edged and two to five inches long. The purplish-brown flowers have five petals, blooming June through September. They form slender green seed pods one and a half to three inches long that ripen to dark brown. The seeds within the pods are brown with a hairy

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A browntail moth caterpillar showing the distinctive red spots on its back.

Adult male winter moth.

Black Swallow-wort (Becky Gallery photo)

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Robin BrooksBy Doug Warren

When he was about 10 years old, Robin Brooks cruised on a 56-

foot sailboat from the mouth of the Connecticut River to Cutler, in far Downeast Maine. The trip made quite an impression.

“After that, I always knew I wanted to live on the coast of Maine,” recalled Brooks, now 82.

That desire ultimately brought the Williamstown, Mass., native to a teaching job at Bowdoin College and a home on Bailey Island in 1967. “At that time, there was no question about land preservation. Also, there was no question about access. That’s different now and that’s why what the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) does is so important.”

Brooks should know. After being elected to the HHLT Board of Trustees in 2007 to fill a one-year vacancy, he was re-elected to three, three-year terms and recently stepped down after being termed out by HHLT bylaws. During that time, Brooks was a regular on the Communications and Stewardship committees.

“Robin was always ready with his truck and carpentry skills wherever we needed him,” said Reed Coles, HHLT executive director. “The appeal of Houghton Graves Park, in particular, reflects

Robin’s diligence as a steward of Harpswell’s special places.”

Another one of the special places in Harpswell is the house Brooks built himself, with the help of some friends, he will modestly add, off Bayview Road on Orr’s Island, where he and his wife, Jeanne, live today. Brooks describes the home, on the site of the former Reed Cove Boat Yard, as “kind of a standard Cape in size,” but there is nothing standard about it.

All the lumber in the house came from structures at the New England Shipbuilding Corp. in South Portland, which churned out Liberty Ships during World War II. Brooks and longtime Harpswell selectman Malcolm “Laddie” Whidden hauled the wood to the home site in 1978 and Brooks took it from there. He also did all the brick work, a skill he learned as a mason’s assistant in high school. The result is spectacular and a labor of love.

Brooks is a man of many talents. He attended Columbia University, earning a degree in economics. In graduate school at Yale, he found he enjoyed mathematics more than economics and ultimately received his doctorate in math from UCLA. That led to the teaching job at Bowdoin and later

Bates College, from which he retired in 2001. After that, along with his HHLT duties, Brooks served on the town planning and budget advisory boards, and started playing the clarinet again, his wife is pleased to point out. Today, Brooks plays with the Harpswell Concert Band, which is now in its fifth season.

“I believe very strongly in the mission of the land trust and the preservation of natural places,” Brooks said. “But stewardship is a very important part of that process. We need to be sure we have the people to continue to preserve and maintain those places.”

He praised the community outreach efforts of HHLT and said outreach coordinator Julia McLeod has done an outstanding job. “The events and programs for young people are really important for the future of the land trust and the town of Harpswell,” he explained.

Brooks served as the trustee steward for the McIntosh Lot on Bailey Island, as well as Houghton Graves on Orr’s. “I enjoy going out and working on the land,” he said, briefly summing up years of dedicated labor. As Reed Coles added, “It’s appropriate that Robin’s last contribution as a trustee was

the design, construction and installation of steps down to the shore of Basin Cove at our Curtis Farm Preserve.”

And while Brooks has stepped down from the HHLT board, he still plans to contribute when he can: “When they need some work done or someone with a pickup, they can always call me.”

Please thank these businesses for supporting conservation in HarpswellAnchor PublishingBath Savings Trust CompanyBoucher Perkins Campbell

ParadisCasco Bay Art LeagueDolphin Marina and

RestaurantEaton PeabodyForest Synthesis, LLCGreat Island Boat YardHarpswell Coastal AcademyKeith Field Classical

GoldsmithKenney LandscapingLaw Office of Stoddard L.

Smith, P.A.Mid Coast HospitalMorton Real EstateO’Donal’s NurseryR. A. Webber and SonsThe Vicarage by the SeaWest Wind Lobster Tours

tuft at one end.Black swallow-wort is found

in open areas, open woods, wet meadows or along roadsides. In Harpswell, the most visible patch is at Land’s End on Bailey Island, where you can find it along the roadside and parking area near the gift shop. It has also been identified elsewhere in Harpswell.

One of the most damaging features of this plant is that it is so similar to milkweed

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that Monarch butterflies are attracted to it to lay their eggs. When the Monarch caterpillars hatch on the swallow-wort and begin eating the plant, they die.

How do we rid our town of this plant? One way is to prevent the flowers from going to seed. Remove the flowers, or the unopened seed pods, to reduce the number of new seeds getting to the ground. New plants will still sprout, as the seeds are viable for several years, so vigilance is required. Repeated digging and cutting will also help control the plant.

Robin and Jeanne Brooks

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Engaging YouthContinued from page 1

and come away with knowledge and fond memories of the outdoors. A recent study from the University of British Columbia “demonstrated that children who play outside are more likely to cherish and protect nature when they become young adults.” (Check out an Aug. 21 article in Forbes for more)

Something seems to be working. A survey given to the outgoing fifth graders at Harpswell Community School found that all students reported that they enjoy learning outdoors in the spring, summer and fall. The vast majority said that nature, animals and water are important to them, and that they want to take action to protect nature.

One student responded that it is important for some places

to stay natural “so people can experience it and because without it we would not be how or who we are.”

“People have taken most of the world over so animals are being forced to move away from the place that they mostly live in, in the wild, which is bad for the people because if we get rid of the animals then the world’s ecosystems would collapse,” another student commented.

In addition to the programs offered at Harpswell Community School, HHLT offers public programs for all ages throughout the year and Nature Day Camp for kids in the summertime.

For nearly 20 years Nature Day Camp has been engaging young people with nature in Harpswell. It has expanded in scope and popularity, and this year its four weeks of camp (for preschool and elementary ages) filled to capacity by the end of March.

Every day of camp is held in a different Harpswell location, and each of these sites offer amazing opportunities for learning and fun. Campers look for crabs and other critters in the tide pools at Pott’s Point Preserve, catch butterflies at Curtis Farm Preserve, visit the marine lab at Bowdoin’s Coastal Studies Center, wade in the tidal stream at Stover’s Point Preserve, embark on a treasure hunt at Johnson

Field Preserve, visit the community garden at Mitchell Field and so much more.

According to campers and their parents, highlights of this summer’s camps included: “hunting for crabs,” “being outdoors and active,” “camp games,” being up close with sea life,”

“playing and exploring outside in places they haven’t been before,” “catching butterflies and exploring the tide pools,” “great leaders and happy kids,” “free time exploring” and “seeing lots of animals.”

“I learned that you can tell if crabs are male or female by looking at the triangle on the bottom of the shell. And that was pretty fascinating,” said camper Rohan Gonsior, who is a student at Harpswell Community School. “The camp leaders taught us a lot

of facts and fun games like animal auction, screaming toes and sharks and minnows.”

Her mother, Meaghan Gonsior, chipped in: “At the beach recently, my cousin pointed out how different the same tide pools looked from our childhood. We

used to find urchins and sea stars, but these days it’s mostly just periwinkles. I want my kids to grow up appreciating and preserving this beautiful place we call home. Julia and HHLT have created programs that kids love, so her passion for the

outdoors becomes contagious. We took some of the camp ideas home with us. My kids get super excited when we do the noticing game -- just being quiet and listening for a couple minutes, then sharing what we saw and heard.”

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Heidi AakjerJen AhearnJanet AlexanderSamuel AlexanderElder AmosMichael AnticoMichele AnticoJean ArcangeliSusan ArmitageNiles ArmstrongPaul AvisCristine BachorLindsay BakerTony BarrettWendy BatsonRachel BeaneCharles BernierJohn BerryRalph BlackLinda BlantonMarcia BlueScott BodwellSheila BohlinJohn BoomerBowdoin College

StudentsKathy BowenBruce BrandtJeanne BrooksRobin BrooksDavid BrownKeith BrownGail BruceRob BryanCarrie BubierKaren BumpLisa Burke

Lisa BurrowsSally ButcherGregory CarafelliKaren CarlisleTom CarlisleAlice CarmanTom CarrLisa CassAlicia CaterinaRob CenterHelene ChaseWilliam ChaseDavid CherryElizabeth ChildsDianne

ChilmonczykCaroline ChipmanCurt ChipmanKathe ChipmanRonald ChipmanMarie ClarkeChristopher ColesDoug CollinsJane CollinsMonique CoombsNellie CoulterJane CoveyMargaret CowgillLeo CoyleKimberly DamonJane DavisJanet DavisRon DavisStan DavisJohn DeislingerCraig DouglasKara Douglas

Michael DowRobert DowSteve DowGary DownesWendy DownesHannah DringNelia DunbarKimberlee ElderElizabeth

ErswellChristine FarrellGretchen FeissSusan FerraroDavid FitzgeraldElizabeth

FowlerTulle FrazerWendy

FrechetteConnie French

SmithCynthia FriendJanet FullertonPatrick GalleryRebecca GalleryCathy GivenTim GliddenKathy GoodrichTed GouletteLaura GradyTracy GraffHarriette GriffinThomas HallZachary HarderAlicia HeyburnHope HiltonDaniel Huber

Elna HunterJames HutchisonJeff JohnsMarydana JohnsCharles JohnsonSheila KarajinDebbie KellyBecky KolakShani KiczekPaul KittleLynn KnightRichard KnoxHenry KorsiakMichael LaPlanteSusan LavanDayle LavineRichard LavineSamantha LeneyTheresa Leney

Volunteers make our conservation and education work possible.We couldn’t do it without you. Thank you!

Corinne LidskyKarl LieberwirthSusan LoweryJohn LoydBruce MacDougalChristine MaddenSam MayneMalcolm McFarlandMarnie McFarlandRobert McIntyreAndy McLeodCallie McMahonDaniel McMahonBethany McNelly-

DavisRick MeisenbachCourtney MelstromHeather MerrimanSusan MillarWilliam MillarRachel MillerTina MillnerWallace MillnerDonald MiskillMary MooreSandy MooreDavid MortonStephen MoulenJudy MullerJennifer NadeauMary Ann NahfDoreen NardoneDonald NewbergMarguerite

NewbergKen OehmigSharon Oehmig

Susan OlcottMelissa op den

KelderMargaret OrlandoJames OwenJoseph PalmaJames ParmentierPamela PaysonNed PerryTrish PettyWalter PhillipsKate PiperDavid PlumptonPriscilla PlumptonDana PorterSamuel PowersNathaniel PulsiferDavid ReedLyn RiceMartha RichardsonEdward RobinsonHeather RogersJeanie RubioJonathan

SanteramoAlan SawyerCynthia SawyerPriscilla SeimerKatie SellersPeggy ShanlerDavid SheaffTrisha SheaffAmanda ShearinKeith ShermanEllen ShillinglawJane SmithJoseph Smith

Lynn SmithLynn SmithKarin SoderbergJeanne St LaurentJym St. PierreBetsy StaceyAnn StandridgeJeff StannJudith StantonSusan StemperDeirdre StrachanDavid StrelitzBurr TaylorPeter TaylorDavid ThiesMarielynn TowersDeane Van DusenDoug WarrenBilly WatkinsLauren WatkinsonJoel WeeksRobert WeggelDonald WestfallTuckie WestfallJames WhalenAndrea WhiteSharon WhitneyDennis WilkinsLinda WilkinsLori WilliamsKate WingCynthia WoodKen WoodsDeborah WrightFrank WrightAimee YorkDonna York

Wendy Downes weeds the new native plant garden at the HHLT office. (Julia

McLeod photo)

Robin Brooks builds stairs at the new accessible picnic

area at Basin Cove. (Curt Chipman photo)

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Upcoming Events and ProgramsMost events are free. For details:

www.hhltmaine.org.Identifying Mosses and other Bryophytes

Sun., Oct. 1, 1-2:30 p.m. • Hackett and Minot Trails • Advance registration required

Harpswell Day: A Celebration of Traditional Handcrafts and Subsistence Skills

Sat., Oct. 14, 12-4 p.m. • Harpswell Historical Society

Ocean Acidification: Will Lobsters and Clams Disappear? What can we do to Fight Acidification of Local Waters?

Tues., Oct. 17, 5-6:30 p.m. • Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

Cranberry Picking at Otter BrookSat., Oct. 28, 3-4:30 p.m. •

Advance registration required

Preparing for Sea Level RiseSun., Oct. 29, 1-2:30 p.m. • Harpswell Heritage Land Trust • Advance registration required

Resilient Coastal Communities and Marine Ecosystems: Translating

Science into ActionSat., Nov. 18, 3-4 p.m. • Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

Make a Winter Solstice Lantern

Sun., Dec. 10, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. • Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust’s Our Changing

Ocean series

Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

Thurs., Dec. 21, 5-6 p.m. • Houghton Graves Park • Advance

registration required

Harpswell Family Outing collaboration with Harpswell

Recreation and Harpswell Community Nursery School

Get out on the trails!

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