December 2014

                                            

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Robinson Woods Community Work Sessions Announced  

 

CELT will be hosting two facilitated community working sessions, on Tuesday, January 20th and Thursday, January 22nd, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Cape Elizabeth Community Services. The purpose of the working sessions is to provide community members with more details regarding recent policy changes in Robinson Woods including the new leash requirement, to encourage community input, and to collaborate to address the challenges related to the balanced management of Robinson Woods. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing, admin@capelandtrust.org. 


You can read more about the Robinson Woods policy changes and leash requirements on our website.

Annual Report is Fresh Off the Press  

      

Every fall, the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust publishes an Annual Report to highlight the past year's accomplishments.  

 

We're proud to present CELT's 2014 Annual Report, and we invite you to reflect on the accomplishments highlighted in the summary, as they wouldn't be possible without CELT's donors, volunteers, partners, supporters, Board of Directors, committee members, and staff.  

 

If you would like to request a hard copy of the report, please contact CELT at 767-6054 or via email, admin@capelandtrust.org.    

 

Please consider a year-end donation to CELT; it's easy to do from our website, or you can stop into the office, or give Willa a call at 767-6054.  

Chewonki & CELT Bring Maine Owls to Cape Students
      
Our friends at the Chewonki Foundation have been here at CELT's offices this week, presenting their Owls of Maine outreach program
to our first grade classes from Pond Cove Elementary.  Every year since 2006, CELT has funded a mini-grant for the first grade team to bring this awe-inspiring program to our students.  

 

Over two days, approximately 120 students come to CELT to learn from Chewonki educators - who bring real, live owls!  The children are given the opportunity to observe three owls, examine physical characteristics, discuss habitats, nocturnal behaviors and adaptations to Maine winters.  The program ties directly into the 1st grade science unit, Night and Nocturnal Animals.   

 

This year Chewonki leaders Matt Weeks and Jessica Woodend brought a Great Horned Owl, a Barred Owl, and a Saw Whet.  The students were mesmerized to see these magnificent creatures up close - and the owls appeared to be equally enthralled with their young audiences. 

Year End
 

During this time of family and friends, of reveling, caroling and sharing, we want to extend to  

you -  our supporters and friends - all of our best wishes.  Your gifts of support and encouragement have sustained CELT through 29 springs, 29 summers, 29 autumns and soon 29 winters.  In all the time that has passed since our founding in 1985, community support and volunteer support have been the one constant keeping us going and helping us to achieve our goals.  

 

With your continued support we can literally SHAPE the type of town we live in, and the type of landscape we leave behind for the next generation.  No generation before has been able to achieve this, and arguably future generations may no longer have the chance.  This is an extremely exciting time to be working on local land conservation, and we welcome your continued support of our efforts.

 

All our best,

 

The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust Staff and Board

 


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