Winter, 2022
NEWSLETTER
Give Children a Chance to Love the Earth Before Asking Them to Save it
by Landere Naisbitt
“To teach and practice a stewardship ethic. To promote ecological, economic, and community health for this and future generations,” are central to what outreach focuses on within our mission. 
 
Programs like our monthly Caring for the Land Workshops clearly align well. An incredible cast of local workshop leaders teach stewardship skills relevant to backyards and beyond, sharing their knowledge to help us all become better caretakers of the place we call home. Topics range from blueberry field management to soil health to wildlife habitat and more. Check out our website to learn more. 

Other programs like Wild Sun Catchers, while also tied directly to our mission, sometimes aren’t as obvious and might be perceived differently as they are designed for kids and are inherently full of hands-on experiences, stories, and songs. Are we teaching stewardship? Yes! These activities just make it more accessible and fun! Monthly programs are crafted to create an atmosphere of celebration and learning that is memorable, engages the imagination and the senses. Children often learn best this way.... Read the Full Article
**Click HERE for a pdf of the lady slipper scavenger hunt mentioned in this article.**
2022 Trail Update
by Andrew Czwkiel
This past fall we have been upgrading a handful of our trails adding both rock and wooded steps as well as stretches of bog bridging to help our trails withstand increased usage from hikers, create more sustainable grades, and limit erosion within wet and mucky areas. Many of you may have noticed, if you’ve hiked over at Peter’s Brook recently, that we have a new trail named the Albion Connector Trail. This summer it was a host site for a professional trail building workshop. During the workshop we learned a lot about trail sustainability, techniques, and user experience. Now building these steps was no easy task! We scoured the hillsides for sizable boulders that we could use as steps, rolled those into place, and hauled in cedar and hemlock for the rest of our steps. What we didn’t finish in our two-day workshop, Sandy and I completed over the following weeks. Today you can see the finished product that will provide a more sustainable grade to minimize future erosion on the hillside.
Contact Andrew if you are interested in helping with future outdoor project!
Coming in 2023
We are offering a Forestry 101 comprehensive short course in the Spring of 2023. The course will comprise 6 four hour sessions, both indoors and in the field. The indoors portion of the course will be located at the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in Orland, Maine and the outdoor sessions will be located on BHHT and GPMT land in Orland, Ellsworth and the Blue Hill Peninsula. 

This detailed course will cover the principles, techniques and practices used to manage forests in eastern Maine and will be taught by three experienced foresters. 

The cost of the course is $180 and the dates are Saturday March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 8:30- 12:30 am. 

More information and registration can be found HERE 
or you can contact BHHT at (207) 374-5118.
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