Midcoast Conservancy

Midcoast Conservancy Midcoast Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to land and water stewardship, land conservation, outdoor recreation and education.

Spring is a time to get back outside—and to bring others with you 🌿If there’s someone you hike with, paddle with, or bri...
06/05/2026

Spring is a time to get back outside—and to bring others with you 🌿
If there’s someone you hike with, paddle with, or bring to a favorite preserve—this is a good time to invite them to be part of this work too.
A membership is a simple way to bring someone into the community that helps care for these places.

🌱Invite someone to join you or give the gift of membership. midcoastconservancy.org/join

06/03/2026

Alewives have finally made it up the West Branch of the Sheepscot River after a long journey from their winter home in the ocean. 🐟Pictured are making the final leap from the fishway exit into Branch Pond where they will spawn before returning to sea. Volunteers are helping us to count alewives at the fishway to help us monitor the population size after the installation of the fishway in 2023.

Thanks to Brandon Kulik of the Branch Pond Association for this amazing footage capturing the final hurdle into the Pond!

A new month, means new events and programs! Check out all the great offerings, and join us for what piques your curiosit...
06/01/2026

A new month, means new events and programs! Check out all the great offerings, and join us for what piques your curiosity. ✨From a new trail opening and nostalgic train rides🛤, to education about your local ecosystem and art 🎨to connect with it, we have something for everyone.

To learn more about upcoming events and programs, check midcoastconservancy.org/events

These places are meant to be shared 🌿With family, with friends, with the people you bring along to a favorite preserve o...
05/31/2026

These places are meant to be shared 🌿
With family, with friends, with the people you bring along to a favorite preserve or out on the water 🌊
A membership is one way to extend that connection—and a gift membership is a way to pass it on.

🌱 Bring someone into this work.
midcoastconservancy.org/join or midcoastconservancy.org/gift-member

Back on May 2nd, Midcoast Conservancy volunteers and staff planted over 350 native bareroot shrubs as part of ongoing re...
05/29/2026

Back on May 2nd, Midcoast Conservancy volunteers and staff planted over 350 native bareroot shrubs as part of ongoing restoration efforts along the Sheepscot River in Alna. 🌱 Despite the cold drizzle, spirits were high and many hands made for quick work! As these shrubs grow, they will help create a riparian buffer that will stabilize soil, prevent erosion, and provide wildlife habitat. 🐝🐦🐁🐢

World Fish Migration Day is a time to celebrate free flowing rivers and sea-run fish! Join us, in collaboration with the...
05/28/2026

World Fish Migration Day is a time to celebrate free flowing rivers and sea-run fish! Join us, in collaboration with the Maine Department of Marine Resources and Maine Coast Heritage Trust at our Palermo Preserve for an evening walk and learn along the Sheepscot River.

Keep the going after the walk and talk by joining us for live outdoor music at Sheepscot General Store and Farm in Whitefield. Order pizza and bring a lawn blanket to enjoy an evening of and .

Registration is required through our events page: https://www.midcoastconservancy.org/events-list/wfm2026

Pictured: a native sea building its redd or in the !

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Spring is a season of change—but the work behind these places continues year-round 🌿Caring for land and water isn’t some...
05/27/2026

Spring is a season of change—but the work behind these places continues year-round 🌿
Caring for land and water isn’t something with a finish line.
Membership helps make sure that work continues, supporting stewardship across thousands of acres and miles of trails and waterways.

🌱Stay connected. Be part of it. midcoastconservancy.org/join

American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, is also known as blue beach, ironwood or for the distinctive sinewy, muscle-l...
05/26/2026

American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, is also known as blue beach, ironwood or for the distinctive sinewy, muscle-like appearance of its trunk.
These trees growing along the Sheepscot River may look relatively small but the larger of these slow-growing are most likely upwards of 70 or 80 years old!
If you knock on the truck, it becomes immediately obvious how incredibly tough and dense the wood is, being historically used for levers, handles, and wedges.

- By Kristin Pennock 📷

Saturday, June 6, the Clary Lake Association is sponsoring a day-long workshop, led by experts from the Knox-Lincoln Soi...
05/24/2026

Saturday, June 6, the Clary Lake Association is sponsoring a day-long workshop, led by experts from the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP, to assist watershed and shoreline property owners in maintaining camp roads to prevent run-off pollution to .

The workshop will run from 8:30 am to 3 pm, including lunch. The group will gather at the Whitefield Fire Station for the morning session. After lunch, the group will move to a lake-side site to learn ‘“in the field” about evaluating a site for problems, and identifying solutions. We are inviting interested persons from some of our neighboring lake associations such as and .

To learn more visit ClaryLake.org

During the Maine Mycological Associations October visit, about 70 species of mushrooms were recorded in Hidden Valley! 🍄...
05/23/2026

During the Maine Mycological Associations October visit, about 70 species of mushrooms were recorded in Hidden Valley! 🍄 Among the crust fungi, Emma Richter found and identified the Hydnomerulius Pinastri, last documented here in 1921! They'd also found Coniophora Fusispora - which has only eleven observations worldwide, two of which came from HVNC. It has only been recorded in Maine once before in 1949.

May 27 at in Montville Emma Richter from Maine Mycological Association will be leading a Wednesday Wander . This is a perfect chance to learn more about these fantastic fungi. Visit midcoastconservancy.org/events to learn more!

If you'd like to learn more about the Maine Mycological Association, or read about their forays visit: mainelymushrooms.org

Image 1: Coniophora Fusispora
Inage 2: Hydnomerulius Pinastri
Image 3: Leucogyrophana
Image 4: Penttilamyces Olivascens

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25 Friendship Road #2, PO Box 1199
Waldoboro, ME
04572

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Monday 8:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm

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(207) 389-5150

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