Articles by Georges River Land Trust
From the community
Meet the Georges River Land Trust-K2 Family Foundation Artists in Residence
The Georges River Land Trust and the K2 Family Foundation will introduce their 2013 Artists in Residence to the public at the Highlands Coffee House, Main Street, Thomaston, on Tuesday, May 28, doors open at 6:30 pm with a presentation at 7 pm. Elizabeth Billings and Michael Sacca of Tunbridge, ...
Shorebird Quest for Families with GRLT
Georges River Land Trust along with Lura Libby School 4th grade class will host a family event in Thomaston at the Village Trail from 10:30 AM to noon on Thursday, May 23rd. The 4th grade class will guide participants along the Shorebird Quest, which highlights the myriad shorebirds that use ...
Spring Bird Walk with the Georges River Land Trust
The Georges River Land Trust continues its popular tradition of an early season bird walk led by Bill Goodwill, GRLT volunteer and former president of Midcoast Maine Audubon Society. The walk will be held at the Pleasant Point Nature Preserve in Cushing on Saturday, May 18th. Goodwill notes that this ...
From the community
Trolley Marsh Preserve purchased by Georges River Land Trust
Over one hundred acres of open fields, young hardwood forests, mature pine, wetlands, perennial streams and marshland are now conserved by the Georges River Land Trust as a permanent asset to the Warren community and surrounding area for local residents to visit and explore. With grant funding from the Maine ...
Learn about your treasures with Kaja Veilleux at the Land Trust’s Revelry for the River
Kaja Veilleux, mid-coast Maine’s pre-eminent auctioneer, will evaluate antiques at a special appraisal party on Wednesday, May 8, at the elegant riverside home of Jock and Day Cowperthwaite, as part of the Georges River Land Trust’s Revelry for the River celebration. Each participant may bring two items for Kaja’s examination. ...
Georges River Land Trust in search of poets
For those inspired to write about our natural surroundings, you are invited to compose a poem about the stunning resource-rich landscape of the Georges River watershed. April is poetry month and the Georges River Land Trust is teaming up with the Rockland Public Library to celebrate the landscape and host ...
Land Trust’s Revelry for the River Offers an Afternoon of Pampering
The Georges River Land Trust and the Coppola Salon & Day Spa offer “An Afternoon of Pampering” on Friday, April 26, from noon to 5 p.m. The event is part of the Land Trust’s 2013 Revelry for the River. This very special opportunity to enjoy a 30-minute facial, a 30-minute ...
Call for Place Based Poets
Our natural surroundings have long inspired artistic creation, through visual arts, dance or poetry. In honor of National Poetry Month, this April, the Georges River Land Trust is partnering with the Rockland Public Library for Poetry Month Rockland during their month long celebration of landscapes. Poets of all ages are ...
Sculpture in a Searsmont Studio – More Revelry for the River
A chance to see the studio and work process of a renowned sculptor will be the second event in the 2013 season of Revelry for the River, the Georges River Land Trust’s reprise of the popular 2012 celebration of its 25th anniversary. The event, “Sculpture in a Searsmont Studio,” is ...
Atlantic salmon film is final offering in Land Trust Winter Series
The Georges River Land Trust and The Highlands Coffee House will screen “Turning Tail: The Atlantic Salmon’s Great New Leap,” the fourth and final film in the It’s a Wild Life Winter Film Series, at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 8, at the Highlands Coffee House in Thomaston. This exciting ...
Winter film ‘In the Blood’ rescheduled
The Georges River Land Trust and The Highlands Coffee House, have re-scheduled the screening of In the Blood, the third film in the IT’S A WILD LIFE Winter Film Series, to Friday, February 22nd, at 7 pm at the Highlands Coffee House in Thomaston. This exciting series of films celebrates ...
Whitney Bog/Pettengill Marsh snowshoe hike
On Saturday February 23rd, the public is invited to join a guided walk to the Whitney Bog and Pettengill Marsh in Appleton from 11 am to 1 pm. The walk/snowshoe hike is hosted by two local non-profits that share an interest in this extensive and valuable marsh, Georges River Land ...
Land Trust announces third offering in Winter Film Series
The Georges River Land Trust and The Highlands Coffee House, are pleased to announce the screening of In the Blood, the third film in the IT’S A WILD LIFE Winter Film Series, on Friday, February 8, at 7 p.m. at the Highlands Coffee House in Thomaston. This exciting series of ...
From the community
Working Forestland Conserved with Georges River Land Trust
A local family-run business, Robbins Lumber Company, recently donated a conservation easement to the Georges River Land Trust on extensive riverfront and woodland property in Appleton. For the past 5 generations, Robbins Lumber has been responsibly managing 28,000 acres of woodlands in Maine, and has received several national and state ...
Land trust announces toolworks tour
WARREN, Maine — The Georges River Land Trust announced the first of 16 special events in its second season of Revelry for the River, 2013’s reprise of the 2012 celebration of trust’s 25th anniversary. The event, Private Tour of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14. Snow ...
Film about ice fishing to be screened in Thomaston
THOMASTON, Maine — The Georges River Land Trust and The Highlands Coffee House will sponsor the second screening in the It’s a Wild Life Winter Film Series. The film, “Hardwater” will be screened at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at The Highlands Coffee House. The event is free and open ...
Land trust sponsors winter film series
THOMASTON, Maine — The Georges River Land Trust will host the It’s aWild Life Film Series at 7 p.m. the second Friday of each month during the winter at The Highlands Coffee House in Thomaston. The series is free and open to the public. Films to be screened are “Life ...
Holiday Caroling Party to benefit land trust
THOMASTON, Maine — The Georges River Land Trust will sponsor a Holiday Caroling Party at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. After caroling, guests will be treated to a hot soup dinner and refreshments. Tickets are $25 land trust members, $30 others to the event benefit the Georges River Land Trust. ...
Georges River Land Trust Receives Donation from Lowe’s and Stanley Black & Decker
The Georges River Land Trust (GRLT) is excited to announce a new partnership with Lowe’s of Thomaston, Maine, and Stanley Black & Decker for the donation of tools and materials to support the GRLT’s conservation properties and its Georges Highland Path trail system. Lowe’s and Stanley Black & Decker donated ...
A 21st Century Modern Sawmill – Robbins Lumber in Searsmont
Join the Georges River Land Trust for a tour of the Robbins Lumber Company mill in Searsmont, one of the most modern sawmills in the United States on Thursday, November 1, at 3:00 PM. Tickets to the event benefit the Georges River Land Trust and are $30 for Land Trust ...
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