Enjoy fall foliage with holiday paddle

The 150-acre Pleasant Lake Preserve includes a working woodlot and extensive wetlands important for waterfowl. Emily Newell photo.

By Jennifer Irving,

Posted Sept. 26, 2012, at 12:40 p.m.

A juvenile eagle takes flight from Pleasant Lake Preserve in Stetson, the sight of an Oct. 8 foliage paddle hosted by Sebasticook Regional Land Trust. Deb Dutton photo.

STETSON – Celebrate the Columbus Day holiday with a fall foliage paddle on Pleasant Lake.

Sebasticook Regional Land Trust will host the morning paddle, which will include a visit to the Trust’s 150-acre woodlot on the lake. The wooded and wetland property was gifted to the Trust in 2010 by Kent Hewitt to assure it would forever be available for public enjoyment, including hunting and fishing. The property is rich in birds and waterfowl, deer, moose and more. A timber harvest was conducted the past two winters and a trail system is now under construction.

The paddle will begin at 10 AM and wrap up by 1 PM. Space is limited. For directions to the launch site and to register for the paddle, contact Jennifer Irving at 948-3766 or jennifer@sebasticookrlt.org. For more information about Sebasticook Regional Land Trust, visit www.SebasticookRLT.org.

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