Dresden Sno-Valley Riders SC members will have their monthly business meeting on Tuesday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Old Town House on Route 197.
We will be having our election of officers…
Outdoors
The public is invited to attend the Member Gathering and Annual Meeting of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) on April 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Join land trust…
Over the past month Hidden Valley Nature Center hosted nearly 40 teenagers on their first winter camping experiences. The Chewonki School brought over 20 of its students to HVNC for a three-night…
A Bird’s Tale
No one familiar with the famous story of the unfortunate sailors who were shipwrecked on Boon Island in December 1710 and fought to survive for weeks, with no fire, on the frigid, rocky, wave-…
Back by popular demand Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson will offer an introductory Chainsaw Safety class specifically for women on April 18 and 19. This class is part of HVNC’s…
For more than a decade, Midcoast Stewards Program alumni have been contributing time, energy, ideas and enthusiasm to conservation organizations throughout Midcoast…
This spring Timber Frame Construction workshops are returning to Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC). The first class of the year will be held Thursday to Sunday, April 23-26. These perennially…
Spring arrives on March 20 and staff from the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will be leading a search along the trails of the Marsh River…
Spectrum Generations
Snowshoeing is an ideal winter turning to spring sport because nearly everyone can do it. If you can walk, you can snowshoe. Snowshoeing is so simple, absolute…
Each year the board and staff of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association show their appreciation for the contributions of the organization's…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is deeply appreciative for the support of more than fifty individual donors in the past year who helped make possible the construction of two new buildings. The…
A Bird’s Tale
As more of us struggle at this time of year with colds and the flu, it made us think about illnesses and disease in birds and how this might have an impact on their population numbers.
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Tens of thousands of outdoors-minded folks will gather for an entire weekend of everything outdoors March 27, 28 and 29. The 35th Annual State of Maine Sportsman’s Show is not to be missed. This…
The spring chorus of frogs will be a welcome sound this year. After months of deep snow and cold, ponds and wetlands will come to life with croaking, singing amphibians.
If you’re fascinated…
A Bird’s Tale
On these bitterly cold days this February we often find our minds drifting to the warm places where so many of “our” summer birds are currently in…
The Boothbay Fire Department recently hosted an event for firefighters at the fire station in Boothbay.
Roger Audette of Pine Point Fire Training & Consulting came to Boothbay on Jan. 21…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for your home or farm pond. We offer…
Knox-Lincoln Soil Water Conservation District, Merryspring Nature Center, and Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension are sponsoring a free workshop and training on Invasive Forest Insect Outreach on…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) will be celebrating winter on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the second annual Winter Fest. The event will still be…
Hunters can apply for the 2015 Maine Moose Permit Lottery at:…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has issued an invitation for applications for the Midcoast Stewards Program.
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Six months before the third annual Wings Over Wiscasset at Wiscasset Municipal Airport, this year’s installment is taking shaping to again honor veterans and entertain event-goers with an airshow…
With the near record snowfall Maine has had this winter, it’s no wonder that news stations have been warning people about roofs collapsing under all that weight. One news station stated that a…
National Weather Service...Knox County Emergency Management Agency...
ROCKLAND —The National Weather Service at noon Sunday, Feb. 15, canceled its blizzard warning for all but southern Maine and points northeast of Hancock County and Downeast, though wind gusts…
With one snowstorm after another, the complaints about the piles on our roofs, the shoveling of walks, and the time we're spending cleaning off cars have become…
A Bird’s Tale
We’ve been thinking lately about the idea of habitat.
Maybe because the recent onslaught of winter storms has left most of us confined to the small habitat inside and near our homes. Birders…
Lincoln Academy Swim Team
Lincoln Academy joined 10 other school swim teams on Friday, Feb. 6 for the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference at the YMCA in Bath.
The competition was fierce, especially from some of the…
The 38th annual Nequasset Lake Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Woolwich Firefighters Association, will be held on Nequasset Lake, Woolwich on Sunday, Feb. 15. Hours are daylight to 3 p.m.
A…
The Boothbay Region Y in partnership with the Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA are offering a combined and expanded summer camp experience, with transportation, to give kids and teens in Lincoln…
On Friday, March 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will host an owl prowl at their Trout Brook Preserve in Alna. Lynne Flaccus, a…
Great Maine Outdoor Weekend
Only a few weeks ago, Hidden Valley Nature Center's annual Liberal Cup Biathlon was postponed due to a lack of snow.
…
Winter is a special time of year during which we get to observe the patterns and habits of our animal neighbors as they hunt, breed, nest and struggle to meet the demands of winter.
Their…
During school vacation week, Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will offer a Nature Journal Workshop at the Sheepscot General, 98 Townhouse Road in…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) invites families to celebrate winter at Winter Fest which will be held Saturday, Feb. 28 from noon to 3 p.m. at Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane,…
Eighth Annual
The eighth annual Karl’s Kids Ski Day fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Sugarloaf.
Karl’s Kids honors the late Karl Berger by helping less fortunate children up to the age of…
For some, last Saturday’s snow meant messy driving conditions and some shoveling. But for Bob Bruce and his fellow Wiscasset Sno-Goers at the club’s open house on Sunday, that snow and the Tuesday…
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Update: Due to the warm weather and melted snow, the biathlon has been moved to Sunday, Feb. 8.
With temperatures returning to winter levels, the time will soon come again to head out into…
Witness galaxies, constellations, planets and much more at a Star Party jointly offered by Damariscotta River Association (DRA) and Central Maine Astronomical Society (CMAS). Between Jan. 16 and…
In early December, 55 third graders from Great Salt Bay School participated in the Damariscotta River Association’s (DRA) Wabanaki Living Skills and…
The Newcastle-Damariscotta Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee would like to remind all area residents and visitors to take a few minutes to complete the…
Have you ever wondered what knot is best for tying a tarp to a tree during a camping trip or how best to keep the canoe from leaving and yet be able to untie it a week later?
Get instruction…
A piece of the North Maine Woods is coming to Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson on Friday, Feb. 6 at 4:30 p.m. Paul Johnson from Maine Woods Forever will give a presentation about…
A Bird’s Tale
It’s one of the rarest birds in the world, with less than 250 breeding pairs in the entire population. It nests on only a few tiny islets just…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands will host free, guided hikes in five state parks on New Year’s Day as part of America's State Parks First…
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) announces the launch of its annual Ski Bum Promotion to be held in January 2015 looking for the “Ultimate Ski Bum Family.” The Grand Prize drawing will…
Despite one of the warmest Decembers on record, 2014 will go out with a bite.
A month of above-average and above-freezing temperatures…
Chewonki's annual Winter Vacation Camp for students in grades 1-8 give students and their families an opportunity to explore the outdoors in winter during the week of February…
Boothbay Region High School
Three members of the Boothbay Region High School Outing Club recently secured a grant from Teens To Trails, which will allow the group to take an overnight trip sometime in May.
These two…
Maine's ski resorts have plenty of events to choose from to ring in 2015.
New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, is just a week away. If a getaway appeals to you, here's what Sugarloaf, Sunday River and…
Every year for the past four years, Avery Thomas of Wiscasset has spent over 20 hours setting up a Christmas lights display next to Ship's Chow Hall in Wiscasset.
He says the project is a…
