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To the Summit! Campaign

Jun 30, 2013 | Gallery, News

June 29, 2013. Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust uses the occasion of festive Orland River Day to announce the launch of the public phase of its campaign to purchase new lands, including the summit of Great Pond Mountain itself. In the pictures here, Honorary...

NEW BRIDGES IN WILDLANDS

Jun 21, 2013 | Gallery

June 21, 2013.  Brian Keegstra and his crew dismantle the first of several aging bridges in the Wildlands. Helping Brian are Geo Atwood, Dan Rhodes, Gene Behrenshauser, and John Wedin.  Behind the camera and drawn into the fray on occasion is Hans Krichels. Fresh...

BHS KIDS ACTIVE IN WILDLANDS

Jun 20, 2013 | News

On June 7, six kids from Bucksport High School spent the better part of their Friday morning clearing saplings and puckerbrush from ditches along Valley Road. Steward Brian Keegstra had laid out the project beforehand, and Stephen Krichels of BHS, assisted by Nathan...

Birdathon team bags 60+ species

May 31, 2013 | News

Team Wingnuts (Cheri Domina, Sue Shaw, Sherrie Downing, Nancy Patterson and Maggie Williams) spent 17.5 hours afield in the Great Pond Mtn. Wildlands and Craig Brook Nat’l Fish Hatchery Tuesday, May 28 (with a short foray into Orland Village for dinner).  The...

Letterboxing

May 31, 2013 | HomePageTabs, News

Following an old European tradition, eight letterboxes have now been placed in the Great Pond Mountain Wildlands.  To find letterboxes, follow directions provided on cards at the North and South Gate kiosks, or download by clicking Letterbox Clues. Inside the wooden...