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Volunteers Extraordinaire.

  June 19, 2012. Three young fellers take it upon themselves to remove large chunks of an old pine that’s been threatening traffic and passersby on the Valley  Road. See attached video and pictures....

KidsPeace Kids Construct South Gate Bypass

  In June, Great Pond Mountain Trust officials requested KidsPeace kids, as part of their regular Forestry program, to construct a wheelchair bypass around the South Gate on the Bucksport-Ellsworth Road.    The kids worked hard. Shawn McCue came along as a worker...

Hopkins Meadow property

A visit to the flooded Hopkins Meadow January 6, 2011, yielded signs of beaver, moose, deer, hare and coyote. The Town of Orland donated this property January 10, 2011, to GPMCT.

DePaolo property

These photos were taken in summer, 2011 on the DePaolo property, purchased by GPMCT in Dec., 2011. This property abuts the Wildlands Dead River parcel.

Maine Championship Snowshoe Race Jan. 22, 2012

Snow was in short supply for the Maine State Championship Snowshoe Race Sunday in the Great Pond Mountain Wildlands – but that didn’t stop 14 competitors from running the race sans snowshoes. Jeff Lombardo of Old Town, 24, won the event by running 4.9 rugged miles in...