Come visit our table at the town's annual event to welcome new residents to our community. Learn about volunteer opportunities, current conservation projects, and other ways you can get involved with CCLT.

Join us to explore the new trails at LongWoods Preserve, which CCLT protected in 2022 in conjunction with Maine Farmland Trust. We'll take a close look at wetland habitats and take time to admire a variety of art installations.

We'll fix a bridge that is sagging into a stream. We'll meet on the north side of Blanchard Road (approximately 64-74 Blanchard Road). Look for the blue van with a wooden roof rack and park on the side of the road. We'll hike to the bridge site on the Waterfall Trail. 

Maine’s coast is a treasure! Let’s keep it that way. Join us, the Town of Chebeague Island, the Chebeague Climate Action Team, and the Chebeague After School Program as we participate in the 36th Annual International Coastal Cleanup day.

Learn from Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nurseries about the benefits of companion planting in an orchard or garden. We’ll also create a roadmap for what to plant in the Cumberland Orchard in 2025 to support the growing fruit and nut trees.

Our task is to continue with clean up and invasive plant cutting in the lower meadow. Please bring loppers, gloves, and water for yourself. CCLT will have tools to borrow as well. We'll meet at the upper parking lot and then carpool down to the lower parking area. If you think you might come, please contact Jonathan Dawson at steward@ccltmaine.org.

We are determined to cut back the bittersweet vines in the clearing at Littlefield Woods and we are almost there!  We have other mini-projects there as well, such as scoping out a possible new trail spur. Bring loppers, gloves, and water.  CCLT will bring tools and gloves too. If you think you might come, please contact Jonathan Dawson at steward@ccltmaine.org.

Join us in the expansive fields of this beautiful preserve that is home to milkweed and other native wildflowers that will be in full bloom at summer’s end.

Join us to celebrate land conservation, stewardship, and climate resilience efforts on Chebeague Island. Maine’s leading ocean scientists—Janet Duffy Anderson of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Suzie Arnold of the Island Institute—will discuss ocean warming and biodiversity, the state of Maine’s fisheries, and hope around climate change.

Three years ago, the Great Chebeague Golf Club started working toward a certification as a cooperative sanctuary golf course, making it part of the Audubon International movement that promotes ecologically sound land management and the conservation of natural resources on golf courses. Learn about the various ways the club is striving to meet its goals during a tour with Linda Grant, who is helping to shepherd the club’s environmental plan.

Join Owen Wormser, a regenerative landscaper and author of the book Lawns Into Meadows, as he details how to grow your own meadow. Meadows are a way you can positively contribute to combatting climate change while also making something beautiful in your very own backyard!

Learn from Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nurseries about the importance of pollinators in the orchard, how to identify useful pollinator plants, and discover specific plants that it would be useful to add.

Join us for all or part of a trail work session at Broad Cove Reserve. Our task is to remove the remaining winter blow downs from the lower meadow trail and hack away at the invasive plants. If we have time we will do some trimming along the trails closer to the upper parking lot. Be sure to bring gloves, water, sunscreen, and bug spray.

Join us at Indian Point on Chebeague Island to learn about the shore birds that frequent this preserve. The Chebeague Climate Action Team will be on hand to discuss the impacts of sea level rise and extreme weather events on this property as well, including how they might affect the piping plover population. Added bonus: refreshments provided at the boathouse! Please bring binoculars if you have them.

Join us for all or part of a trail work session at Littlefield Woods for our annual cutting back of the invasive plants at the horse chestnut clearing. We’ll also scout out a route for a new trail spur and start roughing it in. Be sure to bring gloves, water, sunscreen, and bug spray.

Join Jesse Lamarre-Vincent to create trellises for cane fruits and grapes. You will learn how to build a simple and effective trellises with posts, gravel, and wire. We’ll end up with a space for future fruits to be planted, and you’ll have the expertise to build your own sturdy trellis at home!

Join us for a discussion and farm tour at Ambarona Farm with agricultural experts who will address and showcase soil health efforts that combat the impacts of climate change. They will also discuss how farmland conservation and local food production are critical climate solutions. Come meet the farm's heritage cows and maybe even pick up a tip or two to improve the soil health of your own garden! Feel free to explore the new trails at LongWoods Preserve on your own before or after the event.

Come explore this vast preserve that is home to a 60-acre beaver marsh hosting enormous beaver lodges and large populations of birds.

Join Jesse Lamarre-Vincent for a tutorial on using European scythes—fossil-fuel-free hand tools that have proven effective for generations.

Join us for a walk and talk with our Maine Forest Service district forester, a wildlife ecologist from Maine Audubon, and a carbon stewardship specialist with the U.S. Forest Service to learn about how a warming climate is affecting our forests and how we can manage our forests to be more resilient and adaptive to those changes.

This annual family-friendly event celebrates the ancient phenomenon of horseshoe crabs coming ashore to lay eggs. Participants will have opportunities to handle horseshoe crabs and learn about these unique creatures from a marine educator and horseshoe crab expert.

Join us for a work session at Indian Point on Chebeague Island to build bog bridges, cut branches, and install stakes to define the path to the beach. 

Join representatives of the Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust, Cumberland Lands and Conservation Commission’s Sustainability Subcommittee, Chebeague Climate Action Team, and Greely High School to learn about these groups’ local climate action projects, their success stories, and how you can get involved with various community initiatives.

Join us for a stewardship work session at Watson Woods.  We'll meet at the end of Turkey Lane in Cumberland at 9:00 a.m.

Join us at Broad Cove Reserve to learn fascinating facts about horseshoe crabs who have emerged from the ocean to lay their eggs on sandy beaches like this one for 445 million years. You will likely be able to see these harmless arthropods up close! Meet at the parking lot at 2:00 p.m. for the 15-minute walk down to the beach.

Want a free boat ride to an island in Casco Bay? Here’s your chance! All you have to do is help us clean up Stockman Island.

Learn about the role of nature-based coastal resilience solutions in combatting the effects of climate change in our communities. A representative from Climate Ready Casco Bay and an expert in ecological restoration and coastal stabilization projects will discuss regional resilience plans and natural ways to mitigate flood risks and manage erosion.

Join Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nurseries to learn how to properly plant fruit trees and put your knowledge to work by helping plant the first round of fruit trees in the Cumberland Community Orchard.

Join us for a reading and signing of the children’s book The Piping Plover by local teacher and author Andrew Fersch and artist Bruce Hutchison.

Join Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nurseries to learn about the soil food web, how to care for our soils, and what we can do to manage our gardens (and orchards) for better water retention.