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The Drift, Spring 2020 : a meaning or intent; the component of movement that is due to the force of wind and currents; a gathering of flowering Midcoastthe Conservancy’s biannualdrift newsletter plants growing together. Photo by Keith Carver Spring 2020 Always here for you. Vol. 5, No. 1 Jody Jones, Executive Director In this issue: As we grapple across the world and in our midcoast community, 1 Always here for you with unsettling fears and concepts like “social distancing”, there 2 Meet (Y)our New Staff is comfort to be found in the natural world, including the places 3 2020 Summer Event Update you’ve helped us protect. Who among us isn’t made more whole 4 State of the Lake after wending along a forested trail, or facing into the wind on a 5 Be Smart, Be LakeSmart beach, or watching lake waters part behind a loon family? Even the 6 From One Muddy Puddle to Another simple act of looking out the window, perhaps at a busy birdfeeder, 7 Flowing Like a River has given me a measure of calm and peace. 8 Green Burials 9 Celebrating Conservation We need nature and it abounds here in Maine. Through the years 10 Sustainable Trail Building Practices and millennia, the natural world has given: clean water, healthy soil 11 Wildlife in the Spotlight 12 "A" is for Adventure in which to grow our food, and habitat for an astonishingly diverse 13 Activities for Kids of All Ages world of creatures and plants. Now, more than ever, the message is 16 Legacy Giving clear. Nature cares for us and we are called to give back, so that we 18 2019 Support and all who follow know the life-sustaining power of this earth. So grab your muck boots, head outside and let nature in. Midcoast Conservancy spring 2020 1 MEET (Y)OUR NEW STAFF! Board of Directors In early 2020, four new talented and passionate employees joined our team! To learn more about each new team member and how you can get in touch with them, visit the staff page on our fter a great deal of time spent thinking Pool Exploration?); once guidelines change, or the Champagne gala. Zoom and emails Buck O’Herin about which summer events might be we will consider offering small, outdoor are no substitute for the celebrating in President website: www.midcoastconservancy.org/connect/staff/ “re-imagined” or postponed until conditions experiences like guided walks as we see how community our love of the natural world but Jo Steneck Vice President CARA O'DONNELL are more favorable, and following the the path back to normal takes shape. keeping each other safe and healthy must example of neighboring land trusts, summer come first. Hugh Riddleberger Senior Watershed Manager The Midcoast Conservancy family wants Treasurer camps and other like-minded organizations, you, our members, to know that we are so In the meantime, please join us in Cara brings over 17 years of adoration for the waters and we have made the difficult decision to Tracy Moskovitz fisheries of Maine and experience in watershed manage- grateful for you and we acknowledge the reminiscing about our fun-filled 2019 cancel all summer events. Secretary ment and water quality monitoring for the Houlton Band of uncertainty we are all experiencing. We look events! Thank you all for supporting us Carole Cifrino Maliseet Indians. We will continue to offer virtual learning forward to the day that we can all gather at these events. We looking forward to Chuck Dinsmore “I believe in the strength and energy that comes from col- opportunities for the foreseeable future together again in person, whether at the gathering, dancing, toasting, and exploring Carolyn Gabbe laborating towards the common vision of vibrant waters and (did you participate in our Virtual Vernal Member Picnic, the Live Edge Music Festival with you all soon! Glenn Ritch fisheries, which bring life to our communities.” Laurie Howarth Liz Petruska CHRIS SCHORN Mary Kate Reny Senior Land Steward Marty Welt As a self-proclaimed plant geek and avowed botanist, Chris Sally Butler joins us after working as Cape Elizabeth Land Trust's first Stewardship Manager, and as the stewardship assistant for the STAFF Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. Jody Jones "It's our responsibility as land stewards to understand what Executive Director makes our conserved landscapes special, and manage them in Ali Stevenson ways that protect native ecosystems, honor their histories, and Communications Manager promote community connections." Andrew Bezon Wellspring Dinner Summer Adventure Series Member BBQ Director of Community Programs & HVNC PATRICIA NEASE Anna Fiedler Director of Land Conservation MCC Railsback Water Steward Cara O'Donnell Patricia grew up in Michigan where she fell in love with aquat- This is the power of gathering: It inspires us — delightfully — to be more ic ecology. She joins Midcoast after completing her Masters Senior Watershed Manager hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive. Chris Massi of Science in Fisheries at Purdue University. While in graduate Director of Development school Patricia became interested in community engagement —Alice Waters and science communication. Patricia is excited about her year Chris Schorn Senior Land Steward of service at Midcoast Conservancy and hopes to explore both passions, working with the community and aquatic systems. Jess Ruhlin Membership & Volunteer Manager Kristin Pennock Director of Finance & Human Resources ANDREW MORIARTY Shri Verrill MCC Environmental Steward Sr. Watershed Restoration Manager Andrew grew up in Sanford, ME and graduated from the Uni- Stephen Patton versity of New Hampshire in 2018 with a B.S. in Environmental Deputy Director Conservation & Sustainability and a focus in forest ecology. Tim Libby Andrew has completed two prior AmeriCorps terms, first Forest & Facilities Manager serving with a conservation trust in the lakes region of New Andrew Moriarty Hampshire, then with a state park in the Mid-Hudson Region MCC Environmental Steward of NY. He is proud to return with the knowledge and experi- Love the Lake Regatta Live Edge Music Festival Champagne Gala Patricia Nease ence he has gained to serve in his home state. MCC Railsback Water Steward Heather Roscoe, Daria Stacy, Tucker Stevenson Midcoast Conservancy spring 2020 3 AmeriCorps Outdoor Adventure Members NEWSLETTER DESIGN: JESS RUHLIN BE SMART, BE LAKESMART! f you have a home or seasonal camp The first step to becoming LakeSmart STATE OF THE LAKE on Damariscotta Lake and you’ve certified is to contact Midcoast Con- By Cara O'Donnell + Patricia Nease been wondering how you can help servancy and schedule a LakeSmart protect the lake, con- visit. This assessment sider the LakeSmart will include a property program! LakeSmart walk-through and evalu- is a statewide certifi- ation with certified staff cation and education members. Following the Let’s DO IT A call to action for Damariscotta Lake Note: The complete State of the Lake Report will be released in the upcoming weeks. program that strives to property visit, you will prevent sediment and receive a personalized set It will take all of us working together to WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE, lead to a rapid shift from clear waters within Cranberry Cove. Since then, nutrients like phos- of recommendations for control the water and soil passing through BOTH FROM A BIOLOGICAL to green waters. Unfortunately, data despite an additional infestation in phorus from getting improving your property’s the landscape into Damariscotta Lake. You can STANDPOINT AND AS A MEANS collected by Midcoast Conservancy Davis Stream (the major inlet of into a lake. Both protection of the lake. make a difference! TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY and the DEP shows statistical the lake), numbers of the plant have sediment and phos- These recommendations OF LIFE. MANY OF US HAVE increases in August averages of surface dwindled. In 2019 there were no phorus are forms of are often low-cost and STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH If you own property on the lake you can: water phosphorus in the South Arm detections of Hydrilla in the lake by pollution that impact Midcoast Conservancy WATER; IT HOLDS VALUE FOR of the lake. This may have resulted Invasive Plant Patrollers, Courtesy the health of the lake can work with you to help • Schedule a LakeSmart evaluation on your MANY IN A RELIGIOUS OR property. Learn how you can slow the flow SPIRITUAL LENS, OR IT MAY from increasing development near Boat Inspectors and during Invasive environment by promoting algal design plans for these projects. Once of soil and contaminants into the lake. Call EVOKE NOSTALGIC MEMORIES the lake, or from depleted oxygen Plant Control surveys of the detection growth and decreasing water clarity. you qualify, you will be awarded your Patricia at 207-389-5162. ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN at the lake bottom which facilitates sites. This work is evidence of the You can help protect Damariscot- LakeSmart certification and get two WATER BODIES. phosphorus reentry into the water positive impact that we can have. ta Lake and ensure clean and clear signs for your property—one for your • Plant native plants along the lakeshore that column. Either way, doing what we Though many of you know that these waters for generations to come by be- driveway and one for your shoreline. include low, medium and over-story trees to In my short time at Midcoast can to prevent inputs of phosphorus efforts are a labor, I think most would coming LakeSmart certified! Further- This prestigious award helps your slow the flow. Conservancy I’ve heard many stories to the lake will be key to protecting agree that it is a labor of love. We will more, students at Colby College have neighbors see that you are doing your • Work with your neighbors to address runoff from people who have a particular love future water quality.
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