SWLA 2010 Winter & Spring Events
Thursday, April 22, 7pm. Talk & slideshow. In 2009 Susie O'keefe traveled to British Columbia and Alaska to work with individuals studying grizzly bears. Her interest was to explore how we perceive and what we project onto grizzly bears, wolves, and other carnivores. Join Susie for a slide show and discussion on how the practice of self-awareness and contemplative inquiry can help us understand these animals, and learn to coexist. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St, Belfast. Donations welcome
Thursday, April 29, 6:30–8:30. “Vernal Pools: Temporary Habitats that Need Permanent Protection” presentation by IF&W’s Phillip deMaynadier. The evening presentation will focus on the unique qualities of vernal pools, the fascinating creatures that occupy them, and recent developments in state policy designed to help conserve these ecologically important habitats. Co-hosted with Friends of Unity Wetlands. Location: Mount View High School.
Saturday, May 8. Time TBA. Vernal pool visit in Montville with IF&W’s Phillip deMaynadier. Though they may only fill with water for a short time in spring and fall, these small pools provide important breeding habitat for many invertebrates and amphibians like salamanders and wood frogs. Isolated from streams and subject to periodic drying, vernal pools provide a haven for wetland wildlife that lack defenses necessary to reproduce in more fishy environs. The Saturday walk will be an opportunity to visit a vernal pool and look for amphibian egg masses and other wildlife activity. (Check it outdescription in Adult Ed. Online course)
http://msad3.maineadulted.org/courses/course/vernal_pools_temporary_habitats_that_need_permanen
Saturday, May 15, 10am – 1pm. What can the land tell us about our past? Accompany Unity College professor Chris Marshall as we use Sherlock Holmes-style observations to deduce the history of peoples’ interactions with place. We’ll start at the old Whitten homestead (where Chris and Unity College students have done archeology work) on SWLA’s Northern Headwaters property and work our way down to the remains of one of the early mills on the upper Sheepscot River. Meet at the Northern Headwaters trailhead at the top of Whitten Hill driveway, off the Halldale Rd.
Articles
• Hiking on Goose Ridge Trail (Article in Maine Outdoor Journal 11/15/08)
• Whitten Hill Project - Information about the 400+ acres SWLA is trying to preserve
• SWLA Winter 2010 Newsletter, pdf file
• SWLA Summer 2009 Newsletter, pdf file.
• SWLA Winter 2009 Newsletter, pdf file
On May 27, 2008 area land trust members gathered at the SVCA office for the presen
tation of the conservation plan for the Sheepscot River created by biologist, Janet McMahon. 
The picture on the left shows
SWLA board members in attendance. The picture on the right shows area land trust Executive Directors: (left to right) Julie
Lamy of the Boothbay Region Land Trust, biologist Janet McMahon, Maureen Hoffman of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association and Buck O'Herin of SWLA.
• SWLA Summer 2008 Newsletter, pdf file.
• SWLA Winter 2008 Newsletter, pdf file.
• SWLA Summer 2007 Newsletter, pdf file.
• SWLA Summer 2006 Newsletter, pdf file.
• Land alliance gets operational support grant (Article from the Kennebec Journal, 7/31/07)