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Events Calendar

Invasive Plant Species Workday

Highland Farm Preserve 321 Cider Hill Rd., York, United States

Join York Land Trust and the York Conservation Commission at Highland Farm Preserve and learn to confidently identify and remove two notoriously aggressive invasive plant species: Japanese Knotweed and Japanese Pachysandra. These two plant species are opportunists who can be seen everywhere from roadsides and backyards to forests and fields. How did they get here…

Trail Stewardship Workday 101

York Land Trust 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States

Join our Stewardship Director, Liz Walworth, for a basic training on trail stewardship skills on one of YLT’s Limited Access Preserves. This hands-on training is for people of all skill levels interested in caring for local trails and is our official kickoff event for Love Maine Trails Month! Sign up here. Training Topics Will Include:   …

Garden Series: Organic Gardening 101

York Land Trust 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States

Join us for an informative presentation by two of Eldredge Lumber’s organic gardening experts, Susan Engel, a Maine Master Gardener Volunteer, and John Bochert, Eldredge’s Lawn & Garden Specialist. They will discuss gardening techniques for planting, maintaining, and harvesting organic gardens that support local plant and animal habitat. There is a vast array of microorganisms…

Boardwalk Building Workday at Smelt Brook

Smelt Brook Preserve 321 Cider Hill Rd., York, United States

Come join York Land Trust Stewardship Staff to help build bridging structures on YLT's Smelt Brook Preserve and make our trails more accessible! All experience levels are welcome. All tools will be provided at the workday, but if you have any favorite tools for digging, cutting roots, power tools or trimming back brush - we…

Bird Walk Wednesday: June 2024

Highland Farm Preserve 321 Cider Hill Rd., York, United States

In partnership with White Pine Programs, we offer a monthly bird walk on the 3rd Wednesday of each month! Join us for a walk through scenic Highland Farm Preserve to learn how to ID birds, recognize birdsong, and explore the habitats birds love most. Family friendly and beginner birders welcome! Hike Difficulty: Easy to moderate.…

Garden Series: Native Pollinator Workshop

York Land Trust 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States

Join special guest Michelle Hunt, a biologist formerly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as she explores our region's native pollinators and discusses methods for supporting them through gardening with native flora. In this workshop, she will discuss some of the challenges monarch butterfly populations have faced recently and demonstrate how you can support…

Fairy House and Gnome Home Adventure

York Land Trust 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States

Join a York Public Library Youth Librarian for a fairy house and gnome home adventure at York Land Trust headquarters! We'll take a walk on the trail to see if we can spy fairies and gnomes along the way. At the end of our walk we'll build some beautiful fairy houses and gnome homes using…

Summer Solstice Yoga

York Land Trust 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States

Join Darcy Specker of Cider Hill Yoga for an evening yoga class at York Land Trust headquarters to celebrate the Summer Solstice! Darcy brings more than a decade of yoga teaching experience, with a focus on vinyasa flow and the connection between breath and movement. She seeks to help students connect more deeply to the…

Timber Footbridge Building Workday is being rescheduled – Stay tuned to this page!

Highland Farm Preserve 321 Cider Hill Rd., York, United States

Join York Land Trust Stewardship Staff for a building workday to keep our most visited preserve accessible to visitors. Our volunteer crew will build a new stream crossing in place of the NEC trail stream crossing bridge. All experience levels are welcome! All necessary tools will be provided at the workday, but if you have…

Picnic Bench Building Workday

York Land Trust 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States

Join York Land Trust Stewardship Staff to help build a picnic table for Near Point Preserve! All experience levels welcomed. All tools will be provided, but if you have any of your favorite carpentry tools- we encourage you to bring them along! Please come prepared with work gloves, long sleeves and pants, closed toe shoes,…

Boardwalk Building and Bridging Workday

Hilton-Winn Preserve 174 Ogunquit Rd, Cape Neddick, ME, United States

Come help York Land Trust staff create bridging at Hilton-Winn preserve to make our trails more accessible! All experience levels are welcome. All tools will be provided at the workday, but if you have any favorite tools for digging, cutting roots, power tools or trimming back brush, feel free to bring them along! Please come…

Stewardship Guided Hike at Fuller Forest Preserve

Fuller Forest Preserve 33-69 Bartlett Rd, York, ME

Join York Land Trust’s Stewardship Staff to explore our scenic Fuller Forest Preserve. Learn about the creatures that make their home here and what YLT is doing to try to improve their habitat. This 220-acre preserve provides access to more than 4 miles of trails and includes a mixed hardwood forest, ponds, streams, and forested…