This calendar lists events hosted by several of the great land trusts and environmental organizations in the greater Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle/Stonington area. Please contact the host organizations for more information on particular events.
October 17, 2026 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Town Dock, Main Street, Bucksport, ME 04416
Summon your ghouls, goblins, and teen wolves for an evening of trunk-or-treating by moonlight. When the candy runs dry, follow the echoes to Ghostport’s Bump in the Night Dance Party!
🍫 TRUNKERS WANTED!🍬 Register @ greatpondtrust.org
Suitable for all ages, but don’t be surprised if things get a little spooky.
Forestry Innovations Day at the Wildlands on October 23, hosted by Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust in partnership with Maine TREE Foundation and Maine Tree Farm
Join us to learn of innovations in forest stewardship, from management planning and operations to monitoring forest change, leveraging new technology, and inspiring the next generation of forest stewards. Participants can look forward to field sessions, live demonstrations, engaging exhibits, and local food, while connecting with fellow natural resource professionals.
Topics will include Forest Ecology Research Network, Forest Rehabilitation & Resiliency, Adaptive Harvest Operations, UAVs, Drones, & Remote Sensing.
October 24, 2026 @ 8:30 am - 10:45 am Wildlands, Dead River East, Orland, ME 04472, USA
Tom is a terrestrial ecologist, author, and professor emeritus at Antioch University. This will be a gentle, roughly 2-mile round-trip hike to the first open, exposed granite on Great Pond Mountain. We will be looking at two unique features, plus any other interesting species adaptations or intriguing coevolved interrelationships between organisms that we encounter.
October 24, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Wildlands, Dead River East, Orland, ME 04472, USA
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Saturday, 10/24/2026, 11:00 AM
Pre-Meeting Interpretive Walk w/ Tom Wessels @ 8:30 AM
@ Half-Mile Field, The Wildlands
Don Fish Road, Orland
GPMCT supporters are invited to our Annual Meeting. The meeting includes reports from the prior year on activities and finances, electing board members and officers, the presentation of volunteer awards, bylaw changes, and announcements about upcoming initiatives.
Bring a chair and bug repellant. Sun and shade options for seating. Vegetarian chili will be served.
October 25, 2026 Dead River Trailhead, Great Pond Mountain Wildlands, Don Fish Trail, Orland, ME 04472, USA
Race to the top of Great Pond Mountain! This year marks GPMCT’s 33rd Annual trail run and the third year of our new 6.2-mile course to the 1,009-foot summit of Great Pond Mountain, plus a 1-mile Fun Run to the banks of the Dead River. Established in 1993, this homegrown run has become a staple for runners from around the region.
Offering a unique blend of forested mountainside trails and scenic beauty, the 33rd edition of the Wildlands Summit Run promises to be a challenging race. Lace-up your running shoes and join us!