co-sponsored by Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Blue Hill Public Library!
All ages are invited to participate in a Winter Hiking Challenge featuring Blue Hill Heritage Trust trails across the Blue Hill Peninsula. Starting on Monday, February 1st, there will be a featured animal/plant posted at eight designated trails and a mystery letter for participants to collect. Hikers will learn about winter ecology from the perspective of many different species including porcupines, gulls, frogs, and more! Â
The challenge ends on Saturday, March 20, the first day of spring! Once you have completed all eight trails and assembled the letters to form the mystery word, send an email with a photo of the completed card to enter a drawing for a prize. All kids will receive a prize for completing the hiking challenge and there will be a a prize drawing for adults!
This program is co-sponsored by the Blue Hill Library and Blue Hill Heritage Trust. For more information, email Landere at landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org. or Claire at claire.malina@bhpl.net.
To learn more about Life In Winter checkout books from the BHPL:
Reading List prepared by Claire Malina, Youth Services Librarian
**One of volunteers leading the January Winter Hike has an injury and is unable to attend. We wish her all the best in her healing process, and hope all will be better in time for the February Winter Hike. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Please feel free to hike the trails on your own. Remember that trail conditions may be vary with both weather and location, and as a result may be wet, icy, or muddy. Take precautions as needed.**
We are excited to announce BHHT’s 8th Annual Winter Hikes Series!
Please join co-leaders, Merrie Eley and Barbara Kourajian for an opportunity to enjoy the winter outdoors. Merrie and Barbara will share naturalist knowledge along the trail and good tips for staying active on BHHT trails during the winter months. Snacks and hot beverages are provided. Wear warm layers, sturdy hiking shoes or boots and bring along hiking poles and ice cleats if needed. *There will be 3 hikes this winter:
Jan. 16, CANCELED
Feb. 13, 10am-noon (snow date 2/14) Cooper Farm, Sedgwick
March 13, 10am-noon (snow date 3/14) Kingdom Woods, Blue Hill
**if there is a lot of ice on the trails, we may change locations but will notify anyone who is signed up to inform of conditions Please use this link to reserve/sign up https://forms.gle/pWBfgkF9KgJbJZx16
Join Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Island Heritage Trust for another Friends from the Field Webinar! Perhaps in summer, with the leaves out and branches hanging low enough for us to see them, we can tell an oak from a maple. But how else might we look at trees—not only to tell one from another, but to understand how they are structured, how they live, etc.? Please join Maine Master Naturalist Susan Cottle for this Zoom presentation to learn more about truly seeing trees, not only to identify different ones with or without their leaves, but to learn about bark, structure, buds, and more! A lifelong forest wanderer and a sometimes home wood harvester, Susan spends much of her time hiking and volunteering outdoors so she can be around trees. She regularly leads walks and offers talks for conservation-based organizations, and serves on the Maine Master Naturalists board. Use this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_sOSQOzdKTGm2K63X6vxQHQ Email landere@bluehillheritagetrust.org if you have any questions!
January 25, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Blue Hill Public Library, 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, ME 04614, USA
Kids are invited to Wild Sun Catchers on the library lawn on Wednesday, January 25 at 3:30 pm. Join Landere Naisbitt from Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Claire Malina from the Blue Hill Library for a workshop on sensitive fern. Landere will teach about the ecology, anatomy and wildlife connections of sensitive fern. We will be joined by special guest Kirsten Rickert. Kirsten will lead participants in creating a mandala using sensitive fern fertile fronds, spruce cones and other natural materials. Participants are encouraged to dress in warm clothing that is suitable for the weather as this program will take place outside on the library lawn. To register, use the library's interactive calendar or by calling 374-5515. Wild Sun Catchers is a monthly program for kids and families that celebrates the wild plants of the Blue Hill Peninsula, and teaches a stewardship ethic for the land and its many inhabitants. We focus on a different plant and the relationships it has with other species each month. This program is free and is co-sponsored by the Blue Hill Library and Blue Hill Heritage Trust. For more information, email Claire at claire.malina@bhpl.net.
