1981 – 2015 WILTON — Caleb Irving Dorr, 33, of Wilton passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, Aug. 2. He was born Dec. 4, 1981, in Portland, the son of Irving and Joy Dorr. He graduated from Mt. Blue High School, Class of 2000, and went into the Maine Conservation Corps (Americorps) for […]
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EL grad joins Conservation Corps
HALLOWELL — The Maine Conservation Corps recently welcomed Auburn native Jordan Tate. She joined as an AmeriCorps member for a term of national service as a Maine Conservation Corps environmental steward. Jordan is a 2012 graduate of Edward Little High School and a 2015 graduate of the University of New England with a Bachelor of […]
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Maine Conservation Corps looking for new members to help build trails, train volunteers
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Conservation Corps is looking for new members for its Field Team and Environmental Steward Programs to help construct and improve recreational trails. The corps is part of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands. Its field teams help build trails in mountains, along the […]
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Environmental steward working in Weld this summer
WELD — Tumbledown Conservation Alliance is providing funding this summer for an environmental steward in Weld, according to Conrad Heeschen of the Alliance. Nate Bartnick, a former Appalachian Trail through hiker, has been on the job since the end of May and will work through the fall. Bartnick is based at the Mount Blue State […]
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Orono Bog Boardwalk project an opportunity to teach out-of-staters forest not dark, mysterious place
BANGOR — Ethan Harding had to dissuade the “from away” members of his Maine Conservation Corps team of the notion that “killer bears” populate the north Maine woods. “Some of them think the forest is a dark, mysterious place they shouldn’t go into,” Harding, 19, of Jackson said Saturday. “I had to show them that […]