HARRISON — A total of 1,800 trees recently were planted in the former gravel pit known as Moon Valley off Plains Road. Lee Dassler of Western Foothills Land Trust said a large group of Norway-based homeschooled students, their parents, students from the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School biology class and volunteers from the Land Trust […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust establishes endowment fund
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust has established an endowment fund it hopes to use to support general operations and other needs. “It’s really exciting,” Lee Dassler of the Land Trust said. According to a statement released by Dassler, the Land Trust was selected in May 2012 to receive the Ram Island 25/25 challenge […]
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Migratory bird walk planned at Norway farm
NORWAY — For nearly 20 years, Mary Van Nest and her husband, Robert, have been participating in the annual migratory bird walk, but she’s seen the number of species decline over the past few years. “I don’t know if it’s the weather or the climate changes,” she said. The couple have organized the event at […]
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Land trust pitches purchases to Otisfield board
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust and the Loon Echo Land Trust are working together to develop a community forest project on the Crooked River that will include 590 acres of woodlands in Otisfield and Harrison. Lee Dassler of the Western Foothills Land Trust told Otisfield selectmen last week that the trust will be […]
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Shoe and String Festival announced for Norway
NORWAY — The fourth annual Mellie Dunham Shoe and String Festival gets underway Friday, Feb. 7, with an exhibit and presentation about snowshoe-making in Norway. Alanson Mellen “Mellie” Dunham, 72, a diminutive farmer who lived on the eastern shores of Lake Pennesseewassee in Norway, rose to national fame in the early 1900s. He made snowshoes […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust receives $11,000 grant
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust has announced the award of an $11,000 grant from the William P. Wharton Trust. The money will be used to acquire an additional 97 acres of land adjacent to Witt Swamp, said Lee Dassler of the land trust in a recent statement. Witt Swamp is a 141-acre preserve […]
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Land Trust to offer Nordic walking
NORWAY/BUCKFIELD — Lee Dassler will lead a series of three approximately 2-mile Nordic walking programs on Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. on area preserves. Nordic walking is an energized form of walking with Nordic ski poles. Beyond the obvious benefits of walking outdoors, the poles provide diagonal stability and resonance to upper body chest and […]
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Hebron Station School students visit Buckfield’s new Packard Trail
BUCKFIELD — Two classes from the Hebron Station School recently visited the Western Foothills Land Trust’s new Packard Hiking Trail in Buckfield with their teachers, Lydia Eusden and Sarah Otterson. Lynn Richard from the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission also was present to assist with a stream project. Lee Dassler of the Land Trust said […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust hosting events
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust will host several outdoor recreation events beginning Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Roberts Farm Preserve, 64 Roberts Road. On Tuesday there will be a timed 5k run at 5:30 p.m. The run is free. On Saturday, Oct. 26, the second annual fall canine-cross 5k will be run at […]