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Upcoming Programs
Thursday, March 14 at 6 to 7:30 p.m. A Sense of Nature BLT Office - 9 Central Street, Suite 201 Share your photographs, experiences and tips for photographing the natural world. Depending on the number of people we'll split up the time and talk about technical and aesthetic aspects. Whatever your passion, whatever your skill, please join us to learn and share about photographing nature. RSVP please! March 16, 2019 5th Annual Maine Science Festival Cross Center, Bangor, Maine We're hosting a "Build An Insect" Exploration Station Crafty scrap materials needed. Get involved by calling or emailing the office - 942-1010 / info@bangorlandtrust.org. Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 10 a.m. The Backyard Naturalist BLT Office - 9 Central Street Suite 201 Back by popular demand! Dana Wilde's Backyard Naturalist column appears regularly in the centralmaine.com newspapers. His writings on the natural world and on books have appeared locally in the Bangor Daily News, the Working Waterfront, Island Journal and Maine Boats Homes & Harbors, among many others, as well as internationally. He has served as a Fulbright scholar in China and South Africa, and as an NEH fellow and college professor, and holds degrees from the University of Southern Maine and Binghamton University. His recent book is Summer to Fall: Notes and Numina from the Maine Woods, published by North Country Press. He lives in Troy, Maine, with his wife, Bonnie Woellner. Join us for a morning of nature-related literary discussion. RSVP at 942-1010 or info@bangorlandtrust.org. 2019 Nature Watch through the Seasons Did you know that nature has a calendar too? Why do certain changes happen to plants and animals at certain times of the year? Join us for a series of walking talks at Walden-Parke Preserve to observe and learn more about these changes. We'll discuss journals, sketching, and citizen science data as a way to record the changes and when, if, and how to start a collection. There'll be time for journals and sharing of favorite discoveries at the end of each walk. Meet at the Tamarack Trail kiosk on the following Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 13 Plants, Mammal Sign, Birds July 13 Flowers, Insects, Amphibians Oct. 12 Ecological Cycle, Leaf Creations Please RSVP by calling or emailing the office - 942-1010 / info@bangorlandtrust.org. April 26 - May 5, 2019 City Nature Challenge Cities around the world compete to see who can make the most observations of nature, find the most species (plants and animals), and engage the most people during a specific weekend: April 26-29, 2019. Then, from April 30-May 5th, 2019 those species are identified. Get involved by calling or emailing the office - 942-1010 / info@bangorlandtrust.org. Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 10 a.m. Lady Slipper Walk Walden-Parke Preserve Tentative Date, Check Back Before Heading Out There! RSVP at 942-1010 or info@bangorlandtrust.org. Saturday, August 3 (time is still to be determined) Field Day with Maine Entomological Society Preserve location is still to be determined but be sure to save the date! Sunday, September 8 Pedal the Penobscot Cycling event that offers five distances (12, 26, 50, 76 & 100-mile). For more information and stormy weather cancellations, email info@bangorlandtrust.org or call 942-1010.
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