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Deer
Isle is a spectacular island community of 24,000 acres and
112 miles of shoreline, comprising the towns of Deer Isle
and Stonington and outlying islands.
The Island Heritage Trust is a non-profit private land trust
dedicated to conservation that protects significant open
space, scenic areas, wildlife habitats, natural resources,
and historic and cultural features that offer public benefit
and are essential to the character of the Deer Isle area.
For
20 years Island Heritage Trust has been celebrating our
natural heritage.
Are you looking to welcome back our migrating birds? Click to download Wings, Waves and Woods schedule of activities around the Island for the Deer Isle Birding Weekend of May 15-17, 2009.
Is it lupines that have you longing? Visit Lupine Festival for the schedule of events June 19-21, 2009.
But if it's the Salamander Big Night you're looking for, you can read all about it in Beads and String, the chapter about April at Settlement Quarry. And call 207-348-2455 to sign up on the call list for a Big Night experience with IHT Director Mike Little.
Fans of Deer Isle's eagles will want to keep an eye on local reports and Maine's eagle cam.
Check the Biodiversity Research Institute's live eagle cam "somewhere on the coast of Maine" at www.briloon.org.
Publication Notice:
If you have enjoyed reading excerpts from Beads & String on this website, the book, by IHT supporter and volunteer, Marnie Reed Crowell with photographs by Ann Flewelling, is now available from the IHT Nature Shop for $22.95 (plus $1.15 tax for in state sales) – shipping and handling - $4.95. If you would like to order, please call the IHT office at 207-348-2455 or send a check for the appropriate amount to IHT, PO Box 42, Deer Isle, ME 04627. The author and photographer are generously donating all profits from the sale of this book to the Island Heritage Trust.
Island
Heritage Trust
420 Sunset Road ~ Deer Isle, Maine
Mail: P.O. Box 42 / Deer Isle, ME 04627
Phone: 207-348-2455
FAX: 207-348-2455
E-mail: iht@islandheritagetrust.org
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