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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.

Island Heritage Trust is a community-based, non-profit land trust contributing to the well-being of the island community by conserving its distinctive landscape and natural resources, maintaining public access to valued trails, shoreline and islands, and by providing educational programming for all ages.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • 19Monday, April 19
    12:00am - 11:59pm

    Office Closed for Patriot's Day

    April 19, 2021
     

  • 22Thursday, April 22
    12:00am - 11:59pm

    Roadside Clean-up

    April 22, 2021 - April 25, 2021  
     

    Deer Isle and Stonington have planned a roadside cleanup starting Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, through Sunday, April 25. Bags will be available at the Deer Isle Town Office, Stonington Town Office, and Island Heritage Trust. Information will be posted at www.townofdeerisle.org/environment. We encourage people to adopt a section of the road that we can put on a map to streamline the cleanup. Partners including municipal governments, Island Heritage Trust, DIS Chamber of Commerce, and Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce.

    For more information, call Jim Fisher, Deer Isle Town Manager: (207) 348-2324

    OR email: Jmccarty@islandheritagetrust.org

  • 22Thursday, April 22
    3:30pm - 4:00pm

    WEBINAR: The Beautiful Majabigwaduce River: Greening Your Watershed Landscape

    April 22, 2021  3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
     

    Join Bagaduce estuary admirer, photographer, and neighbor Ann Flewelling for a scenic virtual trip across the miles and seasons of this remarkable waterway. 

    Here, in 1996 Ann, a psychologist, and her husband Charles Read, a teacher, purchased the east shore property to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They named their place FAIRVIEW FARM. However, how and what they would "farm" or promote as stewards evolved over the years. 

    This is the story of people who care for the land, who make mistakes and learn from them, and who, best of all, have accepted ecologically wise advice from friends and mentors. They, along with the birds, moths, caterpillars, bees as well as native pollinator plants, good bugs, and creatures of the soil, thank you!

    REGISTER HERE

  • 22Thursday, April 22
    12:00am - 11:59pm

    Roadside Clean-up

    April 22, 2021 - April 25, 2021  
     

    Deer Isle and Stonington have planned a roadside cleanup starting Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, through Sunday, April 25. Bags will be available at the Deer Isle Town Office, Stonington Town Office, and Island Heritage Trust. Information will be posted at www.townofdeerisle.org/environment. We encourage people to adopt a section of the road that we can put on a map to streamline the cleanup. Partners including municipal governments, Island Heritage Trust, DIS Chamber of Commerce, and Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce.

    For more information, call Jim Fisher, Deer Isle Town Manager: (207) 348-2324

    OR email: Jmccarty@islandheritagetrust.org

WHAT’S HAPPENING

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Roadside Clean-up

Deer Isle and Stonington have planned a roadside cleanup starting Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, through Sunday, April 25. Bags will be available at the Deer Isle Town Office, Stonington Town Office, ...
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Volunteer Preserve Steward

Volunteer Preserve Steward Please click the above link: Dear Volunteers, WE MISS YOU! We miss seeing your faces at Heritage House, we miss maintaining the trails with you on Trail Tuesdays, and ...
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Friends From The Field Webinar

Citizen Science: A Means to Promote Equity and Inclusion in Environmental STEM Thursday, January 7th, 4:00 - 5:00 pm (est) Amara Ifeji will speak to her lived experiences as a BIPOC individual, the ...
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