Royal River Conservation Trust, Wild Seed Project, and Presumpscot Regional Land Trust co-hosting a four-part series of educational walks called the Ash Tree Stewardship & Education Program. These programs are part of the larger statewide efforts of the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik (APCAW).
The walks are designed to raise public awareness and encourage stewardship of ash trees, which the invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetle critically threatens. This program aims to protect Maine’s forest ecosystems and support the cultural traditions of the Wabanaki people, who have long relied on Brown Ash for basket making. Each walk in the series will equip participants with practical skills they can apply in their own forests and communities to help protect and preserve ash in Maine.
Each walk in the series will equip participants with practical skills they can apply in their own forests and communities to help protect and preserve ash in Maine.
During this first Ash Identification walk, you’ll learn how to identify ash trees by their bark, branch/bud arrangement, and leaves. Participants should wear waterproof boots and be prepared to hike off-trail!
Date & Time: Thursday, May 1st, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Location: Intervale Preserve (Lower Village) in New Gloucester. The primary legal point of access is from the Foxcroft Multi-Use Trail, which leads downhill from the intersection of Church Rd and Gloucester Hill Rd. Park at the church parking lot at 19 Gloucester Hill Rd, New Gloucester, where we will meet and walk to the preserve together.
Register here!
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