Uncategorized | Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust https://www.greatpondtrust.org Conserving land, water, and wildlife habitat in Hancock County, Maine. Sun, 26 Nov 2023 13:03:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-GPMCTfavicon-32x32.jpg Uncategorized | Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust https://www.greatpondtrust.org 32 32 Happy Holidays! https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2018/12/happy-holidays/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:14:00 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=10843 ]]> Start Here https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2018/06/gpmct-annual-meeting-august-16th/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:35:40 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=10386

   
   

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]]> Events https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2017/12/events/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:50:22 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=8333
June 7, 2026

  • Monthly Meetup: Teddy Bear Picnic


    June 7, 2026  11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Dead River Trailhead, Great Pond Mountain Wildlands, Don Fish Trail, Orland, ME 04472, USA

    Gentle 1-mile hike & Picnic with your favorite stuffy.
    Pack a picnic and your favorite stuffed animal.

    RSVP at greatpondtrust.org

    Monthly Meetups are Volunteer-Led | Donations Accepted

June 13, 2026

  • Monthly Meetup: Patmos Island Paddle


    June 13, 2026  12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Lucerne Beach Club, 14 Pearl Point Rd, Dedham, ME 04429, USA

    Paddle across Phillips Lake, learning about loons, eagles, and aquatic plants w/ Nathaniel Austin, Maine Audubon Naturalist

    Bring your own kayak/canoe, or reserve one (limited)

    RSVP at greatpondtrust.org

    Monthly Meetups are Volunteer-Led | Donations Accepted

June 24, 2026

  • Views From Great Pond Mountain: Loving the North Woods with Karin Tilberg


    June 24, 2026  5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
    Buck Memorial Library, 47 Main St, Bucksport, ME 04416, USA

    Featuring Karin Tilberg

    Author, Conservation Leader & Environmental Policy Expert
    Former President, Forest Society of Maine; Former Deputy Commissioner, Maine Dept. of Conservation.

    $10 Suggested Donation

    SEATING IS LIMITED. Please RSVP @ GREATPONDTRUST.ORG

]]> 2017 Downeast Double Trouble Trail Race Challenge https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2017/10/downeast-double-trouble-trail-race-challenge/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:32:04 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=3537 FBC-Trail_Race_Logo_2013Looking for a fun running challenge and a way to support local trails? GPMCT and Frenchman Bay Conservancy (FBC) are sponsoring the 5th annual Downeast Double Trouble Trail Race Challenge. That’s two races held one weekend apart, with the GPMCT Wildlands Trail Race on Sunday, October 29 and the FBC Autumn Trail Race on Sunday, November 5. Participants who run both races are eligible for a special prize.

The GPMCT Wildlands Trail Race in Orland’s scenic Great Pond Mountain Wildlands offers two courses this year; choose the two mile fun run (NEW!) or the 6.3 mile challenge. The 6.3-mile course covers dirt roads and single track, over roots, rocks and mud, up and down hills, over small streams, past lovely views and munching moose. Total climb is approximately 1,200 gut-or-calf-busting feet. The two miler goes out Hothole Brook Trail and back, past giant boulders and over a bridge. Registration starts at 10 am, races at 11 and 11:15 am. Enter through the South Gate on Rte. 1, near the Rte. 176 intersection. Here’s a TRAIL MAP for the 6.3 mile run.

The FBC Autumn Trail Race starts and finishes at 11 am at Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan, and offers a 4-mile run on FBC’s Long Ledges & Baker Hill Preserves or an 8-mile course traversing the new Schoodic Connector Trail. You’ll encounter steep climbs, exposed granite ledges, gorgeous views, tree roots, varied and wild terrain, old white pines, a glimpse of Long Pond and the chance to twist an ankle.FBC-decal_final

Lunch will be available at both events. Please, no dogs, for the safety of all runners.

Cost for the 6.3-mile Wildlands Race is $20 pre-registered (plus a $2 online registration fee) or $25 race day; the Fun Run is $10 or $15 race day. Pre-register for BOTH races for only $35/$25! Family rate: With two family members registered for either run, additional kids under 15 run free! Registration deadline to get a mug for the Wildlands Trail Run is Wednesday, October 18! Register online until 5 pm, Oct. 20. 

You can Register Online for one or both races, download 2017WildlandsTrailRunentryform, or call Peter at 288-3909 or e-mail pktrldrt@myfairpoint.net for more information on the Wildlands Trail Race. Go to www.frenchmanbay.org for more info on the FBC Autumn Trail Race. First 50 entrants who sign up for and complete the Double Trouble Challenge receive a Downeast Double Trouble Trail Race Challenge prize. Swag is also available for pre-registrants at both races and prizes for top finishers. Walkers welcome.

Want to be a sponsor? Call Cheri at 469-6929 or e-mail info@greatpondtrust.org.

Thanks to our sponsors thus far: Awards, Signage & Trophies; Dave’s Tractor Services; Tradewinds Market; Cadillac Mountain Sports; Hannaford, Bucksport; MacLeod’s Restaurant & Pub; Grand Rental Station; Curtis Family Shoe; Great Maine Lumberjack Show.

 



 

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]]> Thanks, Maine Conservation Corps! https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2015/11/thanks-maine-conservation-corps/ Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:25:51 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=4950 A Maine Conservation Corps crew of four men and two women worked Oct. 14 thru Nov. 12 to install stone steps and retaining walls, remove roots and stumps and level and stabilize the first 0.3 mile of the Stuart Gross Path up Great Pond Mountain. Come check it out! Work was funded by a $20,000 grant from McKee Foods’ Outdoor Happiness Movement.

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]]> KidsPeace Teens make Contributions https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2012/05/kidspeace-teens-make-contributions/ Tue, 01 May 2012 15:29:52 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=1040 Check out this article from the Bangor Daily News featuring Hans Krichels and the KidsPeace crew and their sawhorse inventions – which are now being used far and wide! Did you know KidsPeace does community service in the Wildlands every week?

]]> Maine Championship Snowshoe Race Jan. 22, 2012 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2012/02/maine-championship-snowshoe-race-jan-22-2012/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:46:07 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=1017 Snow was in short supply for the Maine State Championship Snowshoe Race Sunday in the Great Pond Mountain Wildlands – but that didn’t stop 14 competitors from running the race sans snowshoes. Jeff Lombardo of Old Town, 24, won the event by running 4.9 rugged miles in 35 minutes, 8 seconds. Photos by Karen Keeney and Cheri Domina.

]]> Wildlands Bike Quest 2011 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2011/08/wildlands-bike-quest-2011/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:03:34 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=770 Kids ages 6-10 participated in a Biking Quest on August 8-10 led by intern Georgia Doucette. They played games at the Baker Brook campsite, learned about beavers before venturing to Hothole Pond, climbed the boulder at the end of the new Birding Path, explored Cascade Brook, climbed Bump Hill, and constructed fairy houses at a newly cleared site near the North Gate.

]]> Moose on the Loose https://www.greatpondtrust.org/2011/08/moose-on-the-loose/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:43:16 +0000 https://www.greatpondtrust.org/?p=752 This moose was captured in downtown Bucksport July 26, 2011 and transported to the Wildlands by state game wardens and biologists.  Unfortunately, the moose seemed to prefer city life and returned to downtown Bucksport the next week; he was then transported to woods farther north.  

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