Check out Outdoor Gear from Porter Memorial Library

Check out Outdoor Gear from Porter Memorial Library

Downeast Coastal Conservancy (DCC) and the Porter Memorial Library are teaming up to provide outdoor gear for the local community. This program is aimed at helping the community discover and learn about conservation by encouraging children and families to get outside...
Quick Guide to DCC’s Winter Access Properties

Quick Guide to DCC’s Winter Access Properties

Whether you are on your first visit to Downeast Maine or have lived here many years, DCC offers access to diverse variety of lands always waiting to be explored. You can access many of our properties in the winter, offering a whole new perspective on a property you...
Learning New Skills and Opening New Horizons

Learning New Skills and Opening New Horizons

Hello, my name is Cam Leavitt. I am a fourth year student at the UMaine at Machias and currently studying recreation and tourism management and I worked as a Rockefeller Conservation intern under Kyle Winslow this summer for DCC. I began my internship in June. My...
New Trail at Denbow Point Preserve

New Trail at Denbow Point Preserve

On the Bold Coast of Downeast Maine jutting out into the Cobscook Bay in Lubec sits a hidden gem of conserved land, one of DCC’s most spectacular coastal properties, Denbow Point. In 2000, the late Dr. Mark Boyer and long-time DCC member, conveyed this stunning...
The Joys of Making a Muddy Mess

The Joys of Making a Muddy Mess

Ask any gardener about their soil and they will bemoan the ever-present sand or silt or rocks they must contend with. Those soil components are the prehistoric gifts left behind from the one-mile tall glacier that intruded upon us 25,000 years ago and irrevocably...