On two early spring mornings this May, 19 Alexander Elementary School students hopped on their bus to visit two different Downeast Coastal Conservancy’s preserves in Machias for field trip adventures focused on outdoor exploration.

We are incredibly grateful to four volunteers from Machias Savings Bank who came to help us brush out a new trail, the Munson Pitch Trail, at the Machias River Preserve earlier this month.

On a beautiful warm Spring Morning, 34 Fort O’Brien Elementary School students grades Pre-K to 4th took a trip down the road to Middle River Park to read Downeast Coastal Conservancy’s story of the month: “The Secret Pool” by Kimberly Ridley on DCC’s new Story Trail.

Do you want to take part in a citizen science project to save amphibian lives while collecting important data? Join the Maine Big Night—Amphibian Migration Monitoring (MBN) Project this April!

This New Nature Program for Downeast Families allows you to check out a backpack full of outdoor exploration gear!

A splendid diversity of mosses and lichens carpet and encrust the forest floor across the 145-acre Ingersoll Point Preserve.

For the upcoming summer, DCC has been selected as a host site for MCHT’s Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Internship! If you are interested in spending your summer learning about land conservation and stewardship in Downeast Maine then consider applying for this...

Klondike Mountain features a bald nubble summit with a nearly 360 degree view of the surrounding bay and landscape.

The Pigeon Hill Preserve is a DCC flagship property consisting of a 175-acre hill section to the West of Pigeon Hill Road and the 10-acre Shore Section between Pigeon Hill Road and Pigeon Hill Bay to the East.