The new Shore Trail of the Pigeon Hill Preserve allows you to now take the Blue trails and hike from the Sea to the Summit or the Summit to the Sea!

A huge thank you is in order for all the volunteers who made the cleanup possible, MCHT and MITA staff and volunteers for providing boats and helping to organize the effort, and DEI for letting us drop a dumpster and shuttle trash to their facility.

Machias River Preserve is the largest property that DCC has protected to date, with a total of 917 acres. This property has a network of 5.5 miles of trail that visitors can explore and provides access to the Down East Sunrise Trail.

The 48-acre Mowry Beach Preserve provides convenient public access to one of the easternmost sandy beaches in the country and is an excellent spot for birders.

Summer is finally here and now is the perfect time to get outside and enjoy the outdoors with the whole family.

On the summer solstice, Sam Williams of Bold Coast Yoga led beach yoga on DCC’s Mowry Beach Preserve.

In partnership with Sunrise Canoe, Downeast Coastal Conservancy hosted an Introduction to Kayaking Workshop on the Middle River in Machias.

Located near the northernmost point in Lubec, the Pike Lands offers scenic views of Eastport and points east as well as Cobscook Bay to the west.

Perhaps over the last few weeks you have become a backyard birder.