Naturalist Adventure Series: Guided Hike of Smelt Brook Preserve

Join Maine Master Naturalist Paul Dest as part of our Naturalist Adventure Series. He will lead a guided hike of our Smelt Brook Preserve to learn about the York River and its wetlands and wildlife, and about the more than decade-long effort to designate it into the National Park Service’s Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers Program. We will also hear from Maine Master Naturalist-in-training Anna DiChiara!

This event is free and open to the public. We will park in the Highland Farm Preserve parking lot and walk across the road to Smelt Brook Preserve. Registration is required. Sign up here: https://www.yorklandtrust.org/event/naturalist-adventure-series-guided-hike-of-smelt-brook-preserve/.

Get to know your Naturalist: Paul Dest is the Executive Director of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and has been active in land conservation for over 30 years. He is one of the founders of the Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative and the York River Wild and Scenic initiative. He has served on the boards and commissions of several local, state and national conservation organizations, and is currently a member of the York River Stewardship Committee. Paul leads occasional walks on protected places in southern Maine.

You may also like the following events from York Land Trust:

• This Sunday, 31st August, 01:00 pm, NOW FULL: Tea in the Forest: A Guided Forest Bathing & Tea Ceremony Experience in York
• Next Saturday, 6th September, 04:00 pm, 'Savor the Summer' Fundraiser Dinner at York Land Trust in York
• Next month, 11th September, 10:30 am, Storytime with York Public Library in York

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