Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Access

Creating more public access to the coast ≫

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Making the coast more resilient to climate change ≫

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Helping Maine's coastal communities thrive ≫

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There's no place like the Maine coast...

...and we’re on a mission to keep it open, healthy, working, and beautiful.

Become an Anchor and join the community of people making a difference every month. More trails, campsites, boat launches, places to get outside. A coast more resilient to climate change. That's what you make possible.

Putting Your Donations to Work

179,580

acres conserved

335

coastal islands protected

100

miles of trail

155

preserves

Stories from the Coast

Trail by Trail, a More Accessible Maine

Enock Glidden is helping Maine land trusts make their trails more accessible.

Winter Mid-Season Grade: So Far, So Good

This winter hasn’t been the coldest, or the snowiest, and it definitely hasn’t been the iciest, but even so, Kirk knows there’ve been no shortage of lessons to be learned!

Writing the Land: Maine

“Writing the Land is an attempt to honor nature and our relationship with it in a way that is as equitable and transparent as it is deep and entangled. We intend to be as inclusive—to humans and places—as we hope the mantle of protection that land trusts offer can be.”

Late Season Peeping

We know why Peepers peep in spring, it’s to mate. At that time, their common name makes perfect sense. But why do Spring Peepers peep in the fall? In this Nature Bummin’ column, MCHT steward Kirk Gentalen sets out to solve the mystery of the Fall Peeper.

In Memoriam

All of us at Maine Coast Heritage Trust mourn the passing of Peter Blanchard, a true champion for the Maine coast.

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What We’re Working on Now

Learn more about our ongoing conservation efforts and how you can make a difference for the Maine coast through specific causes or places you care about.

Initiatives to Make the Maine Coast More Resilient to Climate Change

Aerial view of islands The Islands Initiative
mcht-IMG_8346-hero The Marshes for Tomorrow Initiative
Rocky_Lakedji_0069b The Rivers Initiative
mcht-Forbes_Ponddji_0130-hero The Schoodic to Schoodic Initiative

Special Projects, Programs, and Campaigns

mcht-20211014_Aldermere_Farm_Belties_pasture_PC_Jacob_Baker-full The Aldermere & Erickson Campaign
Clover, Edith, Josephine, Sweet Ferns Maple Tapping copy The Babson Creek Learning Forest Project
mcht-2Y9A1287-hero The Chris’s Pond Expansion Project
Cousins-River-Marsh-frontage The Cousins River Fields and Marsh Project
Cutler-Harbor-Access-Project-Hero The Cutler Harbor Community Access Project
0614161257 The Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Internship Program
IMG_5340-2 The Seal Cove Pond Fishways Project
DSC_0205-B The Woodward Point Accessible Trail Project

Videos from the Coast

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Babson Creek Learning Forest

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Old Pond Marsh

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Lanes Island Oysters

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Give Today

Protect coastal lands. Save habitat. Create more trails, campsites, and public water access. Empower Maine communities to save the places that make people’s lives better—from community gardens to public boat launches to working farms and forests.

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Stay up to date on important conservation news, field trips and events, and how you can help care for the coast.