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BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust is celebrating Earth Day by hosting two free events.
The events are an opportunity to help beautify the community one morning, then stretching your legs the following afternoon with a hike to the summit of Bald Pate Mountain.
Loon Echo along with Lakes Environmental Association and the Bridgton Community Center will host an Earth Day cleanup starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Bridgton Community Center on Depot Street. The cleanup will focus on downtown Bridgton.
Loon Echo and LEA staff will take a moment at the beginning of the cleanup to remember former LEA staff member and Adam Perron, who helped establish the Bridgton Earth Day clean-up in 2015. After the clean up, the Bridgton community center will provide a free picnic for participants. Work boots, gloves, bug spray and water are recommended. The program will run approximately four hours.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Loon Echo will sponsor a two-hour afternoon Earth Day hike to the rocky summit of Bald Pate Mountain. Hikers should meet at 3 p.m. at the main parking area on Route 107. At the summit, hikers will share music, poems or stories that embody the spirit of the day. Sturdy hiking boots or shoes, water and snacks are encouraged for this moderate hike.
Loon Echo’s next event is a vernal pool program at Pleasant Mountain preserve on Saturday, May 5. For more information visit www.lelt.org or call 207-647-4352.
PHOTO: Bald Pate Mountain will be the site of a Loon Echo Land Trust Earth Day hike April 22. (Submitted photo)
