Free Forestry Field Program is Oct. 16 in Leeds

WINTHROP – The Kennebec Land Trust is hosting a free workshop on sustainable forestry and land conservation at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Curtis Homestead Conservation Area in Leeds.
The annual Curtis Forestry Field Program provides opportunities for families to learn about Maine’s forestry heritage and see logging equipment up close and in action. Leeds-based logger Nat Bell will harvest trees and operate a portable sawmill.
“It’s one of our most popular programs of the year,” said Marie Ring, KLT’s director of membership and programming. “There’s something for everyone in the family, whether it’s seeing professional equipment up close and personal or just being in the Maine woods on a fall day.”
This is the eleventh year KLT has offered a sustainable forest management program at the Curtis Homestead. ¬¬¬¬¬
The 360-acre Curtis homestead was donated to the land trust in 2000 by former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis and his sister Rebecca Curtis Meredith. The Curtis Homestead Conservation Area has more than three miles of hiking trails through woods, wetlands and fields. Over the past two decades the trust has hosted school and outdoor programs at the homestead, ranging from forestry and apple tree pruning to cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
For more information visit www.tklt.org or call 207-377-2848.