herons, vassalboro
Staff photo by Joe Phelan
HERON 'HOOD: Birds come and go from the several nests in the heron rookery at Davidson Nature Preserve in Vassalboro.


Davidson Preserve, vassalboro
Staff photo by Joe Phelan
NATURE WALKERS: Elizabeth Davidson, left, and Deb Sewall emerge from the woods and enter a blueberry field on a recent morning walk at the Davidson Nature Preserve in Vassalboro. The 97 acre Davidson Nature Preserve was donated to the Kennebec Land Trust in 2005. There are blueberry fields open for picking, mixed woodlands, and a heron rookery situated above a beaver bog. In addition to the many songbirds nesting here, the preserve is an important stop-over point for spring and fall long distance migrants, especially warblers.

KENNEBEC LAND TRUST

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KLT PROPERTIES

Webbber-Rogers Farmstead Conservation Area
Governor Curtis Homestead
Besse Conservation Area/Gott Pasture Preserve
Cobbossee Island Properties
Davidson Preserve/Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat
Brackett-Longley Rare Plant Preserve/Perkins Woods

STORIES

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Schedule
Conservation efforts vital to protecting important bird habitat
[July 6, 2008]
Kennebec Land Trust relies on 'grassroots' efforts
[July 6, 2008]
Curtis homestead preserved for Mainers
[July, 7 2008]
Vernal pools fuel Maine woods
[July, 8 2008]
Public properties with private feel retreat
[July, 9 2008]
Conservation education remains constant challenge
[July, 10 2008]
Kennebec Land trust has fantastic opportunities for the entire family
[July, 11 2008]

SATURDAY, July 12: Appreciating life anew, as the canoe scrapes bottom.

About the series: The planning for this summer series, "Sense of Wonder: Kennebec Land Trust Turns 20," began last winter.
At first, the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel considered other projects. But outdoors writer Travis Barrett and editors at the newspapers decided this was the year to feature lands preserved by the Kennebec Land Trust, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this fall.
Barrett was challenged to help readers hear the bird calls and feel the breezes at some key sites. That's why Barrett strays from journalistic convention in his writing, alternating from third- to first-person and back again.
Along with Barrett, key staffers involved with this project were: photographer Joe Phelan; graphic artist Sharon Wood; Web Manager Ben Sturtevant; and Sports Editor Scott Martin.

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