Naturalist Walk at Clark Preserve

 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              Contact: Marie Louise St. Onge, Executive Director
                                                                                      207-985-8734
                       
 
 
Kennebunk Land Trust will host a Naturalist Walk on Saturday, April 11, from 10:00am to 12 noon. Are you interested in learning about birds, plants, ecology and other areas of natural history? Or, interested in sharing what you know? If so, join us! Over this year, Kennebunk Land Trust is sponsoring bi-monthly natural history walks in the Kennebunk/Arundel area. The April walk will begin on the Eastern Trail and arrive at Kennebunk Land Trust’s Clark Preserve (see directions below). The walk will focus on plants and animals in early spring in a mixed conifer hardwood forest. If conditions are appropriate, we will spend time looking at vernal pools. The Clark Preserve, adjacent to the Eastern Trail, is a forested 90-acre tract that has over 2,000 feet of frontage along the Kennebunk River.
 
The naturalist walks will explore Kennebunk Land Trust preserves and other local hiking spots to encourage natural history discussions and education. Participants should come prepared for an outdoor excursion that is easy to moderate in pace. Please leave dogs at home. The walk will be facilitated by Maine Master Naturalists Gordon Collins and Tony Liguori, and will encourage experts and amateurs to discuss and share their knowledge of natural history.
 
Advance registration is not necessary. To learn more and to find notices of location visit Kennebunk Land Trust’s Events page at www.kennebunklandtrust.org.
 
Kennebunk Land Trust was established in 1972. It works to permanently conserve land and to date has protected more than 3,400 acres that benefit the natural and human communities. For more information about the Land Trust please visit www.kennebunklandtrust.org or call (207)985-8734.
 
Directions to the Eastern Trail and the Clark Preserve: From the intersection of Route 1 (Main Street) and Summer Street (Route 35) in Kennebunk, go north on Route 1 Main Street to Ross Road (0.9 miles). Turn left on Ross Road and proceed to Emmons Road (0.7 miles on your right). Turn right on Emmons Road, proceed to the end of the road (1.3 miles) and park in the parking spaces or along the side of the road.
(Lat: 43° 25’ 8” N; Lon: 70° 32’ 51” W).
Plan on wearing rubber boots as we will be in the throes of mud season.
 
Hope to see you there!