2022 Roadside Clean-up
The 2022 roadside clean-up starts Earth Day, Friday, April 22, through Sunday, April 24. Orange trash bags will be available at the Deer Isle Town Office, Stonington Town Office, and Island Heritage Trust. Information will be posted at www.townofdeerisle.org/environment. We encourage people to adopt a section of the road that we can put on a map to streamline the clean-up.
For more information, call Jim Fisher, Deer Isle Town Manager: (207) 348-2324 or email iht@islandheritagetrust.org
Wings, Waves, & Woods Festival
REGISTRATION IS OPEN !!!
IHT Winter/Spring Hiking Club
Led by Martha Bell, Katy Rinehart, and Joni Banks.
Join our dedicated volunteers & Environmental Educator, Martha Bell, on our preserves all through the Spring.
Wednesdays at 9:00 am
TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY!
Giving Tuesday has finally arrived! We hope you will join Island Heritage Trust (IHT) on this day of global generosity by donating to create new kiosks and update our existing kiosks and maps! Kiosks benefit our community in so many important ways, including improved safety and accessibility. They are vital to our mission of maintaining public access to valued trails, shoreline and islands.
On this Giving Tuesday, as you celebrate the many fantastic charities and causes in our local community and abroad, we are continually grateful for your ongoing support, generosity, and community strength displayed not just on Giving Tuesday but year-round!
We want to thank the seven donors who have already raised $840 with an average gift of $120 each towards our Giving Tuesday campaign!
We’ll see you on the trails!
– Your Island Heritage Trust Family
MEET IHT’S NEW AND SUSTAINABLE KIOSKS!
If you have recently visited the Lisa Tolman Wotton (LTW) Preserve or our Heritage House, you may have noticed the beautiful kiosks that welcome you to these locations.
Funded through the Davis Conservation Foundation, the kiosk at LTW Preserve was designed and constructed by local carpenter Josh Worthington. The kiosk is related to the preserve through the information provided to visitors and because the wood comes from the preserve itself! In a collaborative plan with IHT and Josh Worthington, an invasive black locust tree was purposed to make the structural posts of the kiosk. By removing the invasive species from our preserves, we also provided a robust and rot-resistant structure. Cedar was extracted from an area that needed thinning for the kiosk’s other structural material. We’re confident it will withstand the natural elements and stand proudly for many years to come.
A second kiosk was funded through the Maine Land Trust Network COVID-19 Response Grant. Following the same sustainable design process as the LTW structure, the Heritage House kiosk was constructed to keep IHT connected with the community while the doors of Heritage House had to remain closed to the public. This locally sourced project is an excellent example of how IHT employs healthy forest management and sustainable sourcing practices in our land stewardship! With your support, we hope to make this the model behind all of our kiosks going forward.
Our goal is to build new kiosks for Church Land and Shore Acres preserves, which currently do not have these structures. Additionally, we would like to replace old and worn signage, as well as install new weather/UV resistant maps at all existing kiosks.
IHT Fall Hiking Club
Led by Martha Bell, Katy Rinehart, and Joni Banks.
Join our dedicated volunteers & Environmental Educator, Martha Bell, on our preserves all through the Fall.
Wednesdays at 9:00 am
Outreach Manager – Position Description
IHT’s Outreach Manager is a full-time, year-round, salaried position. Benefits include paid holidays, vacation time, personal days as well as a health stipend. Compensation is roughly $35-37K annually, to start, depending on experience.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Outreach Manager’s primary focus is the planning and implementation of recruitment, engagement, and communications activities. Additionally, the Outreach Manager will perform general office clerical work, provide support for staff, and oversee inventory, sales, and staffing of the Nature Shop. The Outreach manager works closely with all staff and volunteers and reports to the Executive Director.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS
The Outreach Manager should convey an enthusiastic interest in land conservation and in the Deer Isle-Stonington community through strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, problem solving, and computer skills (Microsoft Office, Adobe products, Google Drive, MailChimp, Facebook, Instagram, Little Green Light CRM [Constituent Relationship Management], etc.)
DUTIES
- Coordinate IHT’s Volunteer Program including recruitment, scheduling, training, recognition;
- Produce regular outreach communications (Facebook, Instagram, MailChimp e-blasts, etc.) and assist with special mailings;
- Work closely with IHT’s Program Committee to ensure that programs support the mission and core values of IHT and provide opportunities for attracting new stakeholders; coordinate scheduling to produce year-round programming;
- Collaborate with Development Associate on database management and assist with moves management activities for volunteers and members;
- Oversee and manage IHT’s Nature Shop, including engaging customers, scheduling and training volunteer staff, and maintaining inventory;
- Develop and strengthen community engagement and collaboration with neighboring land trusts to promote conservation and implement programing;
- Answer and screen telephone calls and greet guests in a professional and courteous manner and manage IHT general email and inquiries. Provide administrative support for the ED and other staff members as required and manage general office needs (supplies, filing, photocopying, and scanning) and upkeep of organizational records and help to ensure positive work culture for staff and volunteers, (including committee members);
- Assist in other related aspects of IHT’s operations as needed.
Submit a cover letter, resume, and three references with contact information in one document (PDF) for immediate consideration.
Applications can be submitted by email, or by mail to contact information below. The position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. For questions, or more information contact:
Julia Zell, Executive Director
Island Heritage Trust
PO Box 42, Deer Isle, ME 04627
jzell@islandheritagetrust.org 207.348.2455
A Guide for Maine Land Owners
The updated version of “Conservation Options” A Guide for Maine Land Owners, published by Maine Coast Heritage Trust here.
“The earth is common ground
and … gradually the idea
is taking form that the land
must be held in safekeeping,
that one generation is
to some extent responsible
to the next …”
– E.B. WHITE, 1942