Thank you for visiting the Pumpkin Hike! Please vote for your favorite pumpkin using the form below. The categories this year include: Silliest – This category is for the pumpkin that puts a smile on your face or makes you laugh! Which pumpkin did you think had the silliest carving? Spookiest – This category is… Read more
This Journal is for Everyone! When visiting the Ellsworth Riverwalk, be sure to check out our Community Nature Journal! The Frenchman Bay Conservancy Nature Journal can be borrowed from the Ellsworth Public Library‘s front desk for use along the Ellsworth Riverwalk Trail. The Nature Journal comes in a kit with colored pencils and everything you… Read more
Frenchman Bay Conservancy and Ellsworth Public Library have teamed up to offer you another series of interactive nature-based science activities for the whole family run by Maine Outdoor School. Join us for four days of activities on the Library’s lawn, and a final field trip to Jordan Homestead Preserve in Ellsworth. Meet you local Flora… Read more
We’re challenging YOU to hike FBC’s trails this summer! Beginning Monday, June 1st, 2026, there will be a Trail Explorer Passport sign placed along the trail at six featured FBC preserves. Each sign features a different Maine animal. Your challenge is to hike the trails, find the animal signs, and record the animals on your… Read more
Visit Tidal Falls this summer to read Minquansis Sapiel’s latest storybook Gluskabe and the Gift of Maple Trees, a creation story from the Wabanaki Tribes of the Northeast. The story will be on display at the preserve starting June 1st, 2026, through August 31st, 2026. A cultural hero Gluskabe is a story from the Wabanaki Tribes of the… Read more
Join FBC and Ellsworth Public Library this summer for Outdoor Adventure Storytimes! This summer the Ellsworth Public Library‘s Ms. Jean will be leading outdoor storytimes every first and third Wednesday at FBC preserves throughout July, August, and September! Storytimes open up a world of language, culture, music, and play to young children and their grown-ups. When… Read more
Taft Point Self-Guided Activity Taft Point features a self-guided hike and matching activity, designed by Maine Master Naturalist Alice Noyes! Discover habitats at each of the 11 markers along the Jones Cove Trail and Flanders Bay Trail. Use the links below to download a PDF of the 11-stop self-guided hike, as well as the… Read more
Fairies have moved into two of FBC’s Preserves, Frances B. Wood and Branch Lake Public Forest! When visiting Branch Lake Public Forest or Frances B. Wood, we invite you to help FBC build homes for the fairies to live in! Fairies live in very special houses made only of materials found in nature. Make… Read more
Sorrento, ME– When one hears the name “Frenchman Bay Conservancy”, it is hard not to think of the body of water for which it’s named. Bound by the peaks of Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula and the jagged fingers of the Mount Desert Narrows, there are few places on the coast that can rival… Read more
Learn About Ferns is a guide to 14 ferns you can find at Simon Trail in Lamoine. Pick up a laminated Fern booklet from the trail mailbox at Simon Trail, or print your own using the button below. Follow the map to identify & learn about 14 ferns. Return any borrowed booklets to the… Read more