The new downtown trail map includes trails at and directions to Gorman Park, Quarry Woods, Mast Landing Sanctuary and Pettengill Farm, as well as directions to Tidebrook. It is a collaborative effort of Freeport Conservation Trust, the Town of Freeport, Freeport Historical Society and Maine Audubon. You can download yours here at the FCT website or get in touch to get a color, double-sided copy: info@freeportconservationtrust.org, 869-1012.

This has been a bust of a winter, but it has been good for walking.

If you are reading this, you have found FCT’s new website. On it you can access our improved trail maps, now in color, with complementary backside directions and photos. You can now make a donation online.

The website is a work in progress. Keep checking back, and let us know what you think. Are there resources you would like to find here?

FCT’s Annual Membership Appeal was put in the mail on Monday, December 1, and should reach all Freeport households this week. “We rely on Freeporters to fund FCT’s operating budget, which supports our work to preserve open space, farmland, views and wildlife habitat, and to make woods, fields and shoreline accessible to everyone. I encourage people to join us by making a membership donation,” said Mary Sauer, FCT President, about the annual appeal.

Donations received before the end of 2011 will be entered into a raffle for a $100 gift certificate to Mediterranean Grill, one of FCT’s Business Partners.

For the first time, FCT is accepting donations online through a secure service. Go to Join Us at www.freeportconservationtrust.org.