by lydia@btlt.org | Aug 20, 2026 | Blog, CREA, Latest News
This summer, CREA Camp was filled with muddy adventures, curious questions, new friendships, and countless opportunities for young people to connect with the natural world. Across the final weeks of camp, campers explored forests, ponds, wetlands, and the Cathance...
by lydia@btlt.org | Jun 23, 2026 | Blog, CREA, Latest News
Twenty second graders stood silently in the woods listening for an ovenbird to answer a recorded call that had just been played. Finally, the response came– tea-cher TEA-cher TEA-CHER. Eyes lit up as students pointed toward the sound. This moment is just one example...
by lydia@btlt.org | Jun 22, 2026 | Blog, CREA, Latest News
Starting June 29, more than 200 young explorers will spend their summer days discovering the wonders of the natural world at the Cathance River Nature Preserve. For seven weeks, campers will splash through streams, search for wildlife, build friendships, and create...
by lydia@btlt.org | May 20, 2026 | Blog, CREA, Latest News
Spring brings lots of things to the Cathance River Nature Preserve – croaking frogs, the Rhodora bloom and field trip season! Almost every weekday from the end of April to mid-June a bus will pull up to the Preserve parking lot and drop off a group of students...
by lydia@btlt.org | Mar 27, 2026 | Blog, CREA, Latest News
Common sentiment aside, this is a very special time of year in Maine! Despite the dull color palette visible out the window right now, life is returning in Maine’s backyard ponds and vernal pools. As we wait eagerly for the buds to burst, the bulbs to poke up from the...
by lydia@btlt.org | Mar 27, 2026 | Blog, CREA, Latest News, Uncategorized
This winter, Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust launched a new pilot program designed to help local high school students engage more deeply in local environmental issues. The Environmental Youth Leadership (EYL) program is working with 12 students from Brunswick High School...
