MLTN Infoline – August 8, 2024
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Enjoy August! Lots Coming Up This Fall!
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Isn’t August special? The days tend to begin to dry out and the crickets sing a constant refrain. Like many others, Land Trust Program staff will be enjoying some time off in the next few weeks, but one or another of us will be available most days. When we get back in September, things will ramp up quickly!
And that’s just the beginning! We’ve got lots of irons in the fire and we’re excited to share it all with you in the coming months.
We hope you all make time to enjoy this beautiful time of year in Maine,
Angela, Jeff, and Donna
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MCHT’s Land Trust Program is Staffing Up
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s Land Trust Program is excited to announce a new position. We are currently accepting applications for Land Trust Program Administrative and Event Assistant. This position will fill a key role, focusing on administrative support for the department and event planning. If you enjoy collaborating, working with local partners, and sharing your passion for conserving lands and waters in Maine to ensure ecological wellbeing and foster thriving communities, this position may be right for you! Learn more. Application accepted through August 23, 2024.
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Scientific Assessment of Climate Change and Its Effects in Maine
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The Scientific and Technical subcommittee (STS) of the Maine Climate Council has released a report that builds on the existing body of work by the STS to provide an up-to-date scientific assessment for the Maine Climate Council and its working groups in the development of a science-informed update of Maine Won’t Wait by December of 2024. Read the executive summary here.
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Invasive Plant Educational Workshops
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Three dates at three different locations
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS) and State partners Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP) and Maine Forest Service (MFS) are offering Invasive Plant Educational Workshops. Participants will learn about Invasive plant biology, ecological impacts, identification, fundamental concepts of invasive plant management and related state and federal programs in classroom and field settings. Get ready for an action packed and informative day! Cost: $10-20 sliding scale, pay what you can (Includes a copy of the Maine Invasive Plants Field Guide & lunch)
Participant Limit: 20 people per session
Dates and Locations
University of Maine, Nutting Hall, Orono
Monday, August 19, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Wells – FULL Monday, August 26, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Register Online
Viles Arboretum, Augusta Monday, September 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
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Nonprofit Tech FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 3:00-4:00pm
Cost: FREE
Does your organization struggle to match your IT to your actual business needs? Learn how to right size your IT and get rid of the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). Escape the cycle of reacting to new technology marketing by firmly establishing a technology roadmap based in your nonprofit’s needs, with flexibility and vision, that includes a mechanism to thoughtfully evaluate where you want to go with your nonprofit technology over time?
Join Community IT Innovators for this webinar to learn how to assess your nonprofit’s readiness for new technology and create a technology roadmap that lays out your priorities and budget. Give your leadership team practical tools to evaluate new technology wants vs needs.
Learn more and register at Community IT’s website.
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dee Clarke Justice Fellowship
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Currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 cohort, which will run from September 10, 2024 – May 30, 2025
Gain skills while doing meaningful work. The dee Clarke Justice Fellowship (dCJF) is an introduction for individuals (age 18+) to learn about research, policy, and community engagement and to work with the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations on projects that align with the mission to create more positive outcomes for historically marginalized BIPOC communities in Maine. The program is co-facilitated by the University of Southern Maine, Place Matters project. The fellowship is named in honor of former Commissioner dee Clarke. dee, who served in the seat for an organization that focuses on housing or homelessness, let her lived experience guide her work with Homeless Voices for Justice and Survivors Speak USA (SSUSA). For more than 20 years, dee organized, educated and empowered adults and youth to speak out for public policy that affects their lives. She organized groups to march, demonstrate, collaborate, dialogue, create, to have and give voice, and to be at the table of decision-makers.
Learn more and apply here. Individuals from all identities and backgrounds are invited to apply even if their qualifications do not match exactly (including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ people, and those who may have experience with homelessness, criminal legal system involvement, individuals in recovery, experience with school exclusion, or other systemic oppression).
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Indigenous Placemaking Along Trails
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I was recently sent a link to a recording of the American Trails webinar on Indigenous Placemaking Along Trails. The presenters, both white and indigenous, have worked patiently over many years to create a program that weaves their love of mountain biking with a dream of engaging indigenous youth and adults in trail building and community connection. I found it very inspiring. If you have time to watch even part of the video, I think it may spark your imagination. American Trails has a YouTube channel where they post all their webinar recordings. Here’s a link to this specific video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c3BqQ1bCDE.
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Jobs in the Conservation Sector
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We’ve had some great opportunities posted in just the past few days. View the full list on our website. Community Forest Land Manager – Downeast Lakes Land Trust
Systems Change Network Coordinator – Nature Based Education Consortium
Land Trust Program Administrative & Event Assistant – Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Outdoor School Naturalist Educator – Maine Outdoor School
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onX Adventure Forever Grants
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Applications Due: Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:59 pm Mountain Time Where there is access, stewardship is needed. And, where there is stewardship, access is protected. onX believes that public access to land is a good thing, and they aim to do their part in protecting that through good stewardship. The Adventure Forever Grants is an opportunity for nonprofits, land trusts, tribal nations, and other community groups to unlock funding for six project types: Acquire & Conserve, Protect Access Routes, Build Trails that Give Back, Support Voluntary Private Land Access, Restore Trails and Riding Areas, and Grow the Community of Stewards.
Funding amounts will vary based on project type, location, and our scoring criteria but amounts granted will generally be between $5,000 and $25,000. However, other funding sources and partners that have been secured will be carefully reviewed.
Read all the details here.
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