Announcement
Jon Kachmar Named Portland Trails’ Next Executive Director The Portland Trails Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Jon Kachmar has been named the organization’s next Executive Director. Jon…
Announcement
Executive Director of Portland Trails Announces Departure Kara Wooldrik to Step Down at the End of 2022 After a Decade of Leadership Portland Trails, a non-profit urban land…
From the Archives: Winter 1999
Connections! by Rob Rosenthal It doesn’t look like much now, but the long-awaited connector under Tukey’s Bridge between the back Cove Trail and the Eastern Prom Trail will most likely…
From the Archives: Winter 2015
People Power Keeps Bayside and East Bayside Abuilding by Rucha Modak Volunteers from East Bayside businesses help build a trail connection on Anderson Street this November. As the year…
From the Archives: Fall 2013
Forging into Westbrook! by Aurelia C. Scott Follow the thwack of hammers and good-natured shouts that rise from a thicket of hemlock and pine off Route 22 and you’ll find…
From the Archives: Fall 2004
The Presumpscot Preserve: Bigger and Better than Ever Maine Conservation Corps crew hard at work. A summer of hard work by a six-person Maine Conservation Corps team, PT Trails Construction…
From the Archives: Spring 1995
Fore River Bridge Photos by Jefferey Stevensen Project manager extraordinaire George Potter reports that on December 1, 1994, with the help of Reed and Reed Contractors, Portland Trails’ 90-foot pedestrian…
Maine land trusts, nurseries agree on invasive plant ban (Forecaster)
by Katie Irish Collins Stewardship Coordinator, Daniel Bishop is quoted in the article surveying a number of land trusts in the state about recent ruling to ban sale of 33…
Explore urban wilds with Portland Trails map (Maine Today)
By Carey Kish, December 18, 2016 Maps of all kinds litter my office space, offering ample distraction whenever my concentration on the task at hand starts to wane. A certified…
Portland Brewers’ Holiday Dash 5K (Maine Today)
About 450 merry runners did the Portland Brewers’ Holiday Dash 5K on Dec. 11, a brisk run followed by beer and brunch at RiRa’s. Four local breweries–Shipyard, Maine Beer Company,…