Naturalist Adventure Series: Guided Hike of Smelt Brook Preserve

Name: Naturalist Adventure Series: Guided Hike of Smelt Brook Preserve
Start: 2025-09-25T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-25T18:30:00-04:00
Location: 1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States, Maine 03909

Schedule

Thu Sep 25 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York, ME, United States, Maine 03909 | York, ME

Join Maine Master Naturalist Paul Dest as part of our Naturalist Adventure Series. He will lead a guided hike of our Smelt Brook Preserve to learn about the York River and its wetlands and wildlife, and about the more than decade-long effort to designate it into the National Park Service’s Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers Program. We will also hear from Maine Master Naturalist-in-training Anna DiChiara!
This event is free and open to the public. We will park in the Highland Farm Preserve parking lot and walk across the road to Smelt Brook Preserve. Registration is required. Sign up here: https://www.yorklandtrust.org/event/naturalist-adventure-series-guided-hike-of-smelt-brook-preserve/.
Get to know your naturalists:
Paul Dest is the Executive Director of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and has been active in land conservation for over 30 years. He is one of the founders of the Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative and the York River Wild and Scenic initiative. He has served on the boards and commissions of several local, state and national conservation organizations, and is currently a member of the York River Stewardship Committee. Paul leads occasional walks on protected places in southern Maine.
Anna DiChiara is a Certified Interpretive Guide and is nearing completion of the 2025 Maine Master Naturalist Program. She currently serves on the York Land Trust Finance and Stewardship committees.