Coastal Mountains Land Trust will host its second annual Run for the Hills race in Belfast on Saturday, September 11. This dual event will offer a 10-kilometer road race and a 5-kilometer fun run/walk. Registration begins at 7am at Waterfall Arts on High Street in Belfast. The scenic route will pass three Land Trust preserves along the Passagassawakeag River and finish on the Belfast Footbridge. The entry fee is $20 on or before September 4 or $25 after, including race day. Walkers and runners can also opt to collect sponsorships. Businesses, groups, and families are urged to get teams together to participate, adding to the fun and competitive spirit of the walk. Prizes will be awarded for the individual and team that raise the most sponsor money overall, as well as the first man and woman and first finishers in each age category for the 10K. This year's Run for the Hills is made possible thanks to the generosity of lead sponsor Bank of America, as well as additional support from Peg Worth of Town & Country Real Estate and Waldo County General Hospital. All net proceeds from the Run for the Hills will directly benefit the Land Trust’s land conservation work. For registration forms and more information, please call (207) 236-7091 or visit www.coastalmountains.org.

Coastal Mountains Land Trust invites the public to participate in their 8th annual free blueberry pick held on Saturday, August 7 from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. The Land Trust will open a portion of the 20-acre organic blueberry farm as a thank you to the community that supports and enjoys the Preserve. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to welcome and orient people to areas open for picking. Participants should bring their own containers and be prepared for a moderate walk to the picking fields. Sorry, raking is not permitted. Volunteers will be on hand to direct visitors to parking locations at the Preserve’s Beech Hill Road parking lot and adjacent field. Parking and access to the Preserve are not permitted from South Street at any time. Beech Nut, the historic stone hut on the summit, will be open to the public on Friday from 2:00 – 6:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Guests will have the opportunity to talk about the history and management of the hut and the Preserve with Land Trust volunteers. Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport is a 300-acre farm, managed for the complimentary purposes of maintaining the property’s scenic beauty, historic value, grassland bird habitat, and organic blueberry production. The mission of the Beech Hill Blueberry Farm program is to promote a greater understanding of the public benefits of land conservation by directly involving the community in an ecologically and financially sustainable blueberry farm. All funds generated by the commercial sale of Beech Hill blueberries directly support continued stewardship and maintenance of the Preserve. Visitors are thus reminded that fields are only open to the public during these scheduled free pick times and then only in designated pick areas. At all other times, the Land Trust requests that the visitors please stay off these fields so essential to the Preserve’s future. Coastal Mountains Land Trust has worked since 1986 to permanently conserve land to benefit the natural and human communities of western Penobscot Bay. To date, it has protected more than 8,000 acres in the region for their natural, scenic and public recreation resources. For more information on the Land Trust, visit www.coastalmountains.org or call 236-7091.

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