Friday, June 8-Sunday, June 10
PRESQUE ISLE and LIMESTONE: Northern Maine Birding Festival. Organized by The Aroostook Birders, programs will take place at Aroostook State Park in Presque Isle and at Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge in Limestone. Please watch for updated itinerary when it becomes available. Visit www.aroostookbirders.com FMI
Friday, June 8
PRESQUE ISLE: Presque Isle Historical Society Guided Historic Fairmount Cemetery Tour. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce, 3 Houlton Road. 1.5-hour guided walking tour; discuss origins, Victorian influences, 30 local historic figures. Many hills on tour. Cost: $5. Contact Kim Smith (207-762-1151) or visit www.pihistory.org FMI
Saturday, June 9
AMITY: Woodie Wheaton Land Trust Bird Watching Tour. WWLT’s most recently acquired property, west shore of Monument Brook, forms U.S.-Canada border, origin of St. Croix waterway. Ecological assessments found 13 breeding species of special concern in Maine. Meet at rest area on east side of Route 1 in Amity at 6:50 a.m.; end by 11 a.m. Contact WWLT (207-448-3250) or wwltoffice@gmail.com FMI
Sunday, June 10
PRESQUE ISLE: Aroostook County Girls on the Run Celebratory 5K. 9 a.m. at Mantle Lake Park. Non-competitive event. It doesn’t matter who finishes first or last; it is about setting a goal and achieving it. Come join the girls as we all run, walk or skip our way to the finish line. Monies raised support our GOTR team and help continue and expand programs in The County. Visit www.girlsontherunmaine.org/Aroostook-County-5k FMI
Looking for more info on outdoor, people-powered, or active lifestyle events? Please visit www.offugoaroostook.blogspot.com.
