Join Friends of Sears Island for a guided fern walk on Thursday, September 28, from 10:00am - noon. Maine Master Naturalist Karen Johnson will lead a leisurely exploration of the ferns on Sears Island while discussing their ecology and field identification. We will meet at the picnic tables to review some botanic terms and then […]
On Sunday, November 12, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm, Friends of Sears Island will host an all-ages community crafting program. This will be a time for people to gather and make natural crafts celebrating fall, Thanksgiving, and the practice of gratitude. The program will be held at the Searsport Community Building at 42 Prospect Street […]
All are invited to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season by sharing in a winter solstice celebration of light on Sears Island. Friends of Sears Island (FOSI) will host the event on Thursday, December 21, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Enjoy a walk along a path lit with […]
Photo: A fisher in a tree, by Kirk Gentalen Friends of Sears Island, the Belfast Free Library, and Maine Coast Heritage Trust invite you to a presentation about wildlife activity in this area of the mid-coast in March, to be held on Thursday, March 14, from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Abbott Room at the Belfast […]
Saturday, April 20 | 10am-1pm Many thanks to Sierra Club Maine Chapter for planning an Earth Day weekend event on Sears Island. Click this link to learn more and sign up.
Friends of Sears Island and the Carver Memorial Library are cosponsoring an environmental-themed book discussion in honor of Earth Day. During the month of April, participants can read our selected book, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here, by Hope Jahren, and then join us for […]
Join Friends of Sears Island for a guided fern walk on Thursday, May 9, from 10:00am - noon. Karen Johnson, Maine Master Naturalist, will lead a leisurely exploration on Sears Island looking for signs of spring. We will focus on the fern croziers that we find and also discuss the ecology and field identification of […]
Friends of Sears Island is now taking registrations for free “Tiny Worlds” themed activity kits for children. In the springtime, tiny leaves and buds and creatures are emerging in nature. We can see and learn so much when we take the time to examine things up close. This activity kit will include a magnifying glass […]
Join Friends of Sears Island for a guided nature walk for families on Wednesday, May 15, at 4:00pm on Sears Island. Cloe Chunn, Maine Master Naturalist, will lead children to the Western Shore Trail, where they will examine tiny worlds on Sears Island with a magnifying glass. They will learn about mosses, lichens, and more, […]
Friends of Sears Island’s annual Summer Solstice by the Sea celebration will be held on Thursday, June 20, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm on Sears Island! We are very pleased to announce that Sundog Solar of Searsport is our exclusive sponsor. Bring the whole family for an evening of merriment to celebrate the start of summer! […]
Carver Memorial Library and Friends of Sears Island are collaborating on a summer StoryWalk® for children to enjoy along the Homestead Trail on Sears Island. As families walk along the woods path, they will find posts with laminated pages of the book The Keeper of Wild Words, written by Brooke Smith and illustrated by Madeline […]
Friends of Sears Island will offer a free “Wee Forest Folk” family program on Sears Island on Wednesday, July 31, from 2:00pm - 3:30pm, led by FOSI’s Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Megquier. She will lead children on a scavenger hunt to find small gnome and fairy figurines, which they will then use to build fairy houses […]