Logan Edwards, Portland, Maine, was born and raised in the Katahdin region. His family has lived in the Benedicta and Island Falls communities for the past 150 years and has operated Birch Point Campground & Cottages, on Pleasant Lake, since 1922. His family has maintained the snowmobile trails in Island Falls since helping purchase the …
Lisa Horsch Clark, Vice President of Gift Planning, Friends of Acadia, has been raising funds to preserve and protect Acadia National Park since 2005 following a long career in higher education fundraising. She specializes in estate and planned giving and works with individuals, foundations, and corporations to support capital and special projects. Before joining Friends …
Eliza Donoghue, Brunswick, Maine, is the Executive Director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association. Born and raised in Maine, she developed her environmental ethos as a child, paddling the state’s rivers and climbing its mountains with her family. Eliza studied creative writing and wilderness studies at the University of Montana and went on to receive …
Don Hudson, Arrowsic, ME, developed an interest in plants and ecology in the early 1970s while leading expeditions for the Chewonki Foundation in Maine and Quebec. He graduated from Dartmouth College (1972, A.B. French and Environmental Studies); and received graduate degrees from the University of Vermont (1979, M.S. Botany) studying the reproductive biology of a …
Lucas St. Clair was born and raised into a subsistence living family in the North Woods of Maine, with no running water or electricity for most of his childhood. He left that lifestyle to attend a boarding school in the Western Mountains of Maine and went on to study abroad, pursuing a Culinary Arts degree …
Molly N. Ross, Lovell, ME and Sacramento, CA, spent over 35 years working with the National Park Service to protect the nation’s natural and cultural heritage. She has a deep knowledge and love of parks and protected areas throughout the country. From 2012 until her retirement in January 2017, Molly served as Special Assistant to the …
Matthew Polstein, Millinocket, ME, is the owner and founder of New England Outdoor Center, Twin Pine Camps and related companies. A registered Maine guide, he is considered a pioneer of Maine whitewater rafting and is a passionate supporter of natural and economic sustainability. He also serves as Executive Director of Maine River Trails LLC. and …
Cathy Johnson, Alna, ME, is retired after serving as the Senior Staff Attorney and Forests and Wildlife Project Director at the Natural Resources Council of Maine for 30 years. She attended Yale University, then transferred to College of the Atlantic where she received her B.A. in 1974. She worked for the National Park Service, U.S. …
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Logan Edwards
Posted: January 27, 2021 by Sarah Andre
Logan Edwards, Portland, Maine, was born and raised in the Katahdin region. His family has lived in the Benedicta and Island Falls communities for the past 150 years and has operated Birch Point Campground & Cottages, on Pleasant Lake, since 1922. His family has maintained the snowmobile trails in Island Falls since helping purchase the …
Lisa Horsch Clark
Posted: January 15, 2020 by Sarah Andre
Lisa Horsch Clark, Vice President of Gift Planning, Friends of Acadia, has been raising funds to preserve and protect Acadia National Park since 2005 following a long career in higher education fundraising. She specializes in estate and planned giving and works with individuals, foundations, and corporations to support capital and special projects. Before joining Friends …
Eliza Donoghue
Posted: November 22, 2019 by Sarah Andre
Eliza Donoghue, Brunswick, Maine, is the Executive Director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association. Born and raised in Maine, she developed her environmental ethos as a child, paddling the state’s rivers and climbing its mountains with her family. Eliza studied creative writing and wilderness studies at the University of Montana and went on to receive …
Don Hudson
Posted: February 23, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Don Hudson, Arrowsic, ME, developed an interest in plants and ecology in the early 1970s while leading expeditions for the Chewonki Foundation in Maine and Quebec. He graduated from Dartmouth College (1972, A.B. French and Environmental Studies); and received graduate degrees from the University of Vermont (1979, M.S. Botany) studying the reproductive biology of a …
Lucas St. Clair
Posted: February 13, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Lucas St. Clair was born and raised into a subsistence living family in the North Woods of Maine, with no running water or electricity for most of his childhood. He left that lifestyle to attend a boarding school in the Western Mountains of Maine and went on to study abroad, pursuing a Culinary Arts degree …
Molly Ross
Posted: February 13, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Molly N. Ross, Lovell, ME and Sacramento, CA, spent over 35 years working with the National Park Service to protect the nation’s natural and cultural heritage. She has a deep knowledge and love of parks and protected areas throughout the country. From 2012 until her retirement in January 2017, Molly served as Special Assistant to the …
Matt Polstein
Posted: February 13, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Matthew Polstein, Millinocket, ME, is the owner and founder of New England Outdoor Center, Twin Pine Camps and related companies. A registered Maine guide, he is considered a pioneer of Maine whitewater rafting and is a passionate supporter of natural and economic sustainability. He also serves as Executive Director of Maine River Trails LLC. and …
Cathy Johnson
Posted: February 13, 2017 by Sarah Andre
Cathy Johnson, Alna, ME, is retired after serving as the Senior Staff Attorney and Forests and Wildlife Project Director at the Natural Resources Council of Maine for 30 years. She attended Yale University, then transferred to College of the Atlantic where she received her B.A. in 1974. She worked for the National Park Service, U.S. …