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Challenges and Solutions for the Belfast Bay Watershed: a summary of the year’s research by students at Belfast Area High School.
2021-05-20 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Program on Zoom
Join Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition and the Belfast Library for this zoom presentation with students from the Belfast Area Highschool.
Register for the zoom link here.
The program will highlight student research on current environmental issues in the Belfast Bay Watershed. Students Grace Hall, Jonah Lovejoy, and Chelsea Gaiero, will make separate short presentations about research they have conducted over the past year as part of the Maine State Science Fair as well as citizen science projects. Topics include effects of temperature on embryonic fish development, abundance and distribution of green crabs, using green crabs as lobster bait, and the installation of a water level sensor in Belfast Harbor.
Dave Thomas, their science teacher, has taught high school science in four public high schools in New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Maine over the past 20 years. He teaches Advanced Placement Enviromental Science and coaches students in extracurricular science competitions.

Teen Outdoor Tie-Dye
2021-05-18 15:30 - 16:30
Come join us out on the library plaza for our teen tie-dye event! Make a canvas tote and face mask, all materials provided. Tuesday, May 18th- rain date Wednesday, May 19th.

BFL Kids Take & Make DIY Pompoms
2021-05-18 10:00 - 17:00
Make a pompom garland, decorate a key chain, hair barrette, or a paper clip, spruce up a pair of socks, a throw pillow, a party hat, or even a bookmark! There are so many fun ways to decorate with pompoms. Take home a craft kit and learn to make pompoms at home.

In-person outdoor demonstrations 3:30 – 4:30. Kits will be available all day in the library entryway on Tuesday with any leftover kits available on the children’s floor from Wednesday on — while they last.
All library programs are free and open to the public. For more information 207-338-3884

Tick Talk: Lyme Disease 101
2021-05-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Join us for a virtual tick talk with Dr. Bea Szantyr. This presentation will cover the essentials of prevention and early recognition of Lyme disease.
Register for the Zoom link here.
Spring has sprung! And with warmer temperatures come more opportunities for close encounters – with TICKS! Do you know how to avoid tick bites? Can you recognize the rash of Lyme disease? Did you know there are steps you can take to protect you, your family and your favorite pet companions from Lyme disease and some of the other troublesome infections that travel in the same ticks?
Dr. Beatrice Szantyr has spent more than 25 years looking at these questions and their answers. Her presentation about Lyme and related tick-borne diseases explores the vectors, hosts, and habitats that place people at risk of these preventable diseases

"Stranded! Marine Mammal Response in the Northern Half of Maine” by Rosemary Seton of Allied Whale
2021-04-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Rosemary will discuss the logistics of stranding response in the region Allied Whale covers, which is mid-coast Maine (Rockland) to the Canadian border. She will present the usual suspects of marine mammal species we find on and off our shores, what to do if you find a marine mammal in distress, and will also include a few cases from Sears Island with which she has dealt over the years. Since seals make up the preponderance of Allied Whale’s stranding response, Rosemary will help you understand seal behavior when viewing them on land or sea, keeping in mind that not every seal needs rescuing!
Rosemary Seton is a Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator with Allied Whale, the marine mammal lab at the College of the Atlantic and has worked with marine mammals for over 30 years mainly in her native Canada and the USA.
Register for the zoom link here

Teen Take & Make: DIY Painted Puzzle
2021-04-27 10:00 - 17:00
Pick up supplies to paint and design your own 63 piece puzzle! All programs are free and open to the public.

Belfast Garden Club Daytime Program
2021-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Monarchs, Milkweed and Migration: What we are learning, what they need to survive as a species.
Speaker: Cyrene Slegona
Cyrene Slegona, of Belfast, will present a talk about Monarch butterflies, the mysteries of their North American migration and what we can do to help save these butterflies for future generations. Cyrene will review the life cycle and behaviors of each metamorphic stage, predation and disease, as well as current and future research about Monarchs. She will also discuss the milkweeds of Maine and pollinator-friendly gardening ideas especially for Monarchs as they prepare for their fall migration.
Cyrene is a Maine Master Naturalist and has studied these beautiful butterflies since the age of 12. She presented yearly Monarchs research projects with children while an elementary and middle school teacher. She continues to rear, release and tag Monarchs every summer. She has had the privilege of visiting their overwintering sites in Mexico for the past two years.
Register for the zoom link here.

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
2021-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Running Silver!
Landis Hudson, Executive Director of Maine Rivers, will talk about what it takes to restore river health. How can you fix a river? What is the relationship between rivers and the Gulf of Maine, and how are dam removals shaping the future of river restoration efforts in Maine? Landis will draw on her experiences leading the Alewife Restoration Initiative to restore fish passage to China Lake by removing dams and installing fishways to bring back an annual run of nearly one million adult alewives.
Register for the Zoom link here.

"Seen Anything Good?" Book Talk with Don Reimer
2021-04-06 18:30 - 20:00
Lifelong birder Don Reimer will share photos and discuss his new book Seen Anything Good? The book spans six decades of bird observations in mid-coastal Maine.
Following the presentation, Don will answer questions from audience members about the book, and all matters of birds in general.
This program will take place on zoom. Register for the link here.

Getting to Carbon Neutral: a panel discussion
2021-03-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Program on Zoom
This is a virtual program, please register for the zoom link here

Special Program on Browntail Moth in Waldo County with Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition
2021-03-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Don’t miss our Browntail Moth program by Tom Schmeelk, State Entomologist.
Responding to the acute infestation in Belfast and surroundings, we will learn about how to protect ourselves, and how as a community we can work to curb the problem.
The program is cosponsored with the Belfast Library, Belfast Garden Club, and Friends of Belfast Parks.
Register in advance for this program here.

Garden Club Evening Lecture Series
2021-03-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Gardens of Use and Delight with Speaker: Anne Perkins
Anne Perkins will describe her large market garden in Owls Head, Maine. She will talk about topics of interest to gardeners with emphasis on the intermediate and advanced vegetable gardeners, such as planning for the growing season, recordkeeping, succession planting, crop rotation schemes, cover cropping, design of garden and plant combinations. Gardeners will have the opportunity to ask questions!
Anne Perkins is obsessed with vegetables. On Headacre Farm, an old salt water farm in Owls Head, and at her home in Thomaston, she indulges herself in her passion by growing a huge variety of vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers on over 10,000 square feet of cultivated ground. She’s been selling the fruits of her labors since 2010 to a couple of local restaurants, including Cafe Miranda in Rockland, at the Oceanview Grange Farmers Market in Martinsville, her Farm Share customers and to private customers and friends. Anne has been gardening since the age of four and has left a trail of gardens behind her, in places as varied as Florida and Alaska, as she followed her husband in his career. Settled back in Maine since 2001, she is now able to devote herself to full-time gardening and is enjoying every minute of it. She wants to spread the word that growing vegetables can be great fun and that a vegetable garden of any size can be even more beautiful than the best flower garden.
Register for the zoom link here.

Kids & Teen Take & Make: DIY Japanese Side Sewn Sketchbook
2021-03-23 10:00 - 17:00
Pick up your kid-friendly or teen kit, and make your own DIY Japanese Side Sewn Sketchbook!

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
2021-03-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
What’s New in the Penobscot River?
Danielle Frechette, fish biologist, will give an overview of diadromous fish restoration in the Penobscot River as a result of the Penobscot River Restoration Project
Danielle is a Marine Resource Scientist for the Department of Marine Resources, Division of Sea-Run Fisheries and Habitat working on the Penobscot River Restoration Project.
Please register for the zoom link here.

Garden Club Daytime Program
2021-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Vegetable Gardening for Beginners with Vina Lindley
Interested in growing your own vegetable garden this year? Harvesting and eating fresh home-grown veggies can be a rewarding and healthy hobby but it can also feel a little overwhelming or downright discouraging if you’ve tried and had failures. If you’ve been wondering where to start, join this interactive session to learn more about deciding what, where and how to grow your first (or second or third) vegetable garden.
This workshop is being offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Viña Lindley who has a background in education and has been teaching about growing, harvesting, and preserving foods with UMaine Cooperative Extension for 8 years and is an avid home gardener. Her favorite thing to grow is garlic and she enjoys sharing her passion for gardening with others.
Register for the zoom link here.
