A Mount Vernon couple has donated 125 acres of family land to the Kennebec Land Trust, in part so that kids might use the land to learn about wildlife and conservation.

I’ve written before of how lucky we are to have the Kennebec Land Trust in our area. My wife Linda and I have enjoyed their lands and trails for many years. And this year, we decided to donate our woodlot to the land trust. We especially like the trust’s commitment to teaching kids about conservation — that will be a focus for our woodlot.

Local Wood Works is honored with the Source Award for Forester, based on its efforts to connect consumers to local wood products.

"Go and measure to what length the silvery willow catkins have crept out beyond their scales, ifyou would know what time o' the year it is by Nature's clock. "

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, Volume Xll, March 2, 1859