As autumn creeps up on us, it’s time to show off all of those spectacular photos you took over the summer! This year’s MITA Photo Contest will feature prizes from Eventide Oyster Co., FLYN, Jetboil, L.L. Bean, Wicked Joe Organic Coffees, and the MITA Gear Shop! The rules…
RSVP now for MITA’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Stewardship Party, which will be held at the Belfast Boathouse in Belfast on Thursday, Sept. 25. MITA’s Annual Meeting will commence at 5pm, followed by the party from 6-8pm. We will have food and drink on hand as we celebrate…
Oh, sorry, did we just say the F word? There’s still plenty of summer left, but yes, registration for Fall Cleanups has arrived (if it makes you feel any better, only one of the cleanups actually happens after the equinox). Head over to mita.org/volunteer to snag your seat!…
The Summer 2025 edition of The Island Trail will soon be hitting mailboxes for our Full and Sustaining members, and is also available online for everyone to read at mita.org/newsletters. Read about some new additions to the Maine Island Trail and our evolving collaboration with Maine Coast Heritage…
Last Thursday, we welcomed nearly 250 of our friends and supporters to this year’s Splash! celebration at East Coast Yacht Sales in Yarmouth. It was an incredible evening, and wow, did we have fun. Thanks to the support of so many people in our community, we were able…
We are once again partnering with the James Beard Award-winning team at Big Tree Hospitality (owners of Eventide Oyster Co. and The Honey Paw) to bring you an exquisite summer lunch at Warren Island State Park, Maine’s only state-managed saltwater park developed especially for boaters. We will convene on the island from 12-3pm…
Our Splash! Online Auction is open NOW and will run through 8pm on Thursday, May 29. Thanks to the generosity of so many friends, partners, and businesses, we have over 70 items that are open for your bidding pleasure on Monday morning. Click here to view dozens of marvelous…
Join us Thursday, May 22 from 6-8pm at our headquarters in Portland (100 Kensington Street) for a presentation from Trixie Betz of the Maine Aquaculture Association. Trixie will cover the ins and outs of Maine’s diverse aquaculture sector, and talk about what users of the Maine Island Trail can expect to see of it…
In case you missed it, MITA was recently featured on an episode of Borealis, an Emmy-winning outdoors and environmental program on Maine Public. They joined us on our Deer Isle Fall Cleanup last year, and did a wonderful job at documenting the volunteer experience for MITA and showing…
MITA’s largest annual fundraiser returns to East Coast Yacht Sales on Thursday, June 12 from 6-9pm! This year’s theme will be a celebration of coastal Maine’s night skies, and like the aurora shows that we were treated to last year, Splash! is sure to make an impression on you….