Winter Ecology: Signs, Tracks and Other Indicators of Life in Winter
Sat, Feb 28
|Pleasant Lake Preserve
Join SRLT and Maine Master Naturalist Grace Bartlett for a walk (or snowshoe!) at the Pleasant Lake Preserve in Stetson to explore what the winter woods reveals about plant and wildlife adaptations. Scroll down for more information.
Time & Location
Feb 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Pleasant Lake Preserve, 144 Lakins Rd, Stetson, ME 04488, USA
About The Event
Among the familiar summer plants, insects and wildlife, who is still here in winter? Who is not? How do they respond to winter conditions? During our walk we will explore how these creatures adapt to winter. We will look for clues about that adaption. Join SRLT and Maine Master Naturalist Grace Bartlett for a walk (or snowshoe!) at the Pleasant Lake Preserve in Stetson. Gifted to SRLT in 2010 by Kent Hewitt, “the Cape” of 3-mile long Pleasant Lake offers a well-maintainted trail system, wonderful bird-watching opportunities, and exploration of diverse woodland and shoreline habitats. Depending on snow and parking conditions, we may walk a longer stretch of woods road before arriving at the preserve entrance. Pileated Woodpecker photo by Tom Aversa.
The walk will be led by Grace Bartlett, Maine Master Naturalist and Retired Minister. From early on curiosity has compelled Grace to roam through fields and forests, explore “frog…