by Leslie Spieth | May 24, 2026 | Information, News
Remembering the dry spell of 2025 and preparing for an unpredictable summer This spring has been cold and rainy, making it easy to forget the “flash drought” of 2025. However, for residents whose wells ran dry last summer, that extended dry spell is not so easily...
by Becky Gallery | Apr 19, 2026 | News
On April 18, 2026, volunteers from the Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) and the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) joined forces to burn an accumulated wood and brush pile at the Curtis Farm Preserve. Thanks to the Harpswell Neck Fire Department (HNFD),...
by Becky Gallery | Oct 15, 2025 | Information, News
Harpswell Garden Club volunteers worked with volunteers from Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) to remove a small forest of burning bush plants at Centennial Hall. Many years ago, two Euonymus Alatus (burning bush) were planted on the south side of the lawn....
by Adrian Colborn | May 7, 2025 | Events, News
On Saturday May 17 at 10:00 AM, HIPP will participate in the Town of Harpswell’s upcoming program “The Power of Plants”. The program is the third in the “Water Wise” series that the town has conducted and is sponsored by...
by Adrian Colborn | Feb 6, 2025 | News
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Maine a grant to study the connection between invasive plants and ticks, according to the News Center Maine article UMaine awarded $1.8M to research tick mitigation through invasive plant removal. ...
by Becky Gallery | Jan 18, 2025 | Information, News
2024 Year in Review HIPP activities this past year included in-person field workdays, surveys of two Harpswell Heritage Land Trust preserves: Anna Tondreau on Great Island and Helen & Walter Norton on Birch Island, and the re-printing of our updated Invasive...
