Habitat for Humanity and 7 Rivers Maine’s 2020 Spring Walk to Build is going virtual.  

Lee Emmons, a local newspaper columnist and nature presenter, is offering a two-hour course through Zoom on Maine’s backyard birds. The course will cover 20 common species, as well as the basics of bird conservation.

The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid announced its summer lineup of events at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor, located in the Learning Center of Bristol’s Lighthouse Park and one of New England’s earliest European settlements in the 17th century.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free online overview of raising backyard poultry on May 11 from 5:30–7:30 p.m.

A group of Waldoboro women will be handing out iris flowers on April 25 outside of Dow’s Furniture Gallery on 280 Atlantic Highway. Inspired by the beautiful white flowers while thinning one of the women’s garden, the ladies decided to share the beauty with local residents and have packaged bulbs into paper bags with a photo and care instructions for replanting.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Audubon will offer a four-part online series on using native plants to benefit birds and other wildlife beginning May 6, from 2 – 3 p.m. Classes will meet weekly through May 27.

This week on Talk’n Town Talk, LCTV’s Larry Sidelinger sits down with Waldoboro town manager Julie Keizer, shellfish buyer Abden Simmons, and shellfish harvester Glen Melvin, to discuss what the clam industry means to Waldoboro, and how the industry is surviving COVID-19.