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SUMMARY:Sailing Ships Maine: Sailing and Rowing Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Presentation:  Sailing and Rowing with Sailing Ships Maine\nJoin us for a presentation by Sailing Ships Maine\, a Casco Bay-based nonprofit that uses traditional sailing vessels to deliver transformative\, technology-free voyages.    \nAlso featured will be Row Casco\, a community rowing initiative using 32-foot Cornish gigs out of East End Beach in Portland. Row Casco opens the ocean to people of all ages through team-based rowing\, with a focus on inclusivity\, community\, and maritime heritage — a natural extension of Sailing Ships Maine’s on-the-water mission. \nCaptain Natasha Salvo will share how Sailing Ships Maine students live and work as active crew members — learning navigation\, seamanship\, and environmental awareness — while building leadership\, teamwork\, and self-reliance through direct experience at sea. \nThe presentation will also cover Sailing Ships Maine’s expanding adult and community programs\, including Women-to-Women and family overnight sailing experiences designed to build skills\, confidence\, and connection on the water.\n\n_______________ \nPresenter’s Bio: \nCaptain Natasha Salvo is the founder of the Sailing Ships Maine women-to-women sailing program and former program coordinator. Having passed the baton\, she recently purchased an Island Packet 27 sailboat from the organization and is looking forward to her own sailing adventures in Penobscot Bay this summer. A lifelong sailor\, former live aboard\, blogger\, and author of several sailing articles\, she is deeply curious and committed to learning all there is to know about sailing as a metaphor for life.\n—————– \n\n\n\n\n\nWhen:   Weds\, May 6\,  6:30pm social; Presentation Start: 7:00pm\n\nWhere:  A2U2 Church\, 524 Allen Ave.\, Portland\nWho:    Free and open to the public.\n\n—————–
URL:https://moac.org/event/sailing-ships-maine-sailing-and-rowing-opportunities/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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SUMMARY:Bob Radowicz presents intro Penobscot Paddling &Chowder Society at MOAC monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:MOAC will present trip stories and news about The Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society\, a boating club with a chowder problem. Starting in 1969\, this organization is 50 years plus and running. The group features whitewater canoeing and whitewater kayaking on Maine rivers and other New England locations. In addition to paddling\, this nonprofit organizes hiking and camping trips. \nOur own Bob Radowicz\, who has been a member of MOAC since 1998 is currently the president of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society and will be MOAC’s featured presenter March 4. Bob has run many river trips for MOAC and annually runs the class 2 whitewater trip on the Ossippee River in April. Join MOAC for some tales\, slides and videos\, yearly trip books of River adventures as he fills us in on what the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society has been up to and how we might join in on the fun! Join MOAC March 4\, 2026 at 6:30 for social hour and 7pm for our meeting which includes this presentation.
URL:https://moac.org/event/bob-radowicz-presents-intro-penobscot-paddling-chowder-society-at-moac-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T183000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Hope for Winter: Preserving Snow & Cold through Collective Community Action
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome UNH’s Dr. Liz Burakowski for a timely look at the future of the winter season many of us love most.  No matter what your outdoor passions are\,  join us for an evening designed to inform and inspire anyone with a deep passion for the Maine outdoors and a desire to protect our winters. \n“Growing up in New Hampshire\, I have fond memories of snow days\, pond skating\, sledding\, and so many other wintry activities associated with quiet\, white landscapes. I sensed a shift in 2002\, when I was in college\, during the warmest winter on record since 1895. By 2004\, I was determined to learn more about why our winters were warming. Through the course of my scientific career\, I have met so many other folks that share my passion for preserving our cold\, snowy New England winters.” — Dr. Liz Burakowski \nBio:  Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Burakowski is an Associate Professor at UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth\, Oceans and Space. A widely published author on the Northeast’s changing climate\, Liz is a gifted communicator who has brought her message to the TEDx stage. Her work focuses on the past\, present\, and future of our winter landscapes and the ripple effects of these changes on our ecosystems and community. \nA “powder-hound” in her own right\, Liz learned to ski at Saskadena Six in the late 1980s\, later picked up snowboarding\, and has been a backcountry split-boarder for years. In addition to her role at UNH\, Liz has serves on the Protect Our Winters (POW) Science Alliance\, advocating for the snowy seasons that define our identity.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://moac.org/event/monthly-meeting-hope-for-winter-preserving-snow-cold-through-collective-community-action/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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SUMMARY:MOAC monthly meeting: Stevenson Trail in France: MOACers in the Cévennes with Donkeys!
DESCRIPTION:On the Stevenson Trail in France: MOACers in the Cévennes with Donkeys! Monthly moac meeting Allen Ave. UU Church\, Portland\, ME \n\nThe Stevenson Trail is named after the author of Treasure Island who also wrote Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes about his 1878 journey along this route. The trail\, also called the GR70\, runs 169 miles through the beautiful and varied landscape of France’s Massif Central mountain region\, passing through tiny villages\, cultivated forests\, rocky hills\, river valleys\, and even ski slopes. Travelers can link days of hiking with stays at campsites or in hotels or lodges. Never close to a city\, but never far from human habitation\, the Stevenson Trail offers both quiet enjoyment of nature and the chance to meet other hikers each day. \n\nAnd of course\, there are the donkeys! Stevenson traveled with his little donkey\, Modestine\, and several outfitters now offer pack donkeys who will carry your gear and keep you company. Our MOAC group took three donkeys on our adventure where we learned a lot about trekking with these wonderful animals. We’ll share what we learned about hiking in France\, exploring one of France’s great trails with the aid of the Stevenson Trail Association\, and making friends with a donkey. \n\nBio: \nMaria Snyder and Tom Walker moved to Maine from the Midwest four years ago.  One of the first things they did was join MOAC.  They are frequent travelers.  In particular they have visited a number of different regions in France\, which led them to hiking the Stevenson trail in the Cévennes.
URL:https://moac.org/event/moac-monthly-meeting-stevenson-trail-in-france-moacers-in-the-cevennes-with-donkeys/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting - Cashes Ledge - The Yellowstone of the North Atlantic
DESCRIPTION:After diving on Cashes Ledge at Ammen Rock\, a peak that sits just 27 feet below the surface at low tide\, globally famous marine researcher Sylvia Earle\, said it was the “The Yellowstone of the North Atlantic.” University of Maine marine scientist Dr. Robert Steneck\, who spent years studying the ledge’s benthic habitat describes it as\, “The Lost World”. Ocean researchers have long considered this 32-mile-long underwater mountain range\, in the central Gulf of Maine\, a biological hotspot and an oceanic gem.  \nIn July 2024\, Conservation Law Foundation submitted nomination papers to NOAA to create a Cashes Ledge National Marine Sanctuary. The proposed sanctuary is 766 square miles in size with 194 miles being completed protected. It would encompass the underwater mountain range\, ledges\, ridges\, and surrounding deep water basins. This massive range of ledges creates upwellings of cold nutrient-rich water that fuel an explosion of plankton\, that feed herring\, squid\, and mackerel\, who in turn are prey for tuna\, sharks\, seabirds\, and a high diversity of marine mammals. Cashes holds the deepest and densest kelp forest on the Eastern Seaboard and an environment abounding in fish including a red-colored cod and exceptional benthic life.  \nJoin whale watch naturalist and marine conservationist Zack Klyver\, who has visited Cashes numerous times and led several day trips to Cashes Ledge through his company FLUKES. In 2011\, he saw a dozen North Atlantic Right Whales there. On his 2023 tour over 100 guests saw eight species of marine mammals\, 51 species of birds\, along with Basking sharks and ocean sunfish. At the ledge they found two finback whales feeding\, an exuberant pod of nearly 100 Common Bottlenose dolphins\, and a great diversity of oceanic seabirds. In August 2025\, they spotted a large Leatherback Sea Turtle.  \nZack Klyver Bio:  Zash has participated in marine mammal eco-tourism and conservation from the Arctic to Antarctica\, including guiding over 3\,000 whale watching tours on the Gulf of Maine. In 2011\, he founded FLUKES: International Whale Tours\, to take the public to see whales in the best places in the world. Zack co-founded and served as Science Director for a Maine based business in 2019\, that worked on the conservation of the North Atlantic Right Whale for four years by testing ropeless lobster fishing gear and pioneered the use of ropeless fishing in gillnet fisheries. In 2020\, he co-founded and currently co-chairs the North Atlantic Whale Watch Naturalist Association. Today\, Zack is a marine mammal advisor to the Blue Green Future\, developing natural capital markets including the economic value of whales based on their ecosystem services. His parents went to Africa to teach school\, and he was born in Nairobi\, Kenya. He grew up in a commercial fishing family in Eastport\, Maine and is a graduate of the College of the Atlantic with a B.A. in Human Ecology. \nPhoto Credits: \nBrian Skerry          Kelp growth on Cashes Ledge
URL:https://moac.org/event/monthly-meeting-cashes-ledge-the-yellowstone-of-the-north-atlantic/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
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SUMMARY:CORRECTION Nov MOAC presentation-3 Indigenous Ruins in the West
DESCRIPTION:Corrected content for WEDS 11/5/25. Long time MOAC member Sue McCarthy will be presenting a video slideshow focusing on 3 destinations  featuring indigenous ruins(Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon and Hovenweep National Monument) of the 78 she visited on her last 7 month trip (March to September) this year around the country. Sue has been working on the list of National Parks.  She has 11 left out of 63 now. this last trip was filling in on ones she needed. From maps and apps of the route she picked out other things like Nationals Monuments to visit\, Sue is fascinated with getting up close and personal with structures people built long ago. Sue says she tries to inspire people with her adventures\, break down barriers especially for older women like herself.\n\nSue converted her Ford Transit Connect which she converted into a micro camper in 2024 after retiring from her 25 plus year career in psychotherapy. Her journey represents the growing community of solo female travelers embracing the nomadic lifestyle while documenting their experiences through social media. Sue’s love for adventures includes participating in many ‘Dan Kidd trips’ over the years and the completion of the New England sixty seven 4000 foot peaks\, and now long distance van life tours. She has been a world ranked Masters Track and Field sprinter. Her friends say\, she … “never does anything half way…”  She has driven cross country 5 times. Through her YouTube channel and social media presence\, she shares both the practical aspects of van living and the joy of discovering America’s natural landscapes while maintaining ties to her New Hampshire roots. Follow Sue on YouTube @SprintSprite-jj2db
URL:https://moac.org/event/correction-nov-moac-presentation-3-indigenous-ruins-in-the-west/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting:  The Story – Maine Huts & Trails
DESCRIPTION:Our Next Monthly Meeting:  Wed Sept. 3rd \nPresentation:  The Story – Maine Huts & Trails\nPresented By:  Wolfe Tone – Maine Huts & Trails Executive Director \nThe Story:  Maine Huts & Trails\nThe Maine Huts & Trails (MH&T) experience is more than a backcountry adventure—it’s a journey through nature that invites connection\, discovery\, and belonging. Along over 80 miles of free\, year-round trails\, guests hike\, ski\, or bike from hut to hut\, immersed in the beauty of Maine’s wilderness. Inside the huts\, the warmth of a woodstove\, shared meals\, and laughter among strangers-turned-friends create moments of genuine camaraderie. Not long ago\, MH&T was confronted by operational challenges made even steeper by the pandemic. From uncertainty emerged something powerful: a fully committed board\, hardworking staff\, and our dedicated community rallied together to reimagine MH&T’s future. \n6:30PM Social;   7:00PM  Program Start\nA2U2 Church\, 524 Allen Ave.\, Portland
URL:https://moac.org/event/monthly-meeting-the-story-maine-huts-trails/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting - Scotland: The Great Glen Way and Beyond!
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to be transported to the green vistas\, blue waters and windswept landscapes of Scotland’s Highlands and the Shetland and Orkney Islands!  Reconnecting with cherished friends from Australia and Switzerland\, MOACers Kevin Huber and Cathy Getchell traversed the 75-mile Great Glen Way\, tasting whiskeys and Scottish cuisine along the way. \nThen\, picture dramatic coastlines and ancient history as they explored the mystical Shetland and Orkney Islands.  From dramatic\, exposed landscapes to island mysteries\, their journey was packed with unforgettable moments.
URL:https://moac.org/event/monthly-meeting-scotland-the-great-glen-way-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other/General
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SUMMARY:Annual MOAC BBQ and Volunteer Recognition & Gear Swap
DESCRIPTION:Rain or Shine!  If it rains\, we’ll be in the church. \nIt’s time for the traditional MOAC pot luck and BBQ. Bring a dish and something for the grill. It’s also time to recognize volunteers and board members who have helped MOAC during the year. We will set up starting at 5:30 (we always need help) and then start grilling and eating at 6. \n\nPlease bring something to grill for yourself.\nPlease bring something to share (appetizers\, salads\, deserts\, etc).\nBring camp chairs if desired.\nPlease do not bring alcohol as we are at a church.\n\nAlso\, please clean out your closets/attics/garages and contribute to our gear swap. \n 
URL:https://moac.org/event/annual-moac-bbq-and-volunteer-recognition-gear-swap/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 524 Allen Ave\, Portland\, 04103\, United States
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