"The ultimate privacy is being fogbound...and how shocking it is to be able to see for miles the next day!"
- MITA Member, Stevens Island, June 27, 2009

If you spent time on the Maine coast early this summer, you will remember stretches of rain and fog - seemingly endless - through June and July, only to be followed by the most beautiful August and September in re

This holiday season consider Gift Memberships, MITA Gear, and books from Longfellow Books - all gift ideas that support MITA!

Isn’t it time for all good mosquitoes to fly south or die? Otherwise: Heaven. Thanks MITA.

It’s the escape from the world everyone needs. Thank you MITA. Bill and Debra

The North Shore Paddler’s Network (NSPN.org) brings together Boston-area sea kayakers for group paddling trips, skills and safety instruction, and other activities that foster community interaction and learning.  In the summer of 2009, NSPN paddlers teamed up with a Mount Desert Island guide to organize a fundraising group paddle for MITA’s benefit.

At the Portland Yacht Club September 5, Mark Hanley of Bristol generously celebrated two of his lifelong passions – protecting the coastal environment of Maine and boating. He did this by making a unique gift to the nonprofit MITA. Hanley turned over the keys to his 32-foot speedboat Elusive to Doug Welch, Executive Director of MITA.