Mindfulness Trail Media Kit
Welcome to the Mindfulness Trail media center. Reporters, editors, bloggers, educators, and community organizations may download these materials for stories about the trail and its projects.
Need another image, additional information, or a personal tour? Contact Executive Director Ed Noyes at info@mindfulnesstrail.org or 207-707-0848.
Logos
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High-Resolution Photographs
These photographs may be used in editorial coverage of the Mindfulness Trail. Captions and credit information are provided with each image.
The Mindfulness Trail
A section of the Mindfulness Trail in East Warren, Maine.
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The Mystery Site
An 18th-century stone foundation being investigated by the Mindfulness Trail and its volunteers.
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Science and History Visitor
The visitor center is a converted barn. It is our working research base. We also display discoveries here.
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Research and Exploration
This stone fence was built in the early 1800's to contain a herd of sheep. Mystery: Why does it suddenly end? The other sides continue deeper into the landscape.
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Citizen Insights
The Citizen Insights booklet cover
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18th Century Stump Pile
When the first settlers cleared this land did they pile the uprooted stumps here? After almost 300 years, all that is left is the stones grasped by the tree roots and soil from the decayed wood.
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Citizen Insights
The Citizen Insights project asks visitors to enter their observations and opinions in this booklet. We want their insights about three unsolved mysteries: Are these nine rock piles real examples of 18th century field clearing operation? Is there evidence at the Shoreline Information Stop that this was once an ancient shoreline? Who built something on the 18th century foundation at the Mystery Site Information Stop and for what purpose was it used?
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Citizen Insights Contributor Award
Our modest thank you for partisipating
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Quick Facts
- Name: Mindfulness Trail
- Location: East Warren, Maine
- Organization: A Maine nonprofit educational organization
- Admission: Free and open to the public
- Experience: More than a mile of easy-to-hike forest trails
- Focus: Maine history, forest science, observation, and discovery
- Features: Loop trail, Maze trails, information stops, and visitor center
- Audience: Curious minds of all ages
- Executive Director: Ed Noyes
- Website: mindfulnesstrail.org
About the Mindfulness Trail
The following description may be used or adapted for articles, media coverage, and community calendars.
The Mindfulness Trail is a nonprofit educational organization in East Warren, Maine, where science and Maine history turn an ordinary forest walk into a discovery experience. More than a mile of easy-to-hike trails invite visitors of all ages to consider the stories hidden in trees, rocks, stone fences, landforms, wildlife habitats, and the remains of early settler activity.
The trail is also an evolving outdoor discovery laboratory. Visitors can follow ongoing projects involving an 18th-century stone foundation, early farming, ancient shorelines, forest diversity, and the dating and mapping of trees. The Mindfulness Trail is free of charge and welcomes questions, observations, and new interpretations from everyone who visits.
Possible Story Ideas
- An 18th-century stone foundation hidden in a Maine forest
- What old pine trees reveal about changes in the landscape
- Searching for evidence of an ancient post-glacial shoreline
- How stone fences help reconstruct Maine’s farming history
- Turning a forest hike into an active discovery experience
- Inviting visitors to participate in genuine outdoor research
- Forest biodiversity and the small habitats people often miss
- A nonprofit educational trail growing from the ground up
Media Contact
Interviews, personal tours, additional photographs, and background information are available upon request.