Monhegan Associates Inc.

09/03/2026

TODAY!

The Art & Ecology Lecture series continues with Kirk Gentalen, Regional Stewardship Manager at the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Kirk will be giving a talk about mushrooms at the Monhegan Church this afternoon at 4:00pm and will also be leading a guided walk on tomorrow, September 4th, at 9:00am.

Registration for the walk is required: https://forms.gle/NAybUJ2u56AQrU836

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.

08/24/2026

Keep an eye out for this big bird—a Red-tailed Hawk has been seen hanging around Horns Hill (Trails 3, 5, or 6) the past few weeks! Because Red-tails prefer to soar on thermals of hot air rising from land (and not open ocean), they’re an island rarity. We can tell this is an immature bird by its light eye color and lack of red tail. Monhegan certainly has the rodent population to support a big hawk, so maybe it will stick around!

08/20/2026

Our Annual Meeting of the Membership is this Friday, August 21, at 7pm. Hope you can join us in person or virtually. Click on link for more details!

2026 Annual Meeting of Members 7:00 PM, August 21, 2026, School House & ZOOM The Annual Meeting of Monhegan Associates will be held at the schoolhouse and on ZOOM this year. The agenda for the meeting is below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88177852086?pwd=VwoK9WGejfVqv1wqbyMAZgZaAhzYF...

08/16/2026

Take a breath. Gull Cove at day’s end, mid-August. (Take Trail 5)

-View toward White Head
-Atlantic Grey Seal
-Gulls, of course
-Seaside Goldenrod & Xanthoria lichen
-Goose Tongues & Xanthoria lichen

08/08/2026

Keep an eye out for Ghost Pipes (Monotropa uniflora) along the trails in Cathedral Woods! They’re ghostly white because they don’t contain chlorophyll, the green substance essential to photosynthesis. So instead of using sunlight to make food, these unusual plants tap into underground fungal networks in the forest.

07/23/2026

TONIGHT!

Join us for "Refuge on the Edge of the Sea: Monhegan Island Tide Pools"
with Jess Kusher: Biological Oceanographer.

7:30pm at the Monhegan Schoolhouse
Suggested Donation = $10

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.

07/20/2026

The Art and Ecology Event Series continues this Thursday July 23rd. Join us for
"Refuge on the Edge of the Sea: Monhegan Island Tide Pools"
with Jess Kusher: Biological Oceanographer.

7:30pm at the Monhegan Schoolhouse
Suggested Donation = $10

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.

07/17/2026

In belated honor of World Snake Day, which was July 16, here are three of the four snake species that can be found on Monhegan: Garter Snake, Smooth Green Snake, and Red-bellied Snake. (Ring-necked Snakes can also be found here.) As you explore the island, watch for (but don’t harass) these lovely creatures catching rays on roads, trails, and rocks

07/10/2026

07/09/2026

Join us TONIGHT for the first of this summer's Art and Ecology Event Series.

This summer's Annual Edward L. Deci Endowed Lecture:
"Interpreting Indigenous Collections and History" with Chris Newell: Co-founder Akomawt Educational Initiative will be presented at 7:30pm the Monhegan Church, Suggested Donation = $10

This series is being co-presented by the Monhegan Museum and is being generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.