2nd Annual Kite Festival gets off to a flying start Sept. 17

ACTON - Three Rivers Land Trust will hold its 2^nd Annual Kite Festival Sept. 17 (rain date 9/18) at Hobbs Farm, 651 Foxes Ridge Road, Acton.

Nor'Easters Kite Club will be there from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. showing off their amazing kites, and the trust will have kites to share if you don't have your own. Door prizes and lunch for free and all are welcome.

This event is held in honor of Great Maine Outdoor Weekend - a series of events led by outdoor oriented organizations and companies to celebrate the how, where, and what of being active outside in Maine. Its goal is to connect friends and neighbors with the natural world, to promote fun, physical activity, & good health. www.greatmaineoutdoorweekend.org

Three Rivers Land Trust was founded in 2000 by a small group of citizens in concerned about the sale of thousands of acres in the area that were subsequently developed into house lots. Acres and acres of prime farmland, working forests and recreation areas were lost to our communities forever. In order to prevent something like this from happening again, the land trust was begun, and since then Three Rivers has conserved around 2,210 acres of public and private land, and now owns an additional 469 acres.

Our three rivers are the Little Ossipee, the Salmon Falls, and the Mousam River. Our service area envelopes Acton, Alfred, Lebanon, Shapleigh and Sanford/Springvale. We work together with other conservation groups and towns to help spread our message.