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Accessibility fund

Help us bring more people to Maine

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At the Guild, we believe stewardship is for all! That’s why we’ve created an "Accessibility Fund" to ensure that stewards who need support with registration fees are able to attend the 30th National Guild Gathering. If you’ve attended a Guild Gathering in the past, you know the powerful sense of community and the richness of the knowledge shared. Can you help us make this experience possible for all?

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Who's coming

Stewards from across the country

Registration is still open. Numbers below reflect registrants as of June 17, 2026.

67
Registrants
18
States represented
49
Cities & towns
Fewer registrants
More registrants Gray = no registrants yet

Full agenda

Three days in coastal Maine

Optional arrival day. Settle in and meet fellow attendees before the formal program begins.
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Welcome reception
Mast Landing Brewery · Freeport, ME
Optional Drinks on your own
A full day of welcome sessions and three working sessions, followed by an evening reception.
All day
Welcome & three concurrent working sessions
Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment · Freeport
Lunch included Coastal trails for lunchtime stroll
Evening
Reception dinner
Harraseeket Inn · Freeport
Included in registration

Tuesday session tracks

Three concurrent tracks run on Tuesday. Participants may switch tracks each session. Each track concludes with an ideas-to-action synthesis session.

Ecological forestry
  • Indigenous stewardship & ecological forestry
  • Science & policy for ecological integrity
  • Stewarding old forests in a changing climate
  • Markets to support ecological forestry
Stewardship for all
  • Stewardship for land conservation
  • Engaging landowners in stewardship
  • Welcoming all stewards
  • Workforce development
Featuring lessons from Women Owning Woodlands, Fire Adapted Communities, and Forestry for the Birds
Stress & disturbance
  • Forest health updates (HWA, buckthorn, Beech Leaf Disease, Eastern Spruce Budworm, Mountain Pine Beetle)
  • Sustaining Ash Partnership Network (SAP-Ne)
  • Beneficial fire
  • Extreme weather
Here’s just one option for your morning in the field exploring New England forests, with lunch included. More field trip options coming soon.
Morning
Field trip — Bliss Woods Preserve
New England Forestry Foundation · Bliss Woods Preserve
Lunch included Transportation provided

More details coming soon.

Note: You do not choose field trips in your event registration. We'll be in touch later to arrange field trip choices.

Two field trip options (more options coming soon!) exploring ash treatments and experimental forestry in southern Maine — both within 40 minutes of the venue.
Field trip option A
Ash treatments demo
Maine Audubon · Gilsland Farm · Falmouth, ME
Transportation provided
Field trip option B
Massabesic Experimental Forest
US Forest Service · Alfred & Lyman, ME · Under 40 min from venue
Transportation provided

More details coming soon.

Note: You do not choose field trips in your event registration. We'll be in touch later to arrange field trip choices.

Evening
Dinner on your own in Portland (optional group reservations available)
Old Port · Portland, ME
Optional Not included in registration

We are organizing optional dinner reservations in Old Port, Portland for those who want to dine with other participants. The dinner costs are not included in registration, but we'll help coordinate reservations and share options. If you sign up for a restaurant for Thursday evening in registration, we'll send you details and opportunities to carpool into Portland closer to the date.

Logistics

Everything you need to know

Main venue
Wolfe's Neck Center
Freeport, Maine
Sessions, meals, and field trip base
Lodging
Room block available · Breakfast included
Or: camping cabins nearby
Field trips
Transportation provided
All trips within ~1 hr of venue
Field trip details coming soon
What's included
Meals & sessions
All sessions, Tue–Thu lunches, Tue & Wed dinners, field trip transport

Registration pricing

Type Member Non-member
Early bird Until Jun 15 $400 $445
Standard $430 $530

Students may submit a proposal for scholarship. See the accessibility fund above.