The fifth Environmental Writers' Conference in honor of Rachel Carson will be held at the Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor from June 10 to 13, 2008.

The keynote address will be delivered by Verlyn Klinkerborg, the author of "Making Hay," "The Last Fine Time," "The Rural Life," and "Timothy: Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile." His work has appeared in many magazines and he has been a member of the editorial board of The New York Times since 1997.

Other featured speakers will include environmental historian and award-winning biographer, Linda Lear, poet Alison Hawthorne Deming, authors John Elder and David Gessner, and editor-in-residence, Jennifer Sahn, from Orion magazine, winner of the 2004 Independent Press Award for General Excellence. The program will also include an exhibit of Howard Frech pen and ink sketches offered by Rachel Carson scolar, John Juriga, as well as writing workshops and presentations by area writers and artists.

In addition, there will be outdoor activities, including hikes led by guides from the Boothbay Region Land Trust; a tour of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens; marine explorations with a biologist from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; and a trip to the Burnt Island Lighthouse.

For further details, registration information and photos form earlier conferences/workshops, visit www. new-cue.org .