land trusts

Published
August 16, 2023

Commentary: Conservation can help nature weather forces of change in Maine

A plan to set aside 3,000 acres of forested land in Piscataquis County will protect wildlife, jobs, recreation and more.
Published
August 6, 2023

Bethel land trust connecting people with their own backyards

The Mahoosuc Land Trust is using gardening as a way to encourage conservationism.
Published
July 31, 2023

Georgetown groups and KELT host talk on local marshes
Published
July 24, 2023

First volunteer training for community science project is Tuesday

Schoodic Institute, of Winter Harbor, and Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, of Bath, are hosting training for volunteers to help monitor rockweed on the Maine coast.
Published
April 2, 2023

Land trust network announces first live conference event since pandemic

Published
December 27, 2022

Group announces 260 acres of Pittston land now preserved as ‘forever wild’

The land was donated to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, which said the 'Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve' contains a freshwater tidal zone and a mature forest that appears to have not been logged for many decades.
Published
September 18, 2022

Society Notebook: Scarborough Land Trust names Eddie Woodin Conservationist of the Year

The land trust has conserved more than 1,600 acres.
Published
April 25, 2022

Falmouth Land Trust plans 40th anniversary celebration
Published
December 21, 2021

Maine Voices: Land trusts’ practices raise unanswered questions

Fire hazard, municipal oversight and the impact on landowners who are not tax-exempt are among the issues that need to be explored.
Published
December 7, 2021

New leadership at coastal conservation group

Maine native Kate Stookey will take over the position at Maine Coast Heritage Trust in early 2022 after current President Tim Glidden retires at the end of this year.