Tin Smith wins EPA New England award

Seacoast Online | June 18, 2016 | OGUNQUIT, Maine – Tin Smith of Wells, a founding board member and former president of the Great Works Regional Land Trust, recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Environmental Protection Agency’s New England office. The office recognized Smith as “a visionary and tireless leader in environmental protection and …

A natural oasis in heart of the village

Seacoast Online | May 17, 2016 | By Deborah McDermott | YORK, Maine — A transformation is taking place these days in the heart of York Village, as a consortium of town workers, York Public Library trustees, school children, garden club members and York Land Trust employees band together to create a healthy ecosystem and to …

Groups envision trail network linking three preserves in York County

Portland Press Herald | January 31, 2016 | By Deirdre Fleming | SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — As Joe Anderson looked from his map to the forested hill where a small group had hiked to Wednesday, the idea of a future trail interconnecting three preserves suddenly seemed possible. And during this quiet winter walkabout Anderson suddenly grew …

Mt. A conservation partnership launches website

Seacoast Online | December 16, 2015 | YORK, Maine – The regional land conservation partnership known as the Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative is unveiling a new website and video to announce a renewed commitment to regional land conservation in southern York County. The 10 local, state and federal conservation groups that are part …

A family legacy of conservation celebrated

Seacoast Online Editorial | November 23, 2015 – The York Land Trust has long been a wonderful conservation steward, preserving more than 2,100 acres in a beautiful town of ocean, rivers and mountain that has faced tremendous development pressure over the years. It is thanks to the land trust that the public can enjoy such …

Kittery voters approve Brave Boat land purchase funding

Seacoast Online | November 3, 2015 | by Jesse Scardina | KITTERY, Maine — Voters overwhelmingly approved $275,000 in funding toward Brave Boat Headwaters, a 150-acre, $2 million land conservation project. Voters approved the Kittery Land Trust’s request of $275,000 in public money by a vote of 1,458 to 447 Tuesday night, providing the support that KLT …

Conservation land becomes a classroom

Seacoast Online | October 7, 2015 | By Jesse Scardina | KITTERY, Maine – Most of the fifth-graders at Shapleigh School had no idea there was a 150-acre nature preserve in their town, but after spending half their school day learning about Brave Boat Headwaters, the students gained a new appreciation. “I had no idea this …

Land trust announces conservation agreement

Seacoast Online | April 2, 2015 | KITTERY, Maine – The Kittery Land Trust took a big step forward with its Brave Boat Headwaters project when the Sawyer and Coggeshall families donated 43 acres of woodland and farm fields off Bartlett Road to the trust for permanent protection. The land has been owned by the family since …