Maine Coast Heritage Trust

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There's no place like the Maine coast...

...and we’re on a mission to keep it open, healthy, working, and beautiful.

Become an Anchor and join the community of people making a difference every month. More trails, campsites, boat launches, places to get outside. A coast more resilient to climate change. That's what you make possible.

Putting Your Donations to Work

179,580

acres conserved

335

coastal islands protected

100

miles of trail

155

preserves

Stories from the Coast

WB Fall Classics We Can All Count On

Nature has its ways of announcing transition. Winterberries and woolly bears for one are great indicators that fall has arrived. And as fall transitions to winter, MCHT nature bum Kirk Gentalen is excited to encounter the occasional frozen (hibernating) woolly bear and persistent winterberries holding onto their red—the only splash of color in a barren grey winter landscape—for months to come!

Lessons From the Hill

By 2023 MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Intern Sadie Woodruff My name is Sadie Woodruff, and I am a rising sophomore at Wesleyan University, studying environmental science and biology. I graduated from Camden Hills in 2022 and have lived in Camden for the last eight years. I applied to many internships for this summer, not…

Exploring Clifford Park

A writer and her young daughter explore a city park near their home.

In My Words

Angela Twitchell, Land Trust Program Director, shares insights from her tenure as the Executive Director of Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust.

Protecting Regular Patches of Woods to Keep Common Species Common

In a changing climate, protecting connected woods and waters becomes increasingly important to help plants and animals survive.

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What We’re Working on Now

Learn more about our ongoing conservation efforts and how you can make a difference for the Maine coast through specific causes or places you care about.

Initiatives to Make the Maine Coast More Resilient to Climate Change

Aerial view of islands The Islands Initiative
Mcht Img 8346 Hero The Marshes for Tomorrow Initiative
Rocky Lakedji 0069b The Rivers Initiative
Mcht Forbes Ponddji 0130 Hero The Schoodic to Schoodic Initiative

Special Projects, Programs, and Campaigns

Cousins River Marsh Frontage Cousins River Fields and Marsh is now protected!
Mcht 20211014 Aldermere Farm Belties Pasture Pc Jacob Baker Full The Aldermere & Erickson Campaign
Clover, Edith, Josephine, Sweet Ferns Maple Tapping Copy The Babson Creek Learning Forest Project
Mcht 2y9a1287 Hero The Chris’s Pond Expansion Project
Cutler Harbor Access Project Hero The Cutler Harbor Community Access Project is a Success!
0614161257 The Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Internship Program
Img 5340 2 The Seal Cove Pond Fishways Project
Dsc 0205 B The Woodward Point Accessible Trail Project

Videos from the Coast

Internship

2023 Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Interns

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Babson Creek Learning Forest

Old Pond

Old Pond Marsh

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Give Today

Protect coastal lands. Save habitat. Create more trails, campsites, and public water access. Empower Maine communities to save the places that make people’s lives better—from community gardens to public boat launches to working farms and forests.

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