Maine Coast Heritage Trust has received a new gift of $250K from the Richard King Mellon Foundation; Aaron Englander has been named Associate Director of Stewardship of two Rockport preserves; and a newly completed cattle barn will be open to visitors for the first time this Saturday at the Beltie Holiday event. November 28, 2023…

The 42-acre island off the New Meadow’s River in Casco Bay was home to a mixed-race community forcibly evicted by the state over 100 years ago  (Phippsburg, ME – November 21, 2023) – Malaga Island in Phippsburg, Maine, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The designation became official on September 19,…

News of a major gift arrives days before a Fall Celebration at Erickson Fields and as MCHT approaches the final stretch of a transformational campaign for Aldermere Farm, home to the oldest continuously operated herd of Belted Galloway in the United States. ROCKPORT, MAINE, October 12, 2023 – Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land…

Maine Coast Heritage Trust Appoints Interim Leader at Aldermere Farm. The announcement comes at a time of expansion at the working farm and preserve. June 14, 2022 — Rockport, ME – Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) announced today that Aaron Englander has stepped in as interim farm preserves director of Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s Aldermere…

A resident of Topsham, Twitchell will leave her leadership post at Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and assume responsibility for overseeing Maine Coast Heritage Trust’s Land Trust Program (May 4, 2023 – Topsham, Maine) – Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT), a statewide land conservation organization, announced today that it has appointed Angela Twitchell of Topsham, Maine, to…

Ecologist and conservation biologist Janet McMahon was bestowed the honor at the Maine Land Trust Network Annual conference held May 3 in Rockport, Maine  (May 4, 2023, Topsham, Maine) – Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) has named Waldoboro resident Janet McMahon as recipient of the 2023 Espy Land Heritage Award, an annual award that recognizes…

Hemlock woolly adelgid will kill a healthy hemlock in a matter of years, so it’s critical that people act. Thankfully, Maine’s land trust community is taking a coordinated approach.   (APRIL 11, 2023, Topsham, Maine) The hemlock woolly adelgid has made its unfortunate entrance into the state of Maine. According to Maine Forest Service entomologist Colleen Teerling, the…

With over 80 land trusts across the state, the nearly 30-year-old Maine Land Trust Network is unique in the U.S. for its scope, longevity, and purpose.

Acadia National Park will permanently protect shorefront along Northeast Creek and the Island Housing Trust will use three acres for year-round workforce housing 

December 25, 2022 — Montpelier, Vermont…Northeast Wilderness Trust (NEWT) announced today that it has more than 260 acres in Pittston, Maine, including a freshwater tidal zone and an 1.5 mile stretch along the Eastern River, and will form a new forever-wild preserve called the Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve. Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) supported the…

An anonymous donor is helping to fund the protection of seven saltwater marshes from York County to Washington County as part of a coastwide conservation and restoration initiative.

This land conservation effort protects important salt marsh habitat and will provide a vast outdoor classroom for students.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust Announces Progress on Multiyear Effort to Purchase, Protect, and Restore Stone Barn Farm.

Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries and Maine Coast Heritage Trust offering FREE showings of “A Watershed Moment” movie, documenting a historic partnership project.

Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and The Conservation Fund take a major step toward a permanent conservation solution for land on Wallamatogus Mountain.

The greater part of funds raised will drive a transformation of Aldermere Farm Preserve, a New England saltwater farm from the early 1800s situated on the shores of Penobscot Bay and home to the oldest continuously operated herd of Belted Galloway in the United States.