The Maine Land Trust Network (abbreviated MLTN) promotes discussion among the eighty

land trusts Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other body of water, bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the Continent, co ...

in Maine, United States. It was established in 1995. As of 2023, MLTN members have conserved over of land, maintain over of hiking trails, and provide over 340 water access points. MLTN members protect 61% of the state's land area. Its conservation partner is the

Maine Coast Heritage Trust The Maine Coast Heritage Trust is a nonprofit land conservation organization. Its conservation partner is the Maine Land Trust Network, which is one of its programs. Formation In 1969, Margaret Rockefeller learned from the staff at Acadia Nation ...

, of which it is a program. It is run by a steering committee composed of members of some of its constituent trusts. According to Kate Stookey, president and chief executive officer of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, "MLTN facilitates collaboration and builds capacity for Maine’s land conservation movement statewide."

Land trusts

There is at least one trust in each of the state's sixteen counties. By county:

Androscoggin County

* Androscoggin Land Trust * Land in Common *

Royal River Conservation Trust The Royal River Conservation Trust (abbreviated RRCT) is a volunteer-run conservation group based in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Established in 1988 and funded by its members, it owns many preserves and trail networks, and has assisted in ...

Aroostook County

* Land in Common * Upper St. John River Organization * Upper St. John Land Trust * Woodie Wheaton Land Trust

Cumberland County

* Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust * Cape Elizabeth Land Trust *

Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust The Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust (abbreviated CCLT) is a volunteer-run conservation group based in Cumberland, Maine, United States. Established in 1987 and funded by its members, it owns many preserves and trail networks, and has assist ...

* Eastern Trail Alliance * Falmouth Land Trust * Freeport Conservation Trust * Great Diamond Island Land Preserve * Harpswell Heritage Land Trust * Land in Common * Loon Echo Land Trust *

Maine Island Trail Association The Maine Island Trail Association (abbreviated MITA) is a grassroots, volunteer-run conservation and preservation group based in Portland, Maine, United States. It was co-founded by David Getchell Sr. in 1988, following a land survey, conducted ...

* Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay * Peaks Island Land Preserve * Portland Trails * Presumpscot Regional Land Trust * Royal River Conservation Trust * Scarborough Land Trust * South Portland Land Trust * Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative

Franklin County

* 7 Lakes Alliance * Androscoggin Land Trust * Foothills Land Conservancy * High Peaks Alliance * Land in Common * Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust * Maine Huts and Trails * Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust

Hancock County

* Blue Hill Heritage Trust * Crabtree Neck Land Trust * Frenchman Bay Conservancy * Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust * Island Heritage Trust * Land in Common * Maine Island Trail Association

Kennebec County

* 7 Lakes Alliance * Kennebec Land Trust * Land in Common * Midcoast Conservancy * Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

Knox County

* 7 Lakes Alliance * Kennebec Land Trust * Land in Common * Midcoast Conservancy * Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

Lincoln County

* Boothbay Region Land Trust * Chewonki Foundation * Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust * Kennebec Estuary Land Trust * Land in Common * Maine Island Trail Association * Midcoast Conservancy

Oxford County

* Androscoggin Land Trust * Greater Lovell Land Trust * High Peaks Alliance * Land in Common * Loon Echo Land Trust * Mahoosuc Land Trust * Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust * Maine Huts and Trails * Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust * Upper Saco Valley Land Trust

Penobscot County

* Bangor Land Trust * Brewer Land Trust * Ecotat Trust * Holden Land Trust * Land in Common * Landmark Heritage Trust * Orono Land Trust * Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

Piscataquis County

* Appalachian Mountain Club – Maine Woods Initiative * Friends of Wilson Pond Area, Inc. * Land in Common * Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust * Maine Huts and Trails * Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

Sagadahoc County

* Androscoggin Land Trust * Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust * Friends of Merrymeeting Bay * Kennebec Estuary Land Trust * Land in Common * Maine Island Trail Association * Phippsburg Land Trust

Somerset County

* 7 Lakes Alliance * High Peaks Alliance * Land in Common * Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust * Maine Huts and Trails * Pierce Pond Watershed Trust * Sebasticook Regional Land Trust * Somerset Woods Trustees

Waldo County

* Friends of Sears Island * Islesboro Islands Trust * Land in Common * Maine Island Trail Association * Midcoast Conservancy * Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

Washington County

* Downeast Coastal Conservancy * Downeast Lakes Land Trust * Downeast Salmon Federation * Land in Common * Maine Island Trail Association * Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation * Woodie Wheaton Land Trust

York County

* Arundel Conservation Trust * Biddeford Pool Land Trust * Blandings Park Wildlife Sanctuary * Eastern Trail Alliance * Francis Small Heritage Trust, Inc. * Great Works Regional Land Trust * Kennebunk Land Trust * Kennebunkport Conservation Trust * Kittery Land Trust * Land in Common * Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative * Saco Bay Trails * Saco Valley Land Trust * Sanford-Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust * Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative * Three Rivers Land Trust * Waterboro Land Trust * Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve & Laudholm Trust * York Land Trust, Inc. Statewide: * Forest Society of Maine * Land in Common * Maine Audubon *

* Maine Farmland Trust * Maine Woodland Owners *

New England Forestry Foundation The New England Forestry Foundation is a Nonprofit organization, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and sustainably managing forestland in New England. The New England Forestry Foundation acquires and stewards land through a variety of ...

* Northeast Wilderness Trust * The Conservation Fund * The Nature Conservancy in Maine * The Trust for Public Land

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maine Land Trust Network Organizations established in 1995 Nature conservation organizations based in the United States Environmental organizations based in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Maine 1995 establishments in Maine