The Royal River Conservation Trust (abbreviated RRCT) is a volunteer-run conservation group based in
Yarmouth, Maine
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, United States. Established in 1988 and funded by its members, it owns many preserves and trail networks, and has assisted in the creation of town-owned parks and preserves, state parks and state wildlife-management areas. The trust, one of eighty land trusts in Maine, covers seven towns and cities in
Androscoggin County and
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which form the watershed of the
Royal River
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: Yarmouth,
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,
Pownal,
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The trust's executive director is Alan Stearns, while its president is Emily Sneath Jones.
History
The trust was formed as a result of a group named the Friends of the Royal River and land trusts in Yarmouth, Pownal, North Yarmouth and New Gloucester.
Properties
* Big Falls Preserve
*
Bradbury–
Pineland Corridor and Elmwood Trails
* Chandler Brook Preserve
* Chandler Mill Pond and Little Hill and Snows Hill
* Collyer Brook
* Cousins River Fields and Marsh Project
*
Cousins River Marsh and Watershed
* Dunn's Depot Trail
* Fels–Grove Farm Preserve
* Fern Hollow Preserve
* Flowing North Preserve
* Granite Falls Preserve
* Intervale Preserve
* Knight's Pond Preserve
* Lanes Island
* Libby Hill Trails
*
Littlejohn Island Preserve
* Long Hill Road Preserve
* Maine Wildlife Park
* Maine Woodland Owners
* Mayall Mills State Historic Site
* Mèmak Preserve
* Morgan Meadows Wildlife Management Area
* Old Harris Road Preserve
* Old Town House Park
* Pisgah Hill Preserve
* Riverfront Woods Preserve
* Runaround Pond and Chesley Meadows Preserve
*
Shaker Village & Bog
* Sam Ristich Trails
* Skyline Farm
* Spear Farm Estuary Preserve
* Thayer Brook Preserve
* Thoits Branch Headwaters Preserve
* Thurston Wildlife Marsh
* Westcustogo Park
*
West Side Trail
See also
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References
External links
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Organizations established in 1988
Nature conservation organizations based in the United States
Environmental organizations based in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Maine
1988 establishments in Maine
Yarmouth, Maine