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A Word About Georges River Land Trust

Mid-coast Maine's 225-square-mile Georges River watershed is a unique and historic area of mountains, sea coast, lakes, tidal streams and inlets. The watershed extends from Montville to Port Clyde where the 51-mile-long river flows into Muscongus Bay.

The Georges River Land Trust's mission is to conserve and steward the natural resources and traditional character of the Georges River watershed region for the public benefit.

Land Protection

Georges River Land Trust works with landowners and communities to protect special natural landscapes for future generations of the Georges River watershed. The land trust has over 900 acres under permanent protection, lands providing access to the natural environment, protecting open spaces for wildlife and wild plants, maintaining working forests and farms, and helping to keep our river clean and productive. Landowners can place conservation easements on their properties or can donate/sell their land to the land trust. In either case, the land trust takes care of these lands in ways that ensure the conservation values will not disappear over time.

Public Access and Trails

Georges River Land Trust supports public access to natural lands. In 1996, GRLT began to develop hiking, biking and auto trails.

Currently the Georges Highland Path has over 30 miles of hiking trails, extending from the Thomaston town forest through the Oyster River Bog and across Ragged and Bald Mountains. By 2006 we plan to extend the trail another 30 miles through the watershed. Maps of all these trails are available through the land trust office, at local chambers of commerce and at trail heads.




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