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 through which the beautiful St. George River flows. The watershed extends from Montville in Waldo County to Port Clyde in Knox County 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
The 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 currently has 1,985 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
The Georges River Land Trust supports public access to natural lands through its Conservation Trails Program. The signature project of this program is the Georges Highland Path, a 40-mile network of hiking trails in four main sections: Thomaston Town Forest/Oyster River Bog (Thomaston/Rockland), Ragged Mountain Area (Camden/Rockport), the Canal Path (Searsmont), and Frye and Hogback Mountains (Montville).
