The Maine Land Trust Network (MLTN) promotes discussion among the eighty land trusts 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, 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
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 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 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 Coast Heritage Trust Maine Farmland Trust
Maine Woodland Owners New England Forestry Foundation Northeast Wilderness Trust The Conservation Fund The Nature Conservancy in Maine The Trust for Public Land
See also
List of environmental and conservation organizations in the United States
References
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