News & Upcoming Events

Events

June 27, July 25, August 22
Kayak Merrymeeting Bay with KELT.
Offered in conjunction with Maine Maritime Museum.

July 19, September 27
Extraordinary Wildlife of Merrymeeting Bay. A cruise!

Join a trail team! Learn from Maine conservation corps experts and help build the
Whiskeag Trail. Work days scheduled in June and July.

News

Working Waterfront Magazine exposes KELT's committment to water quality
July, 2010

KELT is highlighted in DownEast Magazine, May, 2010
"... the work of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is especially important in the Bath area, says Warren Whitney, land trust manager with Maine Coast Heritage Trust. “It’s an incredibly important region because it is close to some of the very developed areas along the coast, places like Brunswick and Bath, and at the same time the whole Kennebec estuary is critical in terms of its flora and fauna.”

KELT & Shellfish Diggers Forge Kennebec compromise
February 5, 2010
link to Times Record article about opening Georgetown flats through research and partnership

KELT Receives Easement on Hamilton Preserve in West Bath
November 12, 2009

KELT is accepted into the Maine Land Trust Excellence Program -
This grant-based program, valued at up to $18,000 over three years, supports trainings and consulting designed to increase operational quality and sustainability as we prepare to apply for national accreditation through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.

Grant awarded for Whiskeag Trail -
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) was recently awarded a $4,800 L.L. Bean Maine Land Trust Grant to further construction of the Whiskeag Trail, a 5-mile trail from the Bath Area Family YMCA to KELT’s Thorne Head preserve.