Who We Are

The Kennebec Estuary Collaboration is  a partnership between the Phippsburg and Lower Kennebec Regional land trusts for the purpose of strengthening both organizations and contributing more significantly to regional land conservation.  Recognizing the ecological importance of the estuary and the need to build local conservation leadership, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) initiated the collaboration in 2006.  Funding to establish the KEC was provided by Merrymeeting Bay Trust, the Land Trust Alliance, TNC, and the Phippsburg and Lower Kennebec Regional land trusts.  Additional partners supporting our efforts include the US Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and Maine State Planning Office