Recently Conserved Land
2025
Bittner Parcel, Bath & West Bath - 200 acres
No public entrance or parking area currently.
Located within a 1,500+ acre undeveloped habitat block - which includes KELT’s Lilly Pond Community Forest, Graves Preserve, and Losier-Rogers Family Preserve - this parcel holds significant ecological and recreational value.
This project is made possible thanks to the generosity of the late Bob Bittner and his unwavering commitment to conservation. Special thanks to our neighbors Josh McGrath and Cayla Saret, as well as our community partners Outdoor Sports Institute, 6 Rivers NEMBA, and Over the Hill ATV Riders.
Bath Urban Forest, Bath - 10 acres
Can be accessed through Whiskeag Trail entrance adjacent to Bath YMCA.
This property secures public access to a section of the Whiskeag Trail, adjacent to the Bath YMCA. This project was made possible thanks to our partners Bath YMCA, Bath Housing Authority, and United Church of Christ. This collaboration with Bath Housing Authority has allowed them to create higher density affordable housing utilizing an acreage swap.
Robinhood Cove, Georgetown - 28 acres
No public trails or parking area currently.
Thanks to the generosity of the landowners Tim Zorach, Jonathan Zorach and the Zorach family, 28-acres along the rocky shores of Robinhood Cove in Georgetown are protected forever! With the donation of this conservation easement to KELT, over 2,900 feet of undisturbed shoreline on Robinhood Cove will remain.
2024
Whiskeag Field, Bath - 10 acres
Can be accessed by parking at the adjacent Sewall Woods Preserve; no public trails at this time.
The Whiskeag Field Project is entirely possible thanks to the Bath community! Thanks to generous community and business donations as well as grants, we were able to close on the property in April.
Middle Road Forest, Woolwich - 44 acres
No public trails or parking area currently.
KELT was delighted to acquire Middle Road Forest, 44-acres of undeveloped land with community conservation values through a fee donation from Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Middle Road Forest is adjacent to Back River Creek Marsh, a 127-acre marsh owned by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
2023
Ireland Parcel, Bath - 4.3 acres
The property will significantly improve access to KELT’s Lily Pond Community Forest.
This parcel was donated to KELT by Anne Ireland and Ken Cole, and protects about 1200 feet of shoreland along Berry’s Mill Pond, a tidally restricted pond historically popular with quahog harvesters.
Crawford Creek, Bath - 20 acres
No public trails or parking area currently.
The preservation of Crawford Creek allows for the protection of a third major head of land in northern Bath along the Kennebec River. Other conserved land in close proximity are KELT’s Varney Island and Varney Cove Preserves and Department of Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s Lines Island directly across the western channel.
The conservation of this parcel was possible thanks to the generosity of Judith and Thomas Barrington, the former landowners and former founder of the Lower Kennebec Regional Land Trust (the organization that became KELT in 2009).