Go to our Current Events page for new information on our upcoming Moonwalk, snowshoe trips, and other events in 2012!
The Royal River Conservation Trust is a regional land trust working in all twelve Maine communities that form the Royal River watershed. The Royal River watershed is a treasured landscape in the triangle between three urban growth centers: Portland, Lewiston-Auburn, and Brunswick. We have protected remarkable properties from the Shaker Village and Sabbathday Lake to Littlejohn Island Preserve in Yarmouth on Casco Bay. We have led the expansions of Bradbury Mountain State Park, protected miles of the Royal River's banks and its tributaries, protected working farms, and worked closely with the Town of Yarmouth and North Yarmouth to create municipal parks and preserves at Fels Grove, Spears Farm, Chandler Brook, and more. In 2012 -- with the Land for Maine's Future program and others -- we are building a protected block of habitat and trails in New Gloucester at Pisgah Hill connected to trails in Pownal, Gray, and North Yarmouth. In 2012 -- with the Maine Farmland Trust -- we are focused on protection of more working farms to support local food production. In 2012 -- with Maine Rivers -- we are facilitating dialog on the Royal River as the Town of Yarmouth considers options for its two dams. We own and steward ten preserves in four towns totalling 370 acres, and steward an additional 2900 acres of private, municipal, and non-profit land protected by conservation and trail easements. Our member-supported organization is dedicated to creating a matrix of conserved and working landscapes for recreation, wildlife habitat, local agriculture, sustainable forestry, and clean water for the benefit of our communities.
If we aren't already acquainted, please drop us a note at info@rrct.org or stop by our office at 325 Main St, Yarmouth.
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
People and Nature Category: "Snowshoe" by JEFF GERVAIS from
Durham
Wildlife Category: "Red Eft" by CHRIS BECKSVOORT from New Gloucester.
Natural Landscapes category: "Royal River Moon" by (our own!) GRO FLATEBO from Yarmouth.
"Trail Bridge" by JOHN BALD from Brunswick
Nature Category: "July FLowers" by JAMIE WILEY from North Yarmouth
AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
"COEXIST" by BRIDGET GORDAN of Yarmouth.
Announcements of the winners also appeared in our Fall/winter newsletter. We
will display our winning photos and other favorites at Bath Savings Institution in Yarmouth, later this year. The next RRCT photo contest slated to begin
early in 2012. Thank you again for all of your wonderful
submissions.
