Kittery Land Trust logo - woodcut by Holly Elkins of Braveboat Harbor

Press Room

Our Mission:

The Kittery Land Trust, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to working creatively with landowners, citizens and the Town to conserve and steward important natural areas that improve the quality of life in Kittery now and for the future.

About two hundred individual members belong to the Trust, which now owns or protects about three hundred acres of land.

Recent Press Releases and Photos:

1/3/2007       (The Wire)
Kittery preserves a wealth of woodlands

12/27/2006       (Foster's Daily Democrat)
86 acres added to Kittery Land Trust
    (Note: access to this article requires a free Foster's membership)

12/26/2006      (Portsmouth Herald)
Lay of the land

12/8/2006      (Portsmouth Herald)
Letter to the Editor: Land Trust has great help

12/5/2006       (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Kittery to buy 86-acre conservation parcel
    (Note: access to this article requires a free Foster's membership)

12/2/2006      (Portsmouth Herald -- editorial)
Kittery Land Trust's work to be commended

11/29/2006      (Portsmouth Herald
Land trust, Kittery council OK easement, Land trust moves closer to preserving 86 acres

09/08/2006      (Portsmouth Herald)
Annual clambake on Sunday at Fort Foster

KLT in the Portsmouth Herald:

05/31/2006      (Portsmouth Herald)
Letter to the editor: Save Kittery's open spaces

11/07/2005      (Portsmouth Herald)
Letter to the editor: Vote to save Maine's land

09/29/2005      (Portsmouth Herald)
Rewarding their effort


06/23/2005      (Foster's Daily Democrat)
'Kittery and the Coast': a Natural Collaboration
    (Note: access to this article requires a free Foster's membership)


05/16/2005      (Portsmouth Herald)
Letter to the Editor: Cook's Wetland property clean-up


05/02/2005      ( Foster's Daily Democrat)
Volunteers Clean up Cook's Wetland
    (Note: access to this article requires a free Foster's membership)


04/11/2005       Daughter donates 15 tidal acres in Kittery


04/09/2005       Letter to the editor: Thank you for help on Thompson property clean-up



04/09/2005       Land Trust inspired to clean up


03/13/2005       Kittery Art Association receives FootPRINT
(award to promote "Kittery and the Coast," an exhibit done in collaboration with KLT)


02/03/2005       Conservation land clean-up

10/02/2004       Seminars offer chance to discover local environment


07/31/2004       Land trust acquires additional acres


07/20/2004       Saving land before it's developed


05/24/2004       Letter to the editor: Maine land bond needs to be passed


05/13/2004       Thank you for making Rogers Park Shine


02/16/2004       Kittery conservation group buys 30 acres



Articles on the Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative (of which KLT is a member)


06/18/2006      (Portsmouth Herald)
Groups working to preserve Mount Agamenticus region


06/18/2006      (Portsmouth Herald)
People cutting through fragile ecosystems, coordinator says


06/08/2005       (Portsmouth Herald)
Group seeks $3 million more to save land


For quotes and comments contact:

Melissa Paly, President of the Board of Directors: 207-439-8217
       



Contact KLT

Last updated: July 3, 2008


The Trust is indebted to the Rosamond Thaxter Foundation for support of this web site and for annual support since 1997.

Kittery Land Trust
P.O. Box 467
Kittery, Maine 03904-0467

207-439-8271

Members of the
Board of Directors:

Gillian Carter
Roger Cole
Bill Cutts
Alex Dearborn
Richard Emery, Treasurer
Ken Fellows, Vice President
Debora Martin
Vance Morgan, Secretary
Robert Moyer
Rob Nichols
William Paarlberg
Melissa Paly, President
Cameron Wake

Administrative Coordinator:
Kelsey Woodward