After a transformational year and with a nod to the future, the Kittery Land Trust (KLT) has unveiled a new logo and refreshed website. The new branding comes as the organization looks toward its 40th anniversary and celebrates decades of fulfilling its mission to “save land and build community”.
“Kittery Land Trust experienced unprecedented growth and maturity in 2025, meeting community needs in new and creative ways,” says Lisa Linehan, KLT’s Executive Director. “After the ground-breaking year we’ve had – including the legacy endowment gift from Edward Crocker Green and relocating to the Morgan House as our permanent new home, we felt it was a great time to update the organization’s brand to carry us into our fifth decade.”
KLT has been well served by the stunning and much-loved woodblock print of Braveboat Harbor, designed by artist Holly Elkins in 2006. In the new logo, local artist Sarah Koff has carried forward the woodblock style and the same typeface for continuity. Sarah chose
the sprouted acorn of a Northern red oak tree to represent the promise of land conservation and KLT’s commitment to educating future generations by rooting them in nature and the community. Red oaks are also a long-lived, signature tree species in this region.
“Just as the land trust has evolved, so too our branding needs to change with the times”, says Linehan. “We continue to protect important woodlands, wetlands and farmland – indeed we crossed the 1000-acre mark this year – but we’re also deeply involved with meeting community needs for outdoor education, recreation, and food security. We want our logo to represent the many ways in which we serve the community and the region.”
In the five years since KLT has owned Nooney Farm, staff and volunteers have grown and donated more than 25,000 pounds of fresh produce to area food pantries, including Footprints, Gather, and the Kittery School Nutrition Program. KLT has also developed a robust partnership with the Kittery School District to provide free, outdoor, science-focused programs for every child in grades Pre-K through 8. In the 2024–2025 school year alone, KLT served over 700 students through 84 programs. Each of these programs takes learning beyond the classroom and into local forests, fields, and wetlands, where students can experience firsthand how ecosystems function, how climate change is affecting the region, and why conservation matters.
Says Linehan, “Just as a tiny acorn will one day nourish wildlife and be a source of oxygen, shade and resilience, the work that KLT is doing now will have lasting benefits for generations to come. We’re thrilled to represent that promise with our new logo”.