French Falls is a 29.4-acre riverside property in Jay, Maine owned by Androscoggin Land Trust. The property is located in the Village of Chisholm situated between Route 4 and the Androscoggin River and includes trails that run through the property and to the...
Purinton Homestead Conservation Area, an undeveloped and traditional rural agrarian and forest preserve with 1 mile of walking trails in the village of West Bowdoin, was generously donated to the Androscoggin Land Trust in 2001 by the Purinton Family. The Preserve...
This approximately 4-acre island (formerly known as Lisbon Island) in the Androscoggin River is situated roughly a quarter-mile downstream of the Durham River Park. Donated to ALT in 2010 by the Town of Lisbon, the island is to be incorporated in the Androscoggin...
In 2007 Katherine “Katie” Breton generously donated approximately 100-acres of her land in Lisbon, including her home, to the Androscoggin Land Trust through her estate. The 102 acre Katherine M. Breton Memorial Preserve conserves almost one mile of...
The Sherwood Forest Conservation Area (also known as the Alexander-Harkins Preserve) contains 28 acres of forest and fields owned by the Androscoggin Land Trust adjacent to Sherwood Heights School and another 50 acres owned by the City of Auburn. The two properties...
Androscoggin Land Trust conserves almost 90 acres within the Huston Farm Conservation Area, a significant area of farmland protection and open space within urban New Auburn. ALT owns 27 acres here while holding a conservation easement on an additional 62 acres of...
This 14-acre preserve is owned by the Androscoggin Land Trust and is a component of the Androscoggin Greenway. The property was purchased from the City of Lewiston with Land for Maine’s Future water access funds in 2007. The property contains an...
The Bonney family generously donated approximately five acres of land along Route 4 and the Nezinscot River, an Androscoggin tributary, to Androscoggin Land Trust in 2007 for the development of a village park. In 2009, Maine’s Department of Transportation...
Collectively, Androscoggin Land Trust currently conserves approximately 600 acres in the Jersey Bog area of Buckfield and Turner. Jersey Bog is a large wetland complex that drains into the Nezinscot River and then into the Androscoggin River. In 2003, due to Beginning...
This 232-acre property contains important floodplain and upland forest habitat and wildlife habitat along the Androscoggin River. Donated to ALT by International Paper in 1998 as part of the FERC dam re-licensing project, Stevens Island contains two state rare natural...
This 143.6-acre property in Jay near the Spruce Mountain Ski Area overlooks the former French Falls in the Androscoggin River, a drop of six feet in the river that was blasted and mostly removed during the early industrialization of the area. The original 117-acre...
This 42-acre property lies just east of Seven Mile Stream about half a mile above the stream’s confluence with the Androscoggin River. It is a complex array of forested and semi-forested wetlands with enormous wildlife benefit. Beaver activity has been observed...
