ALT announces a Poetry Contest
Poetry is in everything we do, opening and connecting our minds to others and the natural world. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Androscoggin Land Trust, in partnership with the Auburn Public Library, is pleased to offer an amateur...
Real estate firm donates to Androscoggin Land Trust
Jon Mercier, designated broker/agent at Maine Source Homes & Realty, offered a check for $2,700 to the Androscoggin Land Trust, the first of the six beneficiaries, at Side By Each Brewing Co. in Auburn on March 31.
ALT Spring 2021 Newsletter
A Winter Morning Spent In The Woods With Foresters
Walking up the Alden Hill Road towards the Androscoggin Land Trust’s managed logging operation, the weather was biting cold, about 16 degrees, but clear and crisp. My 14 year old Prius had decided it was not up for the half mile...
Androscoggin Land Trust is thrilled and honored to announce that Writing the Land has chosen our organization to feature in their next edition of Writing the Land. Writing the Land is a collaboration between poets and land trusts in the northeast. The publication...
Camp Gustin Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Auburn, ME - Androscoggin Land Trust announces Fundraising Campaign to purchase Camp Gustin Androscoggin Land Trust is pleased to announce the official launch of a fundraising campaign aimed at raising money to conserve and purchase Camp Gustin...
Earth Week activities and trail cleanup
Saturday April 17th - Barker Mill Trash Clean Up (Stephen Martelli is in) 1:00pm-3:00pm Monday April 19th - Garcelon Bog Clean Up and trail extension presentation. 4:00pm - 6:00pm Wednesday April 21st - History of ALT with Executive Director, Aimee Dorval and Auburn...
Riverlands State Park fall visit
This fall, Androscoggin Land Trust Board member, Debbie Poliquin, and her friends Venise Wilding, Penny Gimpel and Lynne Barlow met at Riverlands State Park in Turner for a fall mountain bike ride. It had recently rained, so...
Conserving Camp Gustin and other scout camps nationwide
http://https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/scouts-sell-off-camps-under-strain-from-sex-abuse-suits/2022/06/04/6fd9d216-e3fb-11ec-ae64-6b23e5155b62_story.html KILLINGWORTH, Conn. — As the financially struggling Boy Scouts sell off a number of campgrounds,...
ALT Fall 2021 Newsletter
Signs of Spring on ALT Lands
Spring Flowers I first hear spring arrive in the calls of the Red-winged Blackbirds filling the swamps. I know that soon the American Woodcock will appear in open fields probing for worms and conducting their courtship dance at...
Giving Tuesday 2020
Giving back isn’t canceled! #GivingTuesday emphasizes opportunities to give back to communities and causes in safe ways that allow for social connection and kindness even while practicing physical distancing. People can show their generosity in a variety of ways...