Androscoggin Land Trust purchases Camp Gustin
Maine’s Androscoggin Land Trust just achieved a goal some thought it wouldn’t be able to achieve: It purchased the 95-acre Camp Gustin, located about 30 miles southwest of the state capital, for $415,000. The Trust, which solicited public donations to conserve the land, was able to complete the acquisition after it secured a loan from nonprofit The Conservation Fund and a grant from the state.
ALT featured in the current edition of Saving Land: Fall 2022
The land trust movement of the future isn’t always going to be about saving land. The land resources will become more finite with every passing decade. ……………. (read more in the magazine…)
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...
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...
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,...
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.
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...
ALT Fall 2021 Newsletter
ALT Spring 2021 Newsletter
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...
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...
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...