Announcements
New Grant from Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
A new grant to fund land acquisition will distribute approximately $60,000 to support the protection of high value habitat in the Casco Bay watershed. Read more.
LMF Bond Needs Your Support!
On May 15, the full legislature will consider the LMF bond and four other separate bond proposals. Please contact your State Legislators, share with them how LMF has benefited your community, and ask them to support LD 852 today.
The Conference is on Facebook!
Connect with others who will attend the conference on our new Facebook page.
Featured Conservation Story
Over 450 Attend Annual Conference
It was a record breaking year at the Maine Land Conservation Conference 2012. Over 450 participants attended... Read more.
Land Trust News
Access Issues for Land Trusts
Imagine the scenario: a year after your land trust acquires a new preserve or a conservation easement, your volunteers or staff head out for annual monitoring of the property only to find that the woods road you always used to reach the property has been barricaded by large granite boulders. Or, worse, during monitoring the staff finds that a narrow woods road you have used as a trail through the property has been widened to 50' and trucks are preparing to lay down gravel. How can this happen? [read more]
Motorized Use of Trails by Individuals with Mobility Disabilities
Back in March of this year, MLTN reported on a Department of Justice (DOJ) rule related to the Americans with Disabilities Act and motorized use of trails that was going into effect at that time. The rule requires an entity... [read more]
