Our Mission...

COLLABORATING FOR THE FUTURE

We work with our neighbors, towns, and like-minded organizations to protect and preserve the ecosystems of the Kezar Lake, Kezar River, and Cold River watersheds for the benefit and enjoyment of the natural and human community today and as a legacy for the future.

The Greater Lovell Land Trust is a donor-supported organization.

Please help sustain our work, our communities, and the region’s natural beauty!

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Seven Miles of Riverfront and Nearly 3,000 Acres Conserved in Western Maine.

January 30, 2025, Lovell, ME – The Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT) has expanded its Kezar River focus area with the conservation of an additional 1,411 acres, bringing the total conserved area to over 2,700 contiguous acres in Lovell and Sweden, Maine. This latest acquisition, made possible by the purchase of land from a local family deeply connected to the region’s forests, builds on the 1,315 acres GLLT conserved along the Kezar River in 2022 and 2023. Together, these protected lands conserve seven miles of the Kezar River.

T-Shirt Design Contest!

Open to all ages and abilities! There are two categories that you can enter: Salamanders and Nature of Western Maine. The salamander t-shirt will be used for our Salamander Sashay 5K in May.

$100 award to each category winner! Submissions are due March 1st.

Snow is here!

Have a Nature Question?

See something in the woods you would like to know more about? Ask a question, send a picture—our team of volunteers from the Nature Group will get an answer for you!

Events and Activities

We have a year-round program of guided walks on our properties and in the area; talks on the wildlife that inhabits our region; and special events for families, friends and visitors.

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Feb 26
Weekly Nature Walk

This week, please meet at the Kezar River Reserve.

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Mar 2
Winter Carnival
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Mar 5
Project FeederWatch

Join GLLT at Hobbs Library for Project FeederWatch! This winter citizen science program allows people of all ages to observe and learn about their backyard birds. This is a drop-in program.

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Take A Walk

Many of our properties are open to the public and offer a variety of developed trails for all abilities and interests—easy ambles, challenging hikes, beautiful vistas and fascinating and unusual plants and animals.

Lands in conservation easement are private property, as is much of the abutting land to the GLLT properties. Owners have the right to restrict use.

PLEASE RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

Our properties are open to hunting!

Nearly all of our reserves and preserves are open to hunting, subject to Maine state regulations. While there are hunting seasons throughout the year, the fall is particularly active.

For more information check out Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/hunting-trapping/index.html

NOTE: CELL SERVICE IS LIMITED THROUGH THE GREATER LOVELL AREA. BE SURE TO LET SOMEONE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, HOW FAR YOU PLAN TO GO, AND WHEN YOU EXPECT TO RETURN.

Posts From the Field

For more information about the natural world in western Maine and beyond, check out:

Wonder My Way

The blog of former GLLT Education Director, Leigh MacMillen Hayes

Eyes on the Wild

The blog of former GLLT board member, Moira Yip