NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust is celebrating 30 years. The trust, founded in 1987 by Mary and Bob Van Nest, holds 32 conservation easements covering 4,190 acres and owns 19 parcels that make up about 3,100 acres. The trust’s board of directors has dedicated a plaque to the Van Nests and to Executive […]
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Land trust receives anonymous $50K for mountain
GREENWOOD — The Western Foothills Land Trust took another step toward buying Noyes Mountain after an anonymous donor made a $50,000 contribution and offered to match up to $50,000 more in donations. In August, the land trust revised its purchase and sale agreement with a landowner for Noyes Mountain, a 295-acre parcel in Greenwood overlooking Lake […]
Star struck: Astronomy enthusiasts host observatories at Roberts Farm Preserve
NORWAY — The stars aligned for them 30 years ago and it could be said they are once again aligning. Norway residents Tom and Lynn Hoffelder met roughly three decades ago in the Florida Everglades when their respective astronomy clubs held a joint star party to look through telescopes into the heavens. “We met and we […]
Land trusts buy 800 acres on Crooked River
Local land trusts have signed a $1.37 million agreement to conserve roughly 800 acres along Crooked River, the largest tributary to Sebago Lake, the drinking water source for the greater Portland area. On Tuesday, CLT Co. President Robert Carlson, 89, of Harrison signed quitclaim deeds with the Western Foothills and Loon Echo land trusts, retaining the land […]
Western Foothills Land Trust hosting guided walk through Witt Swamp
NORWAY — Members of the Western Foothills Land Trust will keep their fingers crossed for sun and clear skies Saturday, July 27, as they prepare to host a guided walk-and-talk through the Witt Swamp Preserve. Led by forester Fred Huntress of Poland, the walk-and-talk tour is from 9 to 11 a.m., beginning from the west […]