1. A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO
FORESTLAND CONSERVATION IN
KENNEBEC COUNTY, MAINE
GrowSmart Maine Summit
October 23, 2012

2. KENNEBEC LAND TRUST 2009 LYCEUM
Forest Stewardship in Maine, New England, and the World:
Conserving Forestland for the Next Generation
Co-sponsored by the Maine Forest Service

3. Wayne, Maine, overlooking Great
Androscoggin Pond Same view, 2012
Painting by Mary Stanton House, 1851
Original Painting owned by the Town of
Leeds

4. KLT 1988 - 2012 24 Years 800 member families
CONSERVED LANDS 4,550 acres = 1.0% of acreage in service area
Of KLT’s 4,550 acres conserved, ~ 2,500 acres Ecological Reserves
25 conservation
easements
1,554 acres
34 fee-owned
properties
2857 acres

5. 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1930 1982 1995 2003 2009
Open Water 7% 8% 7% 8% 8%
Development 16% 11% 17% 20% 20%
Agricultural 36% 12% 11% 9% 10%
All Forestland 41% 70% 65% 63% 62%
Inventory Year

6. KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERSHIP
The Kennebec Woodland
Partnership was formed from
an awareness that Kennebec
County’s local
economy, wood products
markets, recreational
opportunities, wildlife
habitat, water quality, and
quality of life all depend
largely on the county’s
approximately 374,000 acres

7. KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERS
Thirteen and Counting
Kennebec Land Trust
Kennebec
County Soil
and Water
Conservation
District

8. KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERSHIP
MISSION
The Kennebec Woodland Partnership promotes
forest stewardship and conservation, provides
educational resources for woodland
owners, and supports sustainable natural
resource-based economies.

9. KEY PRINCIPLES
Voluntary
Mutually beneficial
Multiple pathways of progress
Personal focus
Diversify
De-mystify
Facilitate
Mediate

10. KWP Innovations
Landscape Approaches to Conservation
• Your Woodland resource guide and website
• Stewardship Storyline
• Kennebec Woodland Days
• Local wood and ecological reserve research
• Bond Brook Recreation Area project
• Kennebec Woodland Owners Survey
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11. Your Woodland Resource Guide

12. Stewardship Storyline
What do I call
that land I own
that has trees on
Why would I
it?
How can I keep harvest trees
my woodland on my
Why is my property?
woodland healthy?
important to
me?
What do I want What are the
to do with my financial aspects
woodland? of owning a
woodland?
What would a
forest management
plan do for me? Where can I get
good advice
about what to
do with my
woodland?
Why might I want
What will happen to consider a
to my woodland conservation
when I’m gone? easement for my
woodland?

13. Maine Forest Service-KWP Website

14. COLLABORATION
KWP, University of
Maine, Augusta, Bond Brook
Recreation Area, Augusta
City of Augusta

15. KENNEBEC LAND TRUST
Curtis Homestead
Sustainable Forestry Education Program
2009-2012

16. LOCAL WOOD AND
ECOLOGICAL RESERVES
RESEARCH
Maine Forest Service and Kennebec Land Trust
KLT Intern, Amanda Lavigueur, Colby College
•What are the wood resources in Kennebec County?
•Can we sustainably harvest more wood from Kennebec County’s
forests, and simultaneously protect more forestlands as Reserves?
•Of the harvest in Kennebec County, how much is processed in the
county and how much is exported out of the county?
•What do we know about family forest landowner attitudes?

17. KENNEBEC WOODLAND OWNERS’
SURVEY
“I know whom to contact to get
information about my woodland”
44% agree
“I have all the knowledge that I need to
make decisions about my woodland”
33% agree

18. Questions? Contact a Partner.
Kennebec Woodland Partnership
maineforestservice.gov/kennebecwoodlands

19. Photographers: Pam Bell, Alanna
Cole, Deb Dutton, Sarah
Fuller, Marc Loiselle, Theresa Kerchner, Jym