Governor Curtis
Staff photo by Travis Barrett
WOODED WETLAND: Former Maine governor Ken Curtis, whose family donated the Curtis Homestead Conservation Area in Leeds to the Kennebec Land Trust, called it a small "ecological laboratory."


Governor Curtis
Staff photo by Travis Barrett
BUG BRUSH: One of the founding members of the Kennebec Land Trust, Howard Lake of Readfield, uses a maple branch to swat away mosquitoes during a recent trip to the Gov. Curtis Homestead in Leeds.

KENNEBEC LAND TRUST

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KLT PROPERTIES

Webbber-Rogers Farmstead Conservation Area
Governor Curtis Homestead
Besse Conservation Area/Gott Pasture Preserve
Cobbossee Island Properties
Davidson Preserve/Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat
Brackett-Longley Rare Plant Preserve/Perkins Woods

STORIES

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Schedule
Conservation efforts vital to protecting important bird habitat
[July 6, 2008]
Kennebec Land Trust relies on 'grassroots' efforts
[July 6, 2008]
Curtis homestead preserved for Mainers
[July, 7 2008]
Vernal pools fuel Maine woods
[July, 8 2008]
Public properties with private feel retreat
[July, 9 2008]
Conservation education remains constant challenge
[July, 10 2008]
Kennebec Land trust has fantastic opportunities for the entire family
[July, 11 2008]

SATURDAY, July 12: Appreciating life anew, as the canoe scrapes bottom.

About the series: The planning for this summer series, "Sense of Wonder: Kennebec Land Trust Turns 20," began last winter.
At first, the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel considered other projects. But outdoors writer Travis Barrett and editors at the newspapers decided this was the year to feature lands preserved by the Kennebec Land Trust, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this fall.
Barrett was challenged to help readers hear the bird calls and feel the breezes at some key sites. That's why Barrett strays from journalistic convention in his writing, alternating from third- to first-person and back again.
Along with Barrett, key staffers involved with this project were: photographer Joe Phelan; graphic artist Sharon Wood; Web Manager Ben Sturtevant; and Sports Editor Scott Martin.

Kennebec Land Trust web site