Conserve Our Community

Together, we can continue to protect the greater York area for generations to come.

The forests, fields, farms, ponds, and rivers of our community are more than scenic vistas and exemplary recreational sites. The greater York/Mount Agamenticus region comprises a vital ecological system that not only ensures water quality for surrounding communities but provides the habitat for the greatest diversity of plants and wildlife found in the state of Maine.

YLT stewards roughly 3,600 acres of treasured, community lands, including Public Access Preserves, Limited Access Preserves, and Conservation Easements on privately owned lands. Learn more about all of these lands here.

For more than 25 years now, the York Land Trust (YLT) has also worked to protect these precious resources. Through the Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative (MtA2C), YLT has helped to conserve more than 15,000 acres of land within the 48,000-acre area that comprises Kittery, York, Eliot, the Berwicks and Wells. (View the MtA2C Project Area Map.)

Interested in being a part of the conservation effort? Learn more about our efforts as we work together to continue to conserve our community!