Sebago Lake

Looking south along Mt. Abraham Ridge

Staff from the Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust recently paid an annual monitoring visit to the Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve, a 1,356-acre conservation easement that protects portions of the Appalachian Trail on Old Speck Mountain. Without this critical easement, the landowner could close this section of the A.T. and technically there would be no thru hiking if this happened! But that landowner is the Northeast Wilderness Trust, our frequent partner on A.T. conservati

Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust staff recently had its first visit to Moxie Pond Wilderness Preserve - a remote and spectacular area just north of the middle section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Moxie Pond lies in an area that doesn't contain higher elevation peaks but has rugged terrain, sweeping views, and many ponds and lakes that provide great recreation opportunities. It's also an area that is not as frequented as places like the Mahoosucs or the Hundred Mile Wi

The Maine A.T. Land Trust is very pleased to be welcoming MaryHope Gardner-Sears to our team as the organization's first ever Marketing and Development Manager. MaryHope relocated to Maine from Colorado in 2026, bringing years of non-profit development experience from Community Harvest Project and Colorado Open Lands. She grew up hiking across New England with her family. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outside hiking, trail running, skiing and camping. She current