About York Land Trust

York Land Trust (YLT) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization located in York, Maine, with more than 650 contributors. Our mission is to conserve and protect lands of ecological, historic, scenic, agricultural, and cultural significance. We have protected roughly 3,100 acres, including more than 1,500 acres in seven public preserves that are open every day for free to more than 50,000 people who live in the six towns within the greater York area (Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick, York, and Wells).

York Land Trust has also protected an additional 1,300 acres in York held by federal, state, and local agencies. Since 2002, YLT has worked collaboratively with nine other partner organizations on the Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative (MtA2C) to protect more than 15,300 acres of conserved land and open space within the focus area which includes more than 50 miles of hiking trails across 30 public preserves.

YLT operates out of a historic replica, Cape-style house that provides office and meeting space and a community room for programs. Our headquarters is situated on a 300-acre preserve with public walking trails and gardens. Learn more about us at www.yorklandtrust.org.