TIMES RECORD • October 9, 2025
In 1985, a group of Brunswick neighbors banded together to protect the 16-acre Pennellville Meadow from development. Four decades later, the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, the organization born from the Pennellville easement, has conserved more than 3,400 acres in the Midcoast communities of Brunswick, Topsham and Bowdoin. The land trust is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an eye toward the future of conservation. This year also marks 25 years since the founding of the Cathance River Education Alliance, BTLT’s education arm. Longtime partners, CREA and BTLT officially merged in 2023. In addition to acquiring and supervising land, the land trust maintains trails on its properties, runs summer camps, hosts community programs, has an ecology center, and hosts a farmers market at Crystal Spring Farm.