Falmouth Land Trust to upgrade trails threatened by erosion

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 28, 2025

The 55 miles of trails snaking through Falmouth Land Trust properties are in need of an upgrade. Heavy recreational use and increasingly severe rainfall has washed out sections of the trails, damaged footbridges and made permanent pools of some pathways. For the first time Falmouth Land Trust has begun a fundraising campaign to modernize and strengthen the trails system. Improvements such as making paths of raised gravel so rainwater can flow beneath them, installing drainage structures and rerouting trails as necessary would make them more resilient to rain and use.