Protected Properties

BTLT currently owns two properties in Brunswick and holds conservation easements on an additional 14 properties in Brunswick and Topsham. Three hundred thirty-three acres are owned outright at the Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve and Crystal Spring Farm, and 848 acres are held under a variety of individualized conservation easements. Each easement works to protect a particular parcel of land from development and clearly defines permissible uses in perpetuity. Some of these parcels are open to the public, but most easements are agreements made with individual landowners seeking to protect the undeveloped character and future of their property and do not include public access. The public still benefits from such easements, however, because they preserve open space for view sheds, protect habitat for plants and animals, and preserve the rural heritage and character of our communities. Each of the properties is monitored annually to ensure that the terms of the easement are being honored. BTLT continues to work to obtain easements that build on the land already protected.

Topsham Easement Properties

• Public access:
  • Bradley Pond Farm: 163 acres on Highway 201, on the north side of Topsham.
  • Cathance River Nature Preserve: 230 acres in the Highland Green development off Route 196.
• No public access:
  • Carver Property: 35 acres adjoining Merrymeeting Bay.
  • Muddy River Headwaters: 12 acres.
  • Cow Island: 40 acres in the Androscoggin River.

Brunswick Easement Properties

• Public access:
  • Crystal Spring Farm: 322 acres on Pleasant Hill Road.
  • Alfred Skolfield Preserve: 11 acres adjoining Middle Bay.
  • 250th Riverview: Less than an acre of public park overlooking the Androscoggin River.
  • Lower Coombs Island: 23 acre island in the New Meadows River.
• No public access:
  • Simpson Farm: 36 acres along the Androscoggin River.
  • Morse Farm.: 145 acres of open fields and forestland in northwest Brunswick.
  • McKee Farm: 79 acres of open fields and forestland crossed by Bunganuc Stream.
  • Pennellville Meadow: 15 acres of open fields 3 miles from downtown.
  • Packard Farm: 28 acres along Middle Bay.
  • Upper Coombs Island: 7 acre island in the New Meadows River.
  • Larrabee Farm: 35 acres of blueberry barrens in an open-space subdivision.