Scaling up for connectivity, wildlife habitat, water quality, and climate resilience
River~Link is a multi-town land conservation initiative, the result of collaboration between state, municipal and non-profit partners. This trail and wildlife corridor connects between the Damariscotta and Marsh Rivers and stretches along the spine of the Boothbay Peninsula.
The goal is a permanently protected and publicly accessible block of connected land totaling several thousand acres that can support climate resilience, clean water, recreation and wildlife at a necessary scale.
A product of partnerships
Many years in the making, this sweeping trail and wildlife corridor is the result of close collaboration between numerous agencies, organizations, and individuals, including
- Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
- Boothbay Region Land Trust
- Individual donors and foundation supporters
- Land for Maine’s Future
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Maine Department of Transportation
- Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program, administered by The Nature Conservancy
- Midcoast Conservancy
- Private landowners
- The Towns of Boothbay, Edgecomb, and Newcastle
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
Pemaquid Wild Pathways
Coastal Rivers is working on a similar initiative on the Pemaquid peninsula. Learn more here!
