TIMES RECORD • January 7, 2022
We’re grateful for our members, for our extraordinary staff and volunteers, for the communities we serve, and for all the new ways we are finding to forge connections among people, and between people and the land we conserve. We are proud of what we achieved in 2021 despite ever-changing challenges posed by the pandemic. Long-time BTLT friends John and Carla Rensenbrink donated a conservation easement on 17.5 acres on land that is part of the Cathance River Trail in Topsham. Completion of the Androscoggin Woods trail gives access to almost two miles of the Androscoggin River. Construction of raised beds at Brunswick Landing let New Mainer families grow familiar foods and create community. On a plot at Crystal Spring Farm BTLT is sharing stewardship with Mowita’nej Epijij, where Wabanaki people are growing traditional foods and medicines. In 2021 the BTLT board of directors embarked on an update of our five-year strategic plan. ~ Emily Swan and Angela Twitchell, Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust