Theresa Kershner - A Partnership Approach to Forestland Conservation in Kennebec County, Maine
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A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO FORESTLAND CONSERVATION IN KENNEBEC COUNTY, MAINE
GrowSmart Maine Summit October 23, 2012
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KENNEBEC LAND TRUST 2009 LYCEUM
Forest Stewardship in Maine, New England, and the World:
Conserving Forestland for the Next Generation
Co-sponsored by the Maine Forest Service
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Wayne, Maine, overlooking Great Androscoggin Pond
Painting by Mary Stanton House, 1851
Original Painting owned by the Town of Leeds
Same view, 2012
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KLT 1988 - 2012 24 Years 800 member families CONSERVED LANDS 4,550 acres = 1.0% of acreage in service area
Of KLT’s 4,550 acres conserved, ~ 2,500 acres Ecological Reserves
25 conservation easements
1,554 acres
34 fee-owned properties
2857 acres
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Inventory Year
Open Water 7% 8% 7% 8% 8%
Development 16% 11% 17% 20% 20%
Agricultural 36% 12% 11% 9% 10%
All Forestland 41% 70% 65% 63% 62%
1930 1982 1995 2003 2009
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KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERSHIP
The Kennebec Woodland Partnership was formed from an awareness that Kennebec County’s local economy, wood products markets, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat, water quality, and quality of life all depend largely on the county’s approximately 374,000 acres of woodland.
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KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERS
Thirteen and Counting
Kennebec Land Trust
Kennebec County Soil and Water
Conservation District
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KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERSHIP
MISSION
The Kennebec Woodland Partnership promotes forest
stewardship and conservation, provides educational resources for
woodland owners, and supports sustainable natural
resource-based economies.
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KEY PRINCIPLESVoluntary
Mutually beneficial Multiple pathways of
progress Personal focus
Diversify De-mystify Facilitate
Mediate
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KWP Innovations
Landscape Approaches to Conservation
• Your Woodland resource guide and website
• Stewardship Storyline• Kennebec Woodland Days• Local wood and ecological reserve
research• Bond Brook Recreation Area project• Kennebec Woodland Owners Survey
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Your Woodland Resource Guide
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Stewardship StorylineWhat do I call that land I own
that has trees on it?
Why is my woodland
important to me?
What do I want to do with my woodland?
How can I keep my woodland
healthy?
Why would I harvest trees
on my property?
Where can I get good advice
about what to do with my woodland?
What would a forest management
plan do for me?
What will happen to my
woodland when I’m gone?
Why might I want to consider a conservation
easement for my woodland?
What are the financial aspects
of owning a woodland?
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Maine Forest Service-KWP Website
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COLLABORATION KWP, University of Maine, Augusta, Bond Brook Recreation
Area, Augusta City of Augusta
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KENNEBEC LAND TRUST Curtis Homestead
Sustainable Forestry Education Program
2009-2012
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LOCAL WOOD AND ECOLOGICAL RESERVES
RESEARCHMaine Forest Service and Kennebec
Land Trust
KLT Intern, Amanda Lavigueur, Colby College
• What are the wood resources in Kennebec County?
• Can we sustainably harvest more wood from Kennebec County’s forests, and simultaneously protect more forestlands as Reserves?
• Of the harvest in Kennebec County, how much is
processed in the county and how much is exported out of the county?
• What do we know about family forest landowner attitudes?
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KENNEBEC WOODLAND OWNERS’ SURVEY
“I know whom to contact to get information about my woodland”
44% agree
“I have all the knowledge that I need to make decisions about my woodland”33% agree
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Questions? Contact a Partner.
Kennebec Woodland Partnershipmaineforestservice.gov/kennebecwoodlands
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Photographers: Pam Bell, Alanna Cole, Deb Dutton, Sarah
Fuller, Marc Loiselle, Theresa Kerchner, Jym St. Pierre, Tom Sears