Greater Lovell Land Trust celebrates new forest property, holds annual meeting

LOVELL — Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT) celebrated two big events — the grand opening of the newly-acquired Kezar River Forest property and the Annual Meeting — on Sunday, Aug. 3.

Completed in January 2025, GLLT expanded its Kezar River focus area with the conservation of an additional 1,411 acres, bringing the total conserved area to over 2,700 contiguous acres in Lovell and Sweden, Maine. This latest acquisition, known as the Kezar River Forest, was made possible by the purchase of land from a local family deeply connected to the region’s forests and a significant grant from the Land for Maine’s Future program. It builds on the 1,315 acres GLLT conserved along the Kezar River in 2022 and 2023.