Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community concerns and opportunities Program Topic: Land Trusts Working With Communities Key Discussion Points: Land Trusts have always built public use into its mission, including hunting and trapping… how did you arrive at this policy and how have area residents received it? Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust engaged a number of area citizens in some interviews as part of updating your plans… what did you learn in those conversations? What directions are you exploring to increase your involvement with the communities in which you have land and shared interests? What is the mission and history of Maine Coast Heritage Trust How did your most recent strategic plan come to have a focus on rivers? What is your work work Down East and collaboration with Downeast Fisheries Partnership How do land trusts typically engage with communities (beyond the early mission of protecting land and other natural resources)… how do you work with schools, for instance? What are your hopes for your own community and how land trusts will continue to evolve to serve both the natural resources they protect and the community members who live and work here? Guests: Cheri Domina, Executive Director, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Jennifer Reifler, volunteer, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Chrissy Allen, Blue Hill Heritage Trust Jacob van de Sande, Maine Coast Heritage Trust by phone

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