Abbreviation | RRCT |
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Founded | 1988 |
Type | Nonprofit |
Headquarters | Yarmouth, Maine |
Location |
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Area served | Southern Maine |
Services | Conservation |
Executive Director | Alan Stearns |
Website | https://www.rrct.org |
The Royal River Conservation Trust (RRCT) is a volunteer-run conservation group based in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Established in 1988 and funded by its members, it owns many preserves and trail networks, and has assisted in the creation of town-owned parks and preserves, state parks and state wildlife-management areas. The trust, one of eighty land trusts in Maine, [1] covers seven towns and cities in Androscoggin County and Cumberland County which form the watershed of the Royal River: Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, Pownal, New Gloucester, Gray, Durham and Auburn. [2]
The trust's executive director is Alan Stearns, while its president is Emily Sneath Jones. [3]
The trust was formed as a result of a group named the Friends of the Royal River and land trusts in Yarmouth, Pownal, North Yarmouth and New Gloucester. [4]
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