This week's newsletter includes:

• Trail Work Galore!
• Launching Bird Walk Series
• Seasonal Series Childers's Program with KFL
• Announcing KLT's Online Store - June 1!
• June's Naturalist Walk
• 'Nature Reads' with Kennebunk Free Library
• Trail Cam Captures

Want to get more involved with KLT in 2023?

Visit our Volunteer Page here to let us know what kind of volunteering you'd like to do, such as Acquisition, Development or Stewardship committees, board appointments, and more!

Busy trail worker volunteers this month!

We are so thankful for our volunteer crews and stewardship committee members who have pulled together some incredible workdays clearing up our trails and building new ones.

It will be an exciting summer of hiking at KLT!

Above: KLT volunteers and Liberty Mutual 'Serve with Liberty' volunteers at Wonderbrook Park

Below: Kennebunk High School seniors breaking new trail at Alewive Preserve. Other KHS students cleaned up Clark Preserve, and are making educational and art projects for the public, as well as an exciting storybook trail at Oxbow! Stay tuned for the results.

Above Left: Serve with Liberty volunteers pulling debris out of Wonder Brook

Above Right: United Way of Southern Maine Day of Caring volunteers heading out to break trail at Tributary Preserve

Bird walk with us!

Welcome to our Bird Walk Series!

These walks will take place during peak bird migration for the best chances to see a wide variety of year-round and seasonal birds.



Friday mornings

May 19

May 26

Next walk: June 2

June 9

June 16

Join in for an easy, early morning bird walk for folks new to the craft, experienced veterans, or who just want some guided help as they learn the skills, sounds, shapes, and songs that help identify species.

Learn some skills, ask questions, and get more confident in the craft of birding.

Recent Bird Walk sightings!

Photos taken in the last two week at For All For All Forever

Time for the Spring Seasonal Series children's program with Kennebunk Free Library!

1. For the month of June, read one of the bird books chosen by the library.
2. After, use the bird template page - found either at the Library or Kennebunk Land Trust office - and head out on a KLT trail to decorate your bird using found objects from nature. Be sure to listen for the sounds of the migrating birds in springtime.
3. Bring your decorated bird back to the library and display it on the mural with all the others!

Nature Walk with KLT!

June 3, 2023, from 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Butler Preserve

Old Port Road

The theme is "Water."

• January 7 - Alewive Woods - "New Beginnings"
• February 11 – Wonderbrook Preserve. Theme: “Cold Survivors”
• March 4 – For All Forever Preserve. Theme: “Birds”
• April 1 – Oxbow Preserve. Theme: “Trees”
• May 6 – Mousam River Wildlife Sanctuary. Theme: “Vernal Pools”
• June 3 – Butler Preserve. Theme: “Water” - Register Here
• July 1 – For All Forever Preserve. Theme: “Wildflowers”
• August 5 - Hope Cemetery and Woods. Theme: “Trees in Summer”
• September 2 – Sea Road Preserve. Theme: “Bugs/Ferns”
• October 7 - Mousam River Wildlife Sanctuary
• November 4 – Butler Preserve. Theme: “Geology”
• December 2 – For All Forever Preserve. Theme: “Winter Weeds”

Each month, our friends at Kennebunk Free Library develop a book list that matches that month's walk theme.

Enjoy nature walk and pair it with a good book!

Opening soon!

Pop-up online store for the month of June only!

Hats, beach towels, totes, shirts, tanks, and more!

All items are embroidered with the KLT logo with colors of your choice. Items will be processed once the store closes on June 30.

Get your gear for summer here!

Gift memberships are here!

Do good with your gifts!

Show your loved ones what you care about with Kennebunk Land Trust

Gift Memberships!

These packages include a range of goodies to welcome a new member and share with them all we have to offer. If you're looking for a special and unique gift that does some good, give your loved one a Kennebunk Land Trust

Gift Membership today.

You can give the package yourself, or have it mailed directly to the recipient. Visit our Shop KLT Page for more information and purchase yours today!

Bring Nature Home! 

Writing the Land: Maine

This anthology of poems and photography showcases many land trusts throughout Maine.

Poems for Kennebunk Land Trust  were written by Cynthia Lozier and inspired by

Mousam River Wildlife Sanctuary.

Photos of our preserves are from local residents. 

     Listen and see the inspiration

Poet Cynthia Lozier recorded a reading of one of her poems from the book.

Link above!

Trail Cam Captures!

Kennebunk Land Trust has a trail camera installed at Wonderbrook Park away from the trail to capture some of the wildlife visitors to this preserve.

Check it out!

Above: A doe and fawn walk through the field |||| Below: A small mammal bouncing through

Above: A large buck walks through Wonderbrook

Click the photo above for a video of a deer herd running through Wonderbrook!

Fundraise for KLT with CLYNK!

You don't even had to have an account! Simply drop off your returnable cans and bottles with the KLT Clynk bag to at your local Hannaford store.

Pick up CLYNK bags at our 6 Brown Street office, or at any KLT event.

You can also donate directly via your existing account by clicking DONATE and choosing KLT. 

Become a monthly donor!

Join our Evergreen Circle - These are monthly, recurring memberships at the amount of your choosing.

Evergreen Circle Member’s easily guarantee their support of KLT’s mission all year long.

We are a member-powered organization! Become a Member today.

Renew your membership today!

Annual renewal reminders are sent via email and snail mail. Contact us to check your status, or submit your membership today.

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Thank you to KLT's Principal Sponsor