2024-01-06T13:23:58-05:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 010440729 THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST KENN 2073772848 PO BOX 261 WINTHROP ME 04364 AMY TRUNNELL TREASURER 2073772848 2023-01-06 AMY TRUNNELL XXX-XX-XXXX false 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z KENNEBEC LAND TRUST JANET SAWYER PO BOX 261 WINTHROP ME 04364 1097507 false X WWW.TKLT.ORG X 1988 ME THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST WORKS COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE THE FORESTS, LAKES, STREAMS, WETLANDS, FIELDS, AND WILDLIFE THAT HELP DEFINE CENTRAL MAINE. 17 16 6 142 0 897880 936048 31562 19686 100142 23681 13010 9599 1042594 989014 0 0 259430 264959 0 5528 218319 185034 477749 449993 564845 539021 8051480 8640392 14093 4295 8037387 8636097 X THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST (KLT)WORKS COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE THE FORESTS, LAKES, STREAMS, WETLANDS, FIELDS, AND WILDLIFE THAT HELP DEFINE CENTRAL MAINE. KLT PROTECTS AND STEWARDS LAND PERMANENTLY, OFFERS ACCESS TO CONSERVED PROPERTIES, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND FARMING. KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HAS PROVIDED OVER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF CONSERVATION WORK IN THE KENNEBEC RIVER AND LAKES REGION. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 1,100 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND STAFF, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THREE DECADES OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND HAVE DEVELOPED A REPUTATION AS A CONSERVATION LEADER IN OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE REGION. WE HAVE RECEIVED STATE-WIDE AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS FOR OUR DEDICATION TO CONSERVE LAND FOR ITS MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS, INCLUDING PUBLIC USE AND false false 72528 4613 EDUCATION - PUBLIC PROGRAMS: KLT HOSTED PUBLIC PROGRAMS WITH MANY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL LYCEUM LECTURE SERIES ON "MAINE'S STATE PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS: CONSERVING NATURE", SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, A GEOLOGY WALK, BOTANY PROGRAMS, MAINE ENTOMOLOGICAL FIELD DAY, WILDERNESS FIRST AID, A COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP OF COBBOSSEE WATERSHED, PROPERTY DEDICATIONS, AND MORE. PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE: KLT NEWS: BIANNUAL NEWSLETTERS FEATURING NEW CONSERVATION PROPERTIES AND AN ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS; AND MONTHLY EMAIL PROGRAMS AND NEWS UPDATES. 2022 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: (1)AMPHIBIANS OF YOUR BACKYARD, (2)CONVERSATIONS WITH NEW MAINERS; TAKE A HIKE: THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HIKING GUIDE, SECOND EDITION PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2020 WITH THIRTY-TWO HIKES; SAVE HOWARD HILL-SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE, PUBLISHED IN 2014 - TEXT, MAPS, HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FOCUSED AUGUSTA'S HOWARD HILL, THE 164 ACRE SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE; YOUR WOODLAND: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR KENNEBEC COUNTY LANDOWNERS, PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 2012; BETWEEN PERSON AND PLACE: CONSERVATION HISTORIES FROM THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST, PUBLISHED IN 2010, ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES BEHIND KLT'S CONSERVATION LANDS; WRITING THE LAND-MAINE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF 13 LAND TRUSTS, INCLUDING KLT, AND THE WORK OF 27 POETS WHO WROTE POEMS INSPIRED BY THEIR ADOPTED LANDS THROUGHOUT MAINE. 156328 15073 STEWARDSHIP - KLT STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF KLT'S FEE LANDS, MONITOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND WORK WITH 71 VOLUNTEER STEWARDS. KLT'S STEWARDS COLLECTIVELY VOLUNTEERED OVER 893 HOURS FOR TRAIL MAINTENANCE, MONITORING, AND PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS. CONSERVATION PARCELS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY LARGE IN ACREAGE, OR HAVE UNIQUE OR COMPLEX MANAGEMENT NEEDS, HAVE MORE THAN ONE VOLUNTEER STEWARD. KLT RECENTLY COMPLETED AN UPDATE OF THE TRUST'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. THE PLAN INCORPORATES THIRTEEN ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITY CONSERVATION VALUES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO TRAIL ACCESS AND RESILIENCY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. KLT'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WITH GIS BASE NATURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION, AND WITH INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. OUR PLAN HELPS TO IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS FOR OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE AREA. 37871 LAND PROTECTION - SINCE 1988, KLT HAS WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE OUR REGION'S NATURAL ASSETS. KLT HAS CONSERVED ALMOST 7,700 ACRES IN A SERVICE AREA THAT COVERS 413,000 ACRES AND 21 TOWNS PRIMARILY IN KENNEBEC COUNTY, BUT ALSO ANDROSCOGGIN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. KLT HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON, ACCEPTS GIFTS OF, AND PURCHASES SIGNIFICANT LANDS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. KLT'S COMMUNITY CONSERVATION LANDS PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER QUALITY, WORKING FORESTLAND AND FARMLAND, AND SCENIC BEAUTY, AND PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YEAR ROUND OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR MAINE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. KLT HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLANNING - KLT RECENTLY COMPLETED AN UPDATE OF THE TRUST'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. OUR PLAN INCORPORATES 13 ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY VALUES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO TRAIL ACCESS AND RESILIENCY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. THIS PLAN HELPS US IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS FOR OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE AREA. NEW LAND PROJECTS - 74-ACRE HALES POND WOODLAND PRESERVE IN FAYETTE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND TOPOGRAPHICALLY VARIED PROPERTY THAT FEATURES 2,700 FEET OF UNDEVELOPED STREAM AND POND FRONTAGE, VERNAL POOLS, AND BIOLOGICALLY RICH WOODLAND AND WETLAND HABITATS. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE HAS MAPPED THE WETLANDS AND WATERS OF HALES POND AS ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE INLAND WATERFOWL AND WADING BIRD HABITAT. EXPANSION OF REYNOLDS FOREST IN SIDNEY WITH THE 7-ACRE DIEHL ADDTION, MAKING A TOTAL OF 42 ACRES CONSERVED. BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION AREA: AFTER FIVE YEARS OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH, KLT'S 10-ACRE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION CEMETERY WAS INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF MAINE IN FEBRUARY,2020. THE CORPORATION, MANAGED BY A FIVE MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS A 501(C)(13). THE CEMETERY IS SITUATED IN A STAND OF TALL WHITE PINES, WITH AN OPEN UNDERSTORY, SURROUNDED BY ROCK WALLS. A .25 MILE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL WEAVES THROUGH THE PINE STAND AND OFFERS A CHANCE FOR REFLECTION AND A LOVELY VIEW. THE FALL FOLIAGE IS STUNNING IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. VISITORS WHO LINGER AT THE BENCHES OVERLOOKING THE ROLLING HILLS WILL LIKELY OBSERVE MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES IN AN AREA THAT WILL BE MANAGED FOR POLLINATORS AND EARLY SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT. THE CEMETERY PROVIDES ECOLOGICALLY SOUND BURIALS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. ON THE OPERATIONS END, KLT WILL MANAGE THE BURIAL GROUNDS AND COORDINATE PLOT SALES. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH FUNERAL HOMES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED EXPERTISE WITH GRIEF SUPPORT, MEMORIAL SERVICES, AND TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED, AND BURIALS. THE BURIAL GROUND HAS RECEIVED CERTIFICATION AS A CONSERVATION CEMETERY ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES DEFINED BY THE GREEN BURIAL COUNCIL AND THE CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND ALLIANCE. THE CEMETERY BEGAN OPERATIONS AND THE SALE OF INTERMENT RIGHTS IN JUNE 2021. SINCE THE OPENING, 138 PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED INTERMENT RIGHTS. FOUR BURIALS TOOK PLACE IN 2022-23. 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SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 CONSERVATIONS EASEMENTS PURCHASED OR DONATED ARE RECORDED AS ASSETS ON THE STATEMENT OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND NET ASSETS-MODIFIED CASH BASIS AT THE VALUE OF 1 EACH IN ORDER TO KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF EASEMENTS HELD BY KLT. ALL EASEMENTS ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE ARE EXPENSED AS EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS IN THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS-MODIFIED CASH BASIS. IN ADDITION, COSTS INCURRED IN OBTAINING THE EASEMENTS ARE EXPENSED. A NOMINAL BOOK VALUE OF 1 IS ASSIGNED TO EACH CONSERVATION EASEMENT DUE TO THE LACK OF FORESEEABLE FUTURE CASH FLOW BENEFITS AND AN ABSENCE OF A SECONDARY EASEMENT MARKET. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 BOARD RESTRICTED FUNDS INCLUDE STEWARDSHIP FUNDS. STEWARDSHIP FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPERTIES. DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS (TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED) INCLUDE BOTH TIME AND PURPOSE DONOR RESTRICTIONS AND ARE DRAWN DOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH DONOR INTENTION. PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE HELD IN PERPETUITY. EARNINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE LIMITED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S SPENDING POLICY OF 4%. TYLER KENISTON SON-BRD MEMBER 52416 EMPLOYMENT false X 3 360000 TAX ASSESSED/OR APPRAISAL 1 false true true SCHEDULE M, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 32B GIFTS OF MARKETABLE SECURITIES, IF ANY, ARE SOLD BY OUR INVESTMENT AGENTS, KENNEBEC SAVINGS BANK OR EP WEALTH ADVISORS, UPON RECEIPT AND PROCEEDS OF THE SALE ARE DEPOSITED TO OUR BANK ACCOUNT. SCHEDULE M, PAGE 2, PART II GIFTS OF LAND AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAND ACQUISITION POLICY, WHICH IS GENERALLY IN PERPETUITY. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE VALUED AT A NOMINAL BOOK VALUE OF 1 DUE TO A LACK OF FORESEEABLE FUTURE CASH FLOW BENEFITS AND AN ABSENCE OF A SECONDARY EASEMENT MARKET. THERE WERE ZERO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS DONATED IN THE CURRENT YEAR. LAND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VALUED AT THE TOWN TAX ASSESSED VALUE OR APPRAISAL VALUE. THERE WERE TWO LAND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE CURRENT YEAR. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST (KLT)WORKS COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE THE FORESTS, LAKES, STREAMS, WETLANDS, FIELDS, AND WILDLIFE THAT HELP DEFINE CENTRAL MAINE. KLT PROTECTS AND STEWARDS LAND PERMANENTLY, OFFERS ACCESS TO CONSERVED PROPERTIES, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND FARMING. KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HAS PROVIDED OVER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF CONSERVATION WORK IN THE KENNEBEC RIVER AND LAKES REGION. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 1,100 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND STAFF, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THREE DECADES OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND HAVE DEVELOPED A REPUTATION AS A CONSERVATION LEADER IN OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE REGION. WE HAVE RECEIVED STATE-WIDE AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS FOR OUR DEDICATION TO CONSERVE LAND FOR ITS MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS, INCLUDING PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION. KLT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF THE LANDS WE CONSERVE. KLT COMPLETED A RIGOROUS PROCESS TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION FROM THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE ACCREDITATION COMMISSION IN 2018, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING OUR REACCREDITATION IN 2023. WE RECEIVED A SOURCE AWARD FROM THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD TO HONOR LOCAL WOOD WORKS, A KLT INSPIRED PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON KEEPING FORESTS AS FORESTS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE NATURAL-RESOURCE BASED ECONOMIES. PERMANENT LAND CONSERVATION AND PROMOTING LAND STEWARDSHIP CONTINUE TO BE THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF KLT'S WORK. SINCE 1988, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH LANDOWNERS AND CONSERVATION PARTNERS IN TWENTY-ONE COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT ALMOST 7,700 ACRES THROUGH LAND DONATIONS, FEE PURCHASES, AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, AND HAVE CONSTRUCTED 58 MILES OF TRAILS ON KLT LANDS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR EACH PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AND WRITTEN BASELINE DOCUMENTS FOR EVERY CONSERVATION EASEMENT. ALL OF OUR CONSERVATION PROPERTIES ARE MONITORED ANNUALLY. OUR LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS INFORMED BY A STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. UPDATED IN 2022,THIS SCIENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT GUIDES THE TRUST'S CONSERVATION PLANNING WORK AND PROVIDES VALUABLE PLANNING DATA TO THE TWENTY-ONE COMMUNITIES IN OUR SERVICE AREA. OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING SEVENTY-ONE LAND STEWARDS, COMMITTED OVER 2,255 HOURS TO SUPPORT KLT'S STEWARDSHIP, EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND GOVERNANCE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. KLT HAS HOSTED FORTY INTERNS FROM TWENTY-SIX COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SINCE 2005, HELPING TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATION LEADERS. KLT IS A FOUNDING PARTNER, ALONG WITH THE MAINE FOREST SERVICE (MFS), OF THE KENNEBEC WOODLAND PARTNERSHIP (KWP), A REGIONAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVE INVOLVING GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WOODLAND CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP. SINCE 2013, KLT AND SIX OTHER STATEWIDE ENTITIES (MFS, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, COASTAL ENTERPRISES, INC, THE MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST, GROWSMART MAINE, AND THE NORTHERN FOREST CENTER)HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AS THE LOCAL WOOD WORKS (LWW)PARTNERSHIP. THE LWW PARTNERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING GREATER USE OF LOCALLY SOURCED WOOD AND LUMBER AS AN EFFICIENT HEATING ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS, A LIGHT-WEIGHT AND STRONG CONSTRUCTION ALTERNATIVE TO ENERGY- INTENSIVE CONCRETE AND STEEL, AND A MEANS TO SUSTAIN A DIVERSE AND ECOLOGICALLY-RICH FORESTED LANDSCAPE. TWO LWW PAPERS HAVE BEEN WIDELY DISTRIBUTED: -BUILDING MAINE'S LOCAL WOOD ECONOMY, TOGETHER WITH CONSERVATION. -AND, A LONG TERM APPROACH TO FOREST MANAGEMENT: A POSITION PAPER FOR LOCAL WOOD WORKS BY THE KLT AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, MAINE, DECEMBER 2018. IN APRIL 2023, MORE THAN FIFY PARTICIPANTS ACROSS MANY FOREST-BASED SECTORS JOINED LWW FOR A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AIMED AT STRENGTHENING REGIONAL FOREST SUPPLY CHAINS THAT SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND RURAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING. WITH A FOCUS ON INITIATIVES WITH BUILDERS AND ARCHITECTS, LWW CONTINUED TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PRGRAMS AND INITIATIVES IN 2022-2023: -THE LWW PARTNERSHIP WITH WOOD PRODUCERS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS. -MASTER SPEC LIST FOR ARCHITECHS AND BUILDERS. -WEB-BASED DIRECTORY OF THE AREA'S WOOD PRODUCERS. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 142 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING INTERNS AND 71 LAND STEWARDS, COMMITTED 2,255 HOURS OF TIME THIS FISCAL YEAR TO SUPPORT KLT'S STEWARDSHIP, EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND GOVERNANCE. DONATED SERVICES REQUIRING SPECIALIZED SKILLS FOR PRINTING, PROFESSIONAL DESIGN WORK, PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING, LEGAL SERVICES AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES HAD AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF 33,600. DONATED SERVICES ARE AS FOLLOWS: LEGAL SERVICES FOR ACQUISITIONS (25,000); GENERAL ACCOUNTING AND TAX/BOOKKEEPING SERVICES(8,000); AND OTHER (600). THE ORGANIZATION BENEFITS FROM PERSONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR WHICH A DONATED VALUE CANNOT BE CALCULATED. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A EDUCATION - PUBLIC PROGRAMS: KLT HOSTED PUBLIC PROGRAMS WITH MANY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL LYCEUM LECTURE SERIES ON "MAINE'S STATE PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS: CONSERVING NATURE", SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, A GEOLOGY WALK, BOTANY PROGRAMS, MAINE ENTOMOLOGICAL FIELD DAY, WILDERNESS FIRST AID, A COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP OF COBBOSSEE WATERSHED, PROPERTY DEDICATIONS, AND MORE. PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE: KLT NEWS: BIANNUAL NEWSLETTERS FEATURING NEW CONSERVATION PROPERTIES AND AN ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS; AND MONTHLY EMAIL PROGRAMS AND NEWS UPDATES. 2022 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: (1)AMPHIBIANS OF YOUR BACKYARD, (2)CONVERSATIONS WITH NEW MAINERS; TAKE A HIKE: THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HIKING GUIDE, SECOND EDITION PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2020 WITH THIRTY-TWO HIKES; SAVE HOWARD HILL-SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE, PUBLISHED IN 2014 - TEXT, MAPS, HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FOCUSED AUGUSTA'S HOWARD HILL, THE 164 ACRE SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE; YOUR WOODLAND: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR KENNEBEC COUNTY LANDOWNERS, PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 2012; BETWEEN PERSON AND PLACE: CONSERVATION HISTORIES FROM THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST, PUBLISHED IN 2010, ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES BEHIND KLT'S CONSERVATION LANDS; WRITING THE LAND-MAINE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF 13 LAND TRUSTS, INCLUDING KLT, AND THE WORK OF 27 POETS WHO WROTE POEMS INSPIRED BY THEIR ADOPTED LANDS THROUGHOUT MAINE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B STEWARDSHIP - KLT STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF KLT'S FEE LANDS, MONITOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND WORK WITH 71 VOLUNTEER STEWARDS. KLT'S STEWARDS COLLECTIVELY VOLUNTEERED OVER 893 HOURS FOR TRAIL MAINTENANCE, MONITORING, AND PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS. CONSERVATION PARCELS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY LARGE IN ACREAGE, OR HAVE UNIQUE OR COMPLEX MANAGEMENT NEEDS, HAVE MORE THAN ONE VOLUNTEER STEWARD. KLT RECENTLY COMPLETED AN UPDATE OF THE TRUST'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. THE PLAN INCORPORATES THIRTEEN ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITY CONSERVATION VALUES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO TRAIL ACCESS AND RESILIENCY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. KLT'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WITH GIS BASE NATURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION, AND WITH INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. OUR PLAN HELPS TO IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS FOR OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE AREA. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C LAND PROTECTION - SINCE 1988, KLT HAS WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE OUR REGION'S NATURAL ASSETS. KLT HAS CONSERVED ALMOST 7,700 ACRES IN A SERVICE AREA THAT COVERS 413,000 ACRES AND 21 TOWNS PRIMARILY IN KENNEBEC COUNTY, BUT ALSO ANDROSCOGGIN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. KLT HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON, ACCEPTS GIFTS OF, AND PURCHASES SIGNIFICANT LANDS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. KLT'S COMMUNITY CONSERVATION LANDS PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER QUALITY, WORKING FORESTLAND AND FARMLAND, AND SCENIC BEAUTY, AND PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YEAR ROUND OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR MAINE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. KLT HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLANNING - KLT RECENTLY COMPLETED AN UPDATE OF THE TRUST'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. OUR PLAN INCORPORATES 13 ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY VALUES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO TRAIL ACCESS AND RESILIENCY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. THIS PLAN HELPS US IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS FOR OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE AREA. NEW LAND PROJECTS - 74-ACRE HALES POND WOODLAND PRESERVE IN FAYETTE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND TOPOGRAPHICALLY VARIED PROPERTY THAT FEATURES 2,700 FEET OF UNDEVELOPED STREAM AND POND FRONTAGE, VERNAL POOLS, AND BIOLOGICALLY RICH WOODLAND AND WETLAND HABITATS. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE HAS MAPPED THE WETLANDS AND WATERS OF HALES POND AS ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE INLAND WATERFOWL AND WADING BIRD HABITAT. EXPANSION OF REYNOLDS FOREST IN SIDNEY WITH THE 7-ACRE DIEHL ADDTION, MAKING A TOTAL OF 42 ACRES CONSERVED. BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION AREA: AFTER FIVE YEARS OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH, KLT'S 10-ACRE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION CEMETERY WAS INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF MAINE IN FEBRUARY,2020. THE CORPORATION, MANAGED BY A FIVE MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS A 501(C)(13). THE CEMETERY IS SITUATED IN A STAND OF TALL WHITE PINES, WITH AN OPEN UNDERSTORY, SURROUNDED BY ROCK WALLS. A .25 MILE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL WEAVES THROUGH THE PINE STAND AND OFFERS A CHANCE FOR REFLECTION AND A LOVELY VIEW. THE FALL FOLIAGE IS STUNNING IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. VISITORS WHO LINGER AT THE BENCHES OVERLOOKING THE ROLLING HILLS WILL LIKELY OBSERVE MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES IN AN AREA THAT WILL BE MANAGED FOR POLLINATORS AND EARLY SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT. THE CEMETERY PROVIDES ECOLOGICALLY SOUND BURIALS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. ON THE OPERATIONS END, KLT WILL MANAGE THE BURIAL GROUNDS AND COORDINATE PLOT SALES. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH FUNERAL HOMES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED EXPERTISE WITH GRIEF SUPPORT, MEMORIAL SERVICES, AND TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED, AND BURIALS. THE BURIAL GROUND HAS RECEIVED CERTIFICATION AS A CONSERVATION CEMETERY ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES DEFINED BY THE GREEN BURIAL COUNCIL AND THE CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND ALLIANCE. THE CEMETERY BEGAN OPERATIONS AND THE SALE OF INTERMENT RIGHTS IN JUNE 2021. SINCE THE OPENING, 138 PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED INTERMENT RIGHTS. FOUR BURIALS TOOK PLACE IN 2022-23. THE MOST RECENT PROJECT WAS ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE POLLINATOR FIELD HABITAT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 LAKE AND DENISON LAKE AND DENISON PARTNER PARTNER BOARD MEMBERS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 KLT IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING ELECT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS OFFICERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OR WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B MEMBERS ELECT MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, AND VOTE ON ANY CHANGES TO THE BY-LAWS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PRESENTED BY THE TREASURER TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. THE FULL BOARD RECEIVES A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ITS SUBMISSION. AT DONOR REQUEST, DONOR NAMES AND ADDRESSES HAVE BEEN REDACTED FROM THE COPY OF THE FORM 990 MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD. CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SEC. 6104(D) OF THE IRC AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, COPIES OF THE FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND A COPY IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ANNUALLY, BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THEY ARE ABIDING BY THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. WHEN MATTERS ARISE IN THE BOARD MEETINGS FOR WHICH A BOARD OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT, THAT PERSON/S WILL LEAVE THE ROOM DURING DISCUSSION AND, IF A BOARD MEMBER, WILL RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE VOTE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A ANNUALLY, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS TO REVIEW COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. COMPARABLE DATA IS REVIEWED FROM OTHER LAND TRUST SOURCES AND PROPOSED COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARE PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHIN THE BUDGET. THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARE ADOPTED AT THE JUNE MEETING AS PART OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B USING NATIONAL STANDARDS, SALARIES ARE REVIEWED AND PROPOSED COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL STAFF ARE PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHIN THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARE ADOPTED AT THE JUNE MEETING AS PART OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VIII LINE 7A, B AND C - PUBLIC SECURITIES SOLD BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION BURIAL GR PO BOX 261 WINTHROP ME 04364 844936563 CEMETERY ME 501C13 KLT true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false BALDWIN HILL CONS BURIAL GROUND Q 15073 ACTUAL COST