Who We Are
Our Trustees
Our Executive Director
Our Advisory Board
Somerset Woods Trustees is a nonprofit 501c3 organization. We are governed by a 12-member board of directors recruited from our community.
Jack Gibson, President
Ernie Hilton, Vice President
Davida Barter, Secretary
Greg Dore, Treasurer
Ann Dorney
Kate Drummond
Patty Hager
Eric Lahti
Sarah Bigney McCabe
Kevin McFadden
Warren Shay
Chris Young
Our Advisory Board
Our Executive Director
Our Advisory Board
Thanks to our Advisory Board for their many contributions!
Jason Cooke
Joe Dembeck
Greg Drummond
Alan Haberstock
Bob Haynes
Sam Horine
Eliza Townsend
Will Reid
John Noyes
David Turcotte
Our Executive Director
Our Executive Director
Our Executive Director
Jennifer Brockway, Executive Director
Jennifer, through her consulting business Rise & Shine, joined the SWT in April 2020. Jennifer has worked in Maine's conservation and restoration community since returning to Maine in 2005, in 2018 founding Rise & Shine to provide clients around New England with conservation planning, community outreach and fundraising support. She lives in Troy with her husband and two children.
Our History, In Brief
Maps of Our Properties
Our Executive Director
Somerset Woods Trustees (SWT) was formed in 1927 and is likely the oldest land trust in Maine. Louise Helen Coburn (1856-1949) of Skowhegan, botanist, historian, poet, author, philanthropist and visionary, initiated the Somerset Woods Trustees and was its first president. A board having a maximum of 12 volunteer directors governs the SWT. The Charter of the Somerset Woods Trustees, its enabling legislation, as amended, states the purpose of the organization is to acquire, hold, manage, arrange, maintain, tracts of land the organization may be able to acquire, alone or in cooperation with others, in Somerset County. In carrying forward this purpose, the mission of the Somerset Woods Trustees is to protect lands which have significant natural or cultural resources and manage them in a sustainable way for public benefit. Where possible, the Trustees open those lands to the public under suitable regulations. The Somerset Woods Trustees is a 501(c)(3) organization and any donations are therefore tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Newsletters & Mission
Maps of Our Properties
Maps of Our Properties
MIssion
The mission of the Somerset Woods Trustees is to protect lands in Somerset County, Maine, that have significant natural or cultural resources and manage them in a sustainable way for public benefit.
Maps of Our Properties
Maps of Our Properties
Maps of Our Properties
Click below for maps of properties we own, sorted by towns. In order to protect the privacy of our conservation easement owners we do not include maps of easements.