Medomak Valley Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy are excited to announce that they will be merging on Jan. 1, 2019. This follows unanimous support from both organizations that was confirmed at Midcoast Conservancy’s Annual Meeting on Dec. 6. The organization will have in its care over 11,000 protected acres within the watersheds of the Medomak and Sheepscot rivers and Damariscotta Lake.

“These waters are three of the region’s jewels, and we are excited to be able to do even more to protect them,” said Buck O’Herin, incoming board president of Midcoast Conservancy.

Midcoast Conservancy is the result of a 2016 merger of four local conservation organizations. Jody Jones, Midcoast’s Executive Director, said “From the very beginning we believed that we could do more together than we could separately. Together we’ve protected more land, kept more contaminants out of our waters and gotten hundreds of kids outdoors and active.” The organization has always kept its doors open for others who would like to merge and Medomak Valley Land Trust brings an impressive list of protected lands, a highly experienced staff member, Joan Ray, who will be joining Midcoast Conservancy, along with fully engaged board members and volunteers.

Mary Kate Reny said, “As a proud member of MVLT, and a board member of Midcoast Conservancy, I am thrilled that the deep experience of MVLT will be joining forces with the Midcoast Conservancy. There are incredible opportunities before us as a result of this collaboration.”

Until Jan. 1, Medomak Valley Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy will continue as separate entities. An event celebrating the merger is planned for late January. For more information about the two organizations, go to http://www.medomakvalley.org/ or https://www.midcoastconservancy.org/.