New Computing Power at KELT

BATH- More than two decades ago members of the Arrowsic Conservation Commission gathered around a kitchen table to discuss forming a non-profit organization that could own and manage land that had been permanently protected from development.

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is the manifestation of that plan and has been protecting the land and natural resources in eight communities stretching from Merrymeeting Bay to the mouth of the Kennebec River since 1989.

The non-profit organization recently was awarded $1000 from the Alfred M. Senter Fund to upgrade outdated computer equipment. The volunteer run organization hired its first staff member in 2004 and now employs three full-time and three half-time staff members at its office on Front Street in Bath. Additionally volunteers contributed over 2,000 hours this year, performing projects such as trail maintenance, data base entry, event support, water quality monitoring and monitoring the eight preserves which are available free of charge to the public from dawn to dusk.

Alfred M. Senter Fund is a private charitable foundation promoting the cultural, educational, environmental well being of the residents of Brunswick, Topsham, Durham, Harpswell, West Bath and Lisbon and Bath.