Jim Connors grew up in Bangor and resides in Monmouth. He is a long-time member of KLT, board member, past president and currently co-chair of the lands committee. He is retired from a 40 yr career with the State of Maine. A graduate of the University of Maine with two degrees in forestry. Jim is an avid “consumer” of conserved lands, enjoys hiking and cross-country skiing, and wandering in the woods.

Elizabeth Davidson grew up in Massachusetts and enjoyed summer visits to the family cottage on China Lake. After teaching for 37 years in the music department at the University of California at Berkeley, she retired and moved to Vassalboro, Maine. In 2005, she donated 97 acres of land behind her house to the Kennebec Land Trust. Today that property is known as the Davidson Nature Preserve. An avid birder, Elizabeth enjoyed watching the many species of birds that habited her blueberry fields, woods, and fen.

Glenn has been passionate about land conservation in Kennebec County for the last 25 years and has volunteered in many roles for KLT, including as a past President. He works as a Research Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, based out of Augusta, and lives in Hallowell with his wife Sara. Glenn’s outdoor interests include canoeing and cross-country skiing but these have been overshadowed in recent years by various aspects of birding, including documenting breeding and winter birds across Maine.

Mark and his wife Judy reside in Manchester. He was the President and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, but is retired as of 2014. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1975 with a BA in Mathematics, and Stonier Graduate School of Banking in 1983. Mark is heavily involved in his community and is the Director and Treasurer of both Camp KV for Kids and the Elsie and William Viles Foundation. He is not only the Advisory Board Member for KLT, but also the Theater at Monmouth, Kennebec Historical Society and Johnson Hall. In his spare time he volunteers at the Winthrop Food Pantry, enjoys classic cars, and plays the piano and organ.

Kevin is a retired physician who lives in Hallowell. He has been a steward at Cobbossee Islands properties for many years and enjoys canoeing, hiking, cross country skiing, botanizing, and biking all over Maine, especially on KLT properties.

From her home on Sunshine Hill in Wayne, Gloria's view of sunset and the western hills is "a sweet view -- sweet to the eye and the mind.” Together with her husband Lincoln, they have sponsored the KLT Lyceums from the start and welcomed the KLT stewards to an annual January meeting at the Ladd House for many years.

Barbara’s husband Mort was an early member of the Kennebec Land Trust, with Barbara becoming involved sometime thereafter. Summers spent on Lake Cobbossee in East Winthrop have been a wonderful way to experience the natural beauty of Maine. Barbara has a BFA from Pratt Institute in New York. She has had two children’s picture books published and also assisted with the writing/editorial work with KLT’s “Take a Hike!” hiking guides and the book Between Person and Place. Mort was a tenth-generation Mainer from Millinocket. He passed away in May 2017. Barbara continues to reside in Cincinnati with her dog Moss and cat Addie, and enjoys classes at the Art Academy, volunteering at the library, and visits with friends, children and grandchildren.

Andy is a third generation owner of Camp Winnebago in Fayette, Maine. Andy was raised at Winnebago and was a camper for 8 years and a counselor for 4 years. He worked for Outward Bound and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer, which inspired him to obtain a Masters of Science in International Development. Prior to his transition into leading camp, Andy led sustainable development projects in Central America and the Caribbean, and domestically as an AmeriCorps staff member. Andy’s work in the camp world extends outside of Winnebago. He has chaired a national committee for the American Camp Association, served as a board member to the Association of Independent camps (AIC) and is the former president of the Maine Youth Camp Foundation (MYCF). Andy and his wife Laura have two sons who have grown up at Winnebago.

Jon grew up in Augusta and lives in Hallowell with his wife, Joan Sturmthal. He is a retired attorney. He served 8 years in the Maine Legislature and was elected Maine Attorney General. He has been active in Maine conservation organizations. Jon is publisher of The Maine Sportsman and enjoys cross country skiing, hunting, fishing, sailing, canoeing and messing about in small boats.

Bob Mohlar resides in Readfield with his wife, Jean. He was one of the founding members of KLT and served as Vice President. He was on the NRCM board from 1962 to 1995 and served as president from 71 to 73. Bob has been part of the lands committee for many years. He was a practicing MD of internal medicine from 1960 -1967 in Brunswick and moved to Augusta in 1967, continuing to practice until retiring in 1995. His loves and interests are his wife, the natural world, camping, hiking canoeing and grouse hunting.

Jeff Pidot is retired from a career at the Maine Attorney General’s Office, for the last 17 years of which he served as chief of the Natural Resources Division. In the early 1980’s, he was Executive Director of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission. Outside of his professional work, he has served on the boards of the Kennebec Land Trust, Maine Audubon, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine Conservation Voters, Vaughan Homestead Foundation, Hallowell Conservation Commission, Lands Committee of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, and Maine Bar Professional Ethics Commission. He is recipient of the Natural Resources Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

David lives in Augusta with his wife of 46 years. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1975 with a BS in Forest Management and Minor in soils. In 1985 he worked for the State Septic System Program as the State Site Evaluator where he licensed people to be Site Evaluators (septic system designers). In 1988, he took a job with the Maine Department of Agriculture as the State Soil Scientist. He worked in that position until January 1, 2021 when he retired. He is a Licensed Site Evaluator, Licensed Soil Scientist and a Licensed Forester. He has three adult children and 8 grandsons. Conservation and water quality are important to Dave and his hobbies are fishing, hunting (partridges), gardening, working on his woodlot, and hiking.

Jym St. Pierre was the founding President of KLT. When he lived in Readfield for nearly 30 years, he served on the Board of Directors for a decade; his habitat now is in Brunswick. He has worked with conservation agencies and organizations in Maine, both as a professional advocate and a volunteer, for half a century. When not indoors piddling, Jym is outdoors paddling, peddling, tramping, skiing, or photographing.

Bob lives in Winthrop with his wife, Mickie. He is retired and a former Senior Vice President for a Commercial Bank. Bob served on many board’s and was a past President of a 246 unit housing development in Florida. He was a past director of KLT. Bob enjoyed many outdoor activities, fly fishing is one of his favorites.

Hon. Ken Curtis has many life achievements, but most notably was the Maine Secretary of State from 1965 to 1966 and the Governor of Maine from 1966 to 1974. He was born in Curtis Corner, Leeds Maine. His family owned a 360-acre homestead there that has since been donated to the Kennebec Land Trust. He has a love for the Maine outdoors and has been both up Katahdin and down the Allagash. Ken now is enjoying some well-deserved retirement with his wife Pauline in Scarborough.

Eric Doucette, PhD is an Associate Professor of Biology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where he teaches Botany and Ecology. Eric is a native Mainer and lived in Kennebec county for decades. Eric earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Maine. Prior to working in Academia he was a biological consultant in Maine. He spends much of his summer in Maine, and loves exploring our local woods and waters.

Charlie lives in Monmouth with his wife Rebecca Stanley. He has lived in this area most of his adult life after growing up in Buxton and Bethel. He is now retired having worked in various positions in state and federal government. He has served on the Lands Committee and for 19 years as steward at the Gott Pasture Preserve in Wayne. He has hiked extensively in the Western Mountains and canoed many years on the Allagash River. He and Rebecca now spend much of their summers in their refurbished lobster boat on Penobscot Bay.

Ron Joseph is a retired Maine wildlife biologist. He worked three years with the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and thirty-three years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His career took him to every region of Maine, although he spent the bulk of his years adding conservation easements to dozens of former USDA mortgaged farms prior to their resale in Aroostook County. His efforts have protected several thousand acres of emergent and forested wetlands while allowing agriculture to proceed on potato, broccoli, wheat, and oat fields. He's worked to conserve moose, deer, Canada lynx, beaver, eagle, peregrine, and songbird populations.

A transplant from New Jersey, Bob has lived in Temple for fifty years. He is a writer and translator having published several books, written columns for country magazines, and--together with his wife, Rita--translated upward of forty books from German. He sometimes gives a brief reading as a preface to a KLT lyceum program and enjoys mulling points of writing style with the staff. He joined NRCM not long after its founding and has been an NRCM board member as well, active too with Maine Audubon. For fun he enjoys doing just about anything a conservation-minded soul can legally do in the woods or on the water: swim, hike, snowshoe, spot a bird, enjoy the view.

Ken lives in Oakland, ME and holds both a BS and a MF degree in Forest Management from the University of Maine. He had a rewarding 24-year career with Great Northern Paper Company and then a second 19-year career as the Biometrician for the Maine Forest Service before retiring in 2018. He still provides consulting services on statistics and analyses of Maine’s and New England’s forest resources and our Local Wood WORKS. He is a long-time member of the Society of American Foresters (SAF), a SAF Fellow, a SAF Certified Forester, and a Maine Licensed Forester. His community involvements include Ducks Unlimited, Project Learning Tree, Baxter Park SFMA Advisory Committee, Quarry Road Recreational Area, and a Supervisory Committee member for the Kennebec County SWCD and his local credit union. He also finds time to be a NFHS Softball Umpire and Soccer Referee.

Scott Longfellow lives in Manchester, Maine, and along with his wife Sandy owns and operates Longfellow's Greenhouses. They have the luxury of working daily alongside their three children, Will, Evan, and Ellie and her husband Matt. When not working or travelling, Scott enjoys most outdoor activities; especially hiking, biking, and skiing. He loves to spend time in his woodlot cutting firewood, or in his workshop making anything from cutting boards to furniture.

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Douglas and Jessie Macdonald purchased a summer home in Wayne in 1967 and have loved being connected with this area. Jessie is a former Montessori teacher and administrator and Doug worked at the Chicago Botanic Garden. He now is the steward of a native plant garden in Illinois.

Patricia Mooney, PhD is Professor Emerita of Physics at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, BC, Canada and is currently Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in the Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department in the Fu Engineering School at Columbia University in New York City. Her parents purchased property on Echo Lake in Readfield, ME in 1950 and Pat has spent summer vacations at the Mooney family camp ever since. For many years Pat has been active in fundraising efforts for KLT to acquire conservation properties in the Echo Lake watershed, including most recently the Hewett Oak Hill property. Under the auspices of Lake Stewards of Maine, she is a Certified Plant Patroller and she participates in the annual invasive plant patrols organized by the Echo Lake Association for early detection of invasive aquatic plant species in the lake.

Dee’s family has been coming to Wayne since the 1940s. Her parents, Bob and Maril O’Malley, were among the very first land donors to KLT and fostered a great love and appreciation for KLT within the family. Harry served on the Sonoma Land Trust Board for many years and they both are actively involved with other community organizations in California. Harry is a retired Hematology Oncology physician and spent summers with their son Pete section-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Dee currently serves on the board of the Charles M Schulz Museum and is a partner/owner of Whistlestop Antiques, an antiques collective in Santa Rosa. Harry and Dee try to spend much of the summer and fall in their camp on the town end of Pocasset Lake.

Norm Rodrigue is a former KLT board member and past president, secretary and chair of the development committee. He serves on the lands committee and is the steward at the Hutchinson Pond Conservation Area. Norm lives with his wife Lynne in Manchester. They hike, cross country ski, snowshoe on KLT trails and bike on the Rail Trail.

Rebecca grew up in Connecticut, lived in Harpswell for 30 years, and now lives in Monmouth with her husband Charlie Jacobs. She raised sheep, sold organic vegetables, and practiced landscape design before moving to Monmouth. She served on the Board of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, and on the KLT Lands Committee. She and Charlie placed a Conservation Easement on their property in 2021. Besides spending time with their children and grandchildren, her favorite activity is being outside, exploring meadows, woods, marshes, lakes, and the ocean.