Rivermeadow Nature Preserve

Westbrook, 44 acres

Rivermeadow Nature Preserve will be conserved in Fall 2023. It consists of 3,300 feet of Presumpscot River shoreline and 30 acres of forested wetlands, some of the only remaining wetlands near downtown Westbrook.

The shoreline, wetlands, and forest provide essential habitats for hundreds of species of migrating birds, pollinators, reptiles, and amphibians. Many of these species are quickly declining due to habitat loss, such as spring peepers, spotted salamanders, leopard frogs, and wood turtles. This land will forever provide much-needed wildlife habitat.

This conservation area is located within one mile of 8,000 residents (40% of the residents of Westbrook).

The Land Trust partners include: Westbrook Housing (the affordable housing nonprofit that provides housing to seniors and families in Westbrook), Intercultural Community Center (a nonprofit that provides programming for new immigrant youth living in Westbrook and surrounding communities), Westbrook Recreation and Conservation Commission, and Westbrook Community Center (which provides programming for hundreds of Westbrook youth through after school and summer programs) to conserve this project.

Thank you so much to the nearly 200 supporters who generously donated to the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust in order to forever conserve this land.

This Preserve is in the homeland of the Wabanaki People. We respectfully acknowledge these People of the Dawn–past, present and future–and their connection to these lands and waters.

Rivermeadow Nature Preserve Trails

Coming 2024…