Woodie Wheaton Land Trust Center
The Woodie Wheaton Land Trust Center connects conservation and community and provides office and meeting facilities for the Trust. It also serves as a base for educational outreach and is available for use by local community groups. Visitors can also find an array of conservation materials, maps, vintage photographs of local heritage, and prehistoric artifacts at the Center.
Conservation purpose
The property was donated by Woodie Wheaton’s wife, Ruth Wheaton, and is owned by the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust (WWLT). The construction of the WWLT Center demonstrates our long-term commitment to protecting the Chiputneticook Lakes Region.
The Woodie Wheaton Land Trust office is staffed and open seasonally, from May 15-October 1; however, we will respond to calls and email messages year-round.
Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM- 4:00 PM
office@woodiewheaton.org
207-448-3250
Public Access
- Souvenirs/gift shop
- Conservation Materials
- Records
- Maps
- Historic Photographs & Artifacts
Public Uses & Features
- Assembly Hall
- Covered Porch
- Outdoor Seating
About the WWLT Center
The Woodie Wheaton Land Trust Center was completed in 2009 to serve as the Trust’s business office and meeting facility. Ruth Wheaton—Woodie Wheaton's wife—generously donated the property to the WWLT. It was one of the most desirable building sites in the center of the village. We will be eternally grateful for her generosity.
Approximately one-third of the Center’s anticipated project cost became a reality through a major enabling financial contribution by Robert Hector, friend of the Trust.
Between May 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009, 67 contributors, who had never contributed to the WWLT previously, donated $26,088 to the WWLT Center Construction Fund which satisfied the terms of the C. F. Adams Charitable Trust Challenge and C.F. Adams kindly sent their $25,000.00 matching grant.
In addition, the Maine Community Foundation challenged us to raise $25,000.00 for an Endowment Fund for the WWLT Center. Thanks to the generous gifts of our donors, we met that challenge as well. In January 2010, with the proceeds from both, we established a WWLTC Endowment Fund which will provide income for the maintenance and repairs that are inevitable for a building in the north country.
The landscaping was completed in the Spring of 2010. And through gifts from our generous donors we were able to purchase furnishings for the small meeting room, the office, the kitchen and the guest room upstairs.
In addition to serving as the Trust’s new office and meeting facility, the Center provides a base for community outreach, education, field trips and is available for use by other community groups in Maine and New Brunswick.
The Center provides for a new level of professionalism and allows directors a place to meet away from their own cottage porches, living rooms and kitchens taking place into the wee hours which invaded family privacy for fifteen years. “Now those closets cramped with maps and bedrooms stacked with file cabinets have a permanent residence and an organization run on deep seated passion and personal sacrifice is better positioned for the Herculean tasks of conservation, encroachment defense and staunch stewardship of the future” states Director, Art Wheaton.
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We rely on the generosity of our members to preserve stunning waterways, promote healthy ecosystems, maintain shorelines, and protect wildlife populations. Donate today and become a supporting member of the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust.
Donate"I had already fallen in love with Forest City and the Trust gave me another reason to be connected to the area."