Conservation for Somerset County Since 1927

  • WINTER ACCESS

    Thanks to community support, we are able to keep several of our more popular trailheads open this winter. Our wonderful plow drivers are busy! Please be patient and give folks time to get to all their sites after storms. If you visit and the parking area hasn’t yet been plowed, please check back later. Please refrain from parking in areas not yet plowed - it makes it challenging or impossible to plow effectively.

  • PARSONS WOODS & WATERS

    We are in the final months of fundraising for Parsons Woods & Waters in New Portland! Straddling more than 1800’ of Gilman Stream at Katie Crotch Road, this 170-acre working forest provides key connectivity for the snowmobile trail system and important aquatic and terrestrial habitat. Your gift to the Carrabassett Campaign today will help us leverage a $155K award from Land for Maine’s Future. Learn more

  • VOLUNTEER

    Visit our Volunteer Opportunities page for a growing listing of volunteer opportunities, from trail care to firewood to community events assistance.

  • SUPPORT

    Somerset Woods is reliant upon the generous support of our members and donors. Your gift helps us protect and restore wildlife habitat, improve trails, and bring the benefits of time outdoors to our community. Donate today.

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    SOMERSET WOODS SHARE

    Through our Somerset Woods Share, Somerset Woods provides firewood as emergency heating assistance for community members in need. Read more.


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View fullsize Property care doesn’t slow down in the winter months. During their first week with Somerset Woods Trustees, Community Tree Steward Halle worked alongside Rachel and Lucy to mark trails at Coburn Woods in Skowhegan, then connected with Emma at J
View fullsize Talk about getting things done! 💪 Somerset Career & Technical Center (SCTC)'s Outdoor Leadership Program joined Emma and Rachel at Jackson Woods in East Madison to remove invasive plants along field edges. Cold weather didn’t slow this gro
View fullsize Are you or someone you know experiencing a heating emergency or insecurity? The Somerset Woods Share (Solon), a program of Somerset Woods Trustees, will begin distributing firewood in early February! While we may not be officially open just yet, we a
View fullsize Staff settled in Sunday for a deep dive into systems and processes - working through some of the bumps that result when you grow from a single part-time staff to a team of 6 in a relatively short time. Grateful for this team, who flexed schedules to
View fullsize Somerset Woods Share is looking for volunteers to help with firewood distribution this winter! Join us online Wednesday, January 28th from 5PM to 6PM or Saturday, January 31st from 9AM to 10AM to learn more about what volunteering for firewood distri
View fullsize Welcome Halle to the Somerset Woods team as Community Tree Steward! As an AmeriCorps member, Halle will spend 2026 helping us to build our volunteer capacity, grow our firewood bank, and care for our conserved lands. Halle is excited to join the So

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