TOPSHAM – By protecting more than 2,500 acres of “the most wild and ecologically significant lands in Maine,” the Quoddy Regional Land Trust earned a 2004 Land Heritage Award at the land conservation organization’s May 7 conference.

Founded in 1987, the Down East land trust has focused its effort on preserving habitat and access on the shores of Cobscook Bay. For information, visit the trust’s Web site at www.qrlt.org.