The Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance was incorporated on November 1, 1988, as the Watson Pond Conservation Trust, a land trust with a fairly narrow geographical area of interest. It was reorganized in November of 1991 as the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, an umbrella organization for the six individual lakes associations of the Belgrade chain of lakes, and the land trust for the Belgrade Lakes watershed. Our purposes, as they are enumerated in our articles of incorporation, are:

• To promote for the benefit of the general public the preservation of natural resources primarily in, but not limited to, the towns of the Belgrade Lakes watershed and Kennebec County in the state of Maine. These resources include land and water resources, the plant and animal life thereon, and unique scenic, agricultural, natural, and historic sites.
• To engage in and promote the scientific study of, and education regarding natural resources.
• To use all property held by the corporation, and the net earning thereon, for the benefit of the general public and for charitable, educational, recreational, conservation, scientific, or historical purposes.