Dennis Hawkes, founding member of the Windham Land Trust, and Rachelle Curran Apse, executive director of the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, look out over a new 100-acre preserve in Windham from a bridge over Black Brook.

A blanket of fallen maple leaves cover the trails of the Windham preserve.

Hawkes and Apse walk part of the new 100-acre preserve.

The trails in the 100-acre Black Brook Preserve are well marked for visitors.

Hawkes and Apse cross a bog bridge in the Black Brook Preserve.

Hawkes stands near a glacial erratic while on a walk in the Black Brook Preserve.