Dodge Point Public Reserved Land is a 520-acre property located on the Damariscotta River in Newcastle, just a few miles south on the River Road from downtown Damariscotta. Previously an award-winning tree farm, the property was purchased by the State in 1989, with funds from Land for Maine’s Future bonds, and the Damariscotta River Association Read More
Forests and Wildlife
NRCM works to protect Maine’s natural areas and wild, undeveloped character, particularly in the North Woods. We support responsible land development and sustainable forest practices that protect sensitive ecosystems and wildlife. We work for increased public ownership of Maine lands, so future generations will know the Maine we love today.
Protection of Maine’s natural, remote areas was one of the issues for which NRCM was founded in 1959. More than 60 years later, much progress has been made but major threats to Maine’s land and water resources continue.
Read news & blogs about our work to protect Maine's forests and wildlife.
Maine’s Public Forests Need More Data and Lighter Hand
Increasing the amount of lumber removed and directing revenues to new purposes would set a destructive precedent. By Roger Merchant Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed ABOUT THE AUTHOR Roger Merchant of Glenburn is a licensed Maine forester. GLENBURN — Gov. LePage and Maine Forest Service Director Doug Denico insist that more timber needs to be extracted Read More
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Declared ‘Complete’ After Land Acquisition
By Irwin Gratz MPBN news story The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is now being called “complete.” The Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation says most of the land along the Allagash was acquired by Maine in 1966. Now, nearly 50 years later, the foundation says a 40-acre site, also called the Lock Dam Lot, was privately purchased last Read More
State Now Owns All of Allagash Wilderness Waterway
By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story BATH, Maine — Close to a half-century after its creation, the entire 92 miles of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway is now in the hands of the state. On Monday, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation, based in Bath, announced the 40-acre Lock Dam section connecting Chamberlain Read More
Conservation Projects, Big and Small, Would Benefit from Predictable Funding
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial The Land for Maine’s Future program has been in the spotlight in Maine because Gov. Paul LePage refuses to let the popular land conservation program work. In Washington, another important land preservation tool, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, is in jeopardy. Authorization for the program Read More
Maine’s North Woods Have Precisely What Most of the World is Missing
By Alexandra Conover Bennett, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Several decades ago, as a young Registered Maine Guide, one of the first canoe trips I led was along the rolling waters of the East Branch of the Penobscot River just east of Baxter State Park. Nowadays, the river and surrounding land is Read More
Public Lands About Much More Than Cutting Trees
By Jenn Burns Gray, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Over the past few months, the revenue generated from the timber harvest on Maine’s public lands has been in the spotlight. The Bangor Daily News published an editorial Sept. 25 that highlights the numerous problems with Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to increase timber Read More
Reason, Science and the Law: Where LePage’s Public Forest Plans Fall Short
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial Gov. Paul LePage says he’s giving up on the Legislature, but there’s no indication he’s backing down from his effort to cut more wood from the state’s public lands and set aside the revenue so rural, low-income households can afford to upgrade to lower cost heating Read More
LePage Should Stick to His Word, Keep Hands Off Land for Maine’s Future Board
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial Gov. Paul LePage’s pledge to detach himself even further from the job of governing and indefinitely hold off on making appointments to a range of state boards and commissions is, no doubt, an abdication of the governor’s duties. But it could be the best news yet Read More
