The City of Calais and the St. Croix International Waterway Commission were able to conserve the highest headland in Downeast Maine, Devil’s Head, with significant help from the Land for Maine’s Future program, the Maine Coastal Program, Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund and others. Devil’s Head, which towers 340 vertical feet above the St. Read More
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Ducktrap Preserve
The Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program has helped an ambitious effort to protect all the lands bordering the Ducktrap River, buffering critical salmon spawning and rearing habitat in one of the last eight rivers in Maine with runs of native Atlantic salmon. This land protection project has met with remarkable success, thanks to the Read More
Egypt Bay
As part of a Land for Maine’s Future project, nearly a mile of shorefront along Egypt/Taunton Bays as well as the title to two small islands, aptly known as the Little Islands, was transferred to the State of Maine. The shoreline tract has historically been used by Bald Eagles for nesting, and lies in the Read More
Farm Cove Community Forest
The Farm Cove Community Forest now includes the 27,080 acres acquired through the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership, and the 6,628 acre Wabassus Lake Tract, for a total of 33,708 acres. View a map of the Farm Cove Community Forest on the Downeast Lakes Land Trust website. This brief description will focus on the effort to Read More
Opposition to 2018-19 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Biennial Budget
Good afternoon Senator Hamper, Representative Gattine, and Members of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, and Senator Davis, Representative Dunphy, and Members of the Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee. My name is Eliza Donoghue. I am here today on behalf of the 19,000 members and supporters of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) to Read More
If America’s Public Lands Were a Business, the GOP Would be Bungling the Balance Sheet
by Yvon Chouinard Bangor Daily News reprint of LA Times op-ed American politicians have always been obsessed with running government “like a business.” They promise to make bureaucracies leaner and let the free market fix all our problems. Well, if America’s public lands were a business, shareholders would be shocked by the gross negligence of Read More
The Monument Has Incredible Potential. There Should be No Uncertainty about Its Future.
By Michelle Moody, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument — and the communities surrounding it — is a treasure with incredible potential, if only people are allowed to realize it. This summer, my local hiking group began planning a visit to the proposed national monument. We Read More
Trailblazing Maine Environmental Reporter Bob Cummings Dies at 86
A 1972 story by the longtime writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram resulted in 400,000 acres of Maine forestland being returned to the people of the state. By Edward D. Murphy and Beth Quimby, Staff Writers Portland Press Herald news story Bob Cummings, whose trailblazing journalism for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Read More
We Need to Let Land for Maine’s Future Make Good on Its Commitments
By Russell Black, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Early winter is just about my favorite time of year to be in the woods. The leaves are off the hardwoods, a few apples cling to the old orchard trees, a crunchy layer of snow is (usually) on the ground and, if I’m lucky, Read More
