AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — More than 2,400 acres of prime recreational land between Milo and Millinocket will be protected by Maine’s public lands bureau.

Gov. John Baldacci joined legislators and conservation groups at the State House on Friday to announce completion of the Seboeis Lake conservation project. The Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit conservation group, transferred 2,434 acres from Bayroot LLC to the state.

The acquisition includes 12 miles of frontage on Seboeis Lake and Northwest Pond and another 4.8 miles of island shoreline. It builds on an earlier acquisition at the south end of Seboeis Lake. With the latest addition, 95 percent of Seboeis Lake’s shoreline is permanently protected for public access and closed to private development.