BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — An undeveloped coastal parcel of 98 acres in Biddeford that’s home to nesting eider and bobolinks, deer and foxes is being preserved.

The parcel, which also includes sandy beaches, rocky shores, wetlands and forest, is believed to be one of the last unspoiled coastal parcels under single ownership between Kittery and Cape Elizabeth.

The Journal Tribune of Biddeford says the Timber Point property, which has long been in the hands of private property owners, has been conveyed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to become part of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. The transfer took place last Wednesday.

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