City staff said the Planning Board initiated the survey as it works toward recommendations regarding Auburn’s agricultural zone.
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Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Forest Society of Maine conserves 8,175 acres in Coburn Gore Township
The property is on both sides of state Route 27 in northern Franklin County, and contains “important wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities and historical features.”
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Outdoors
Around growing Portland, a race is on to save large landscapes
Conservation interests are scrambling to preserve the region’s last big undeveloped spaces for the residents of tomorrow.
Posted inNews
Town officials pitch Freeport as a mountain biking destination
Freeport’s town council and conservation commission will hold a public forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall to workshop plans for an extensive system of mountain bike trails on Hedgehog Mountain, which proponents say will draw riders from around the region.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine lobstermen fear disaster as new gear regulations take effect
Lobstermen say new requirements for weak ropes and links, designed to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, will cause gear loss and injuries.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Natural Resources Council of Maine CEO Lisa Pohlmann to retire
Pohlmann has been involved with the council for 22 years and is its first female chief executive.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Conservationist Emily Ecker discusses energy
WOODSTOCK — Emily Ecker, an active member of the community, involved with forest conservation, Take Action Bethel, and the AFCI, took a strong interest in the outdoors at young age. Growing up with a community forest in her backyard, she spent every free hour outside of school hiking through the woods. “So when people would […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
12,000 acres of forestland conserved in Oxford County
“I think the biggest thing that that excites me about this historic donation is that Larry Stiffler and Mary McFadden have begun to put back together a landscape that has been quite fragmented over decades,” explains Kirk G. Siegel, executive director of Mahoosuc Land Trust.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Maine, News
Maine nonprofit buys another island for public access in 2022
Sheep Island, off the coast of Owls Head in Penobscot Bay, will forever be protected from development, now that Maine Coast Heritage Trust has purchased it.
Posted inMaine
More than 12,000 acres, some important to Sebago Lake water quality, to be protected
More than 7,500 acres of the land is located within the watershed of the Crooked River, which is the largest tributary of Sebago Lake.