Western Foothills Land Trust plans a multimillion-dollar agricultural and entertainment center.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
In northern Maine, forestry practices create shifting habitat for migrating songbirds
Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they’re back.
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State budget includes huge boost for land preservation
Lawmakers included $40 million for the state-run Land for Maine’s Future, the second-highest injection of cash in the history of the popular conservation program.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Coalition pushes for $115 million in bonds to buy Maine lands, maintain parks
The effort has drawn together groups that include farmland preservationists, fishermen, real estate agents and an economic development organization.
Posted inNation / World
Trump signs $3 billion-a-year plan to boost conservation, national parks
The law will help create more than 100,000 jobs, address the maintenance backlog and gives permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
A 36-acre lot beside Lake Auburn will be preserved as open space
Once part of Whiteholm Farm, a dairy, the land will be opened for low-impact recreation as soon as next year.
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Land conservation task force releases draft recommendations for public comment
Public comment can be made through Jan. 23.
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
U.S. says conserving oil no longer an economic imperative
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs. The position was outlined in a memo released last month in support of the administration’s proposal […]
Posted inConnections, Livermore Falls Advertiser, The Franklin Journal
Conservation easements acquired for Franklin County lands near Appalachian Trail
The Trust for Public Land has announced the protection of more than 10,000 acres of land along the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of Western Maine through the acquisition of conservation easements on two properties. The two properties are adjacent to a Navy remote wilderness training facility in Franklin County. The 9,580-acre Redington Forest conservation easement […]
Posted inConnections, Rumford Falls Times, The Franklin Journal
Rangeley group continues battle against crayfish invasion
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust is continuing its investigations into the invasive rusty crayfish this summer. The focus will be on determining how far they have traveled along the shoreline. “Unlike other organisms in the lake, crayfish must literally crawl to expand their populations,” said Amanda Laliberte, Headwaters Lake Protection Program manager for […]