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 […]
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Trusts closer to conserving Woodward Point in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Two land trusts have raised nearly half the funds needed to preserve land at Woodward Point. On April 16, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coast Wetlands Conservation Program would provide $570,000 to preserve 96 acres at the site. The conservation effort was launched last summer […]
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Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust seeks help in historic Mailbox Pool acquisition on Magalloway River
MAGALLOWAY PLANTATION — Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust received a phone call regarding a parcel of land for sale on the Magalloway River recently. After years of being on the market, the trust has entered in a purchase and sale contract to acquire Mailbox Pool. By acquiring the parcel, the trust will conserve access to the […]
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Wilder Waters conservation nonprofit to host Dawnland Gathering
TURNER — Wilder Waters Community, a nonprofit conservation organization in Canton practicing a new method of conservation — what they call “reciprocal conservation” — has announced its upcoming benefit, the Dawnland Gathering. The three-day educational event will be held from July 26 to 29 at Nezinscot Farm’s North Farm in Turner. There will be three […]
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Conservation practices group to meet
FARMINGTON — The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, in cooperation with the Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District, is inviting all local residents with an interest in conservation practices on private agricultural lands and woodlands to participate in a Local Working Group meeting. The event will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9, […]
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Citizen scientists sought for the Wild Leek Project
ORONO — The public is invited to participate in a project to expand knowledge about wild leeks in Maine and improve opportunities for the conservation of the species. Wild leeks (Allium tricoccum) are part of the onion family and grow in rich hardwood and floodplain forests. Also known as ramps, leeks are listed as a […]
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Gov. Paul LePage wants to tax land held for conservation
Gov. Paul LePage plans to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that would remove the property tax exemption for land held for conservation or public access by 2017. With less than a month to go before the legislative session’s scheduled end and this being a significant policy change, the bill probably won’t go far in 2016. But it’ll touch off […]
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Dispute roils Land for Maine’s Future program; no end in sight
AUGUSTA — A dispute between Gov. Paul LePage and a coalition of land conservation groups and lawmakers over funding for the state’s Land for Maine’s Future program is unlikely to end anytime soon. LePage has refused to issue voter-approved funds for the program until the Legislature allows some of the revenue from timber harvested on […]
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Land for Maine’s Future bonds put Jonathan LaBonte in tough spot
AUGUSTA — Auburn Mayor Jonathan LaBonte, former executive director of the Androscoggin Land Trust and a well-known supporter of land conservation, is in a seemingly tough spot these days. LaBonte, who left the land trust in 2014 to become the director of Gov. Paul LePage’s Office of Policy and Management, is now responsible for scrutinizing […]
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Legislative panel rejects LePage Department of Conservation overhaul
AUGUSTA — A key legislative committee has rejected a proposal by the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage that sought to dissolve the state’s Bureau of Public Lands and fold its functions into two other agencies within the state’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. As part of his two-year, $6.57 billion state budget proposal, […]