BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust is offering two free special outdoor programs for the public at its preserves during December. At 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, Loon Echo Land Trust’s stewardship manager, Jon Evans, will meet anyone who wants to explore some of the highlights of the Perley Mills Community Forest. Owned by the […]
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Sunrise hike up Bald Pate Mountain March 20
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust will host its annual sunrise hike up Bald Pate Mountain in South Bridgton on Sunday, March 20. Those attending should meet at 6 a.m. at the Bald Pate Mountain main parking lot on Route 107. The moderate hike includes a 300-foot elevation gain and is about a two-hour round […]
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Otisfield voters approve budget, park lease deal, land trust request
OTISFIELD — Town meeting voters on Saturday approved a $1.5 million municipal budget and gave selectmen the thumbs up on their proposed Heniger Park lease agreement, which would extend leases on town-owned lakeside property by 99 years. Voters also appropriated money to help the Western Foothills Land Trust acquire a large parcel of working forest […]
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Land trust pitches purchases to Otisfield board
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust and the Loon Echo Land Trust are working together to develop a community forest project on the Crooked River that will include 590 acres of woodlands in Otisfield and Harrison. Lee Dassler of the Western Foothills Land Trust told Otisfield selectmen last week that the trust will be […]
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Otisfield asked to accept community forest
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust has asked the town to consider accepting a 252-acre parcel the trust is negotiating to buy as a community forest. The Norway-based land trust is working with the Loon Echo Land Trust in Bridgton to acquire about 550 acres in Otisfield and Harrison from a single landowner for […]