Completion of Conservation Forest Projects Celebrated

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AUGUSTA - State officials celebrated the completion of two major land conservation projects Tuesday, including an unprecedented alliance negotiated four years ago that kept two Millinocket-area mills working while preserving 195,000 acres of forestland.

The Maine Department of Conservation recently took over management of more than 200,000 acres in Down East and north- central Maine near Baxter State Park. Both projects have been under way for several years and involved a mix of private, state and federal funds.

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Completion of Conservation Forest Projects Celebrated

The Virginia-based group The Conservation Fund recently transferred ownership of 7,700 acres at the headwaters of the Machias River in Washington County to the D...

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