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PublishedJune 14, 2021
Monmouth land to be protected from development
Conservation easement to protect a 273-acre parcel that includes forest, wetlands, open fields and 3,670 feet of shorefront on Annabessacook Lake from most types of development.
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PublishedApril 26, 2021
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.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2020
Maine Voices: Deer hunting with Robert Frost, or what I’ve found in the woods
I haven’t brought home much venison since taking up the pastime at age 45, but it’s brought me closer to nature and my neighbors.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
Maine Gardener: Invite wildlife in with a ‘lawn conversion’
Replace your lawn with a meadow of native perennials. Then sit back and wait for the birds, bees and butterflies to show up.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2020
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.
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PublishedJune 17, 2020
Senate OKs plan to boost conservation, national park maintenance
The bill would spend about $900 million a year on the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund, and another $1.9 billion per year on improvements at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and rangelands.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
Maine Voices: Trump rights a wrong by reopening marine monument to fishing
Though Maine vessels don't routinely fish Seamounts, the process that created the monument raised important issues.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2019
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.
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PublishedApril 8, 2018
Maine Outdoor Education Program combines Nordic skiing, learning
Stearns High School students are among those benefiting from a New York philanthropist's vision.
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