FREE PRESS • December 29, 2020
Midcoast Conservancy recently accepted a donated conservation easement on 16 acres in Whitefield owned by Sue Walker and Bob Lightfoot. They named the property the Brook Floater property, in honor of the habitat for the rare brook floater (Alasmidonta varicosa) mussel it protects on the Sheepscot River. The freshwater mussel is listed as a threatened species in Maine.