PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 15, 2020
The Conservation Fund announced Monday it has purchased several parcels of forestland that total 15,408 acres in Oxford County — most south of Bethel — from Chadbourne Tree Farms, LLC for an undisclosed price. The fund’s acquisition is intended to protect the historic working forestland from development and to improve drinking water protection in the Sebago Lake watershed for residents in Greater Portland. The purchase secures 33.5 miles of river and tributary frontage, including 13.5 miles on the Crooked River, which flows into Sebago Lake.