FORBES • June 24, 2020
There are still some places on Earth where the water is so clean, you can drink it unfiltered. The Conservation Fund recently acquired more than 15,000 acres of pine forestland in Western Maine. Money for the purchase of 15,408 acres of Chadbourne Tree Farms came from proceeds of The Conservation Fund’s first-ever sale of $150 million in “green bonds” issued last year. The property is managed by the 11th and 12th generations of the Chadbourne family. The Chadbourne project is just one of six made possible by the green bonds, including the Pleasant River Headwaters in Maine.