PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 24, 2022
Land conservation projects in 2022 in Maine ranged from a grassroots effort to protect a special mountain in the Midcoast to the final piece of a 100,000-acre conservation effort by the Appalachian Mountain Club near Moosehead Lake. It all adds up to more recreational wildlands conserved for Mainers, more protected deer wintering yards, and the largest piece of contiguous undeveloped forestland in the Northeast getting further protection.