KENNEBEC JOURNAL • December 27, 2022
A chunk of land adding up to more than 260 acres in Pittston, including a mile-and-a-half stretch along the Eastern River, will form a new “forever-wild” Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve, conservationists announced Tuesday. The Northeast Wilderness Trust announced in a news release it had acquired the land, which contains a freshwater tidal zone and a mature forest. Officials said the forest appears to have not been logged for many decades. Maine Coast Heritage Trust supported the project as part of its “Marshes for Tomorrow Initiative” and the land abuts a 50-acre preserve already protected by the Kennebec Land Trust. Conservationists say the latest acquisition ensures “protection of both sides of this stretch of the Eastern River, a tributary to the Kennebec River that flows to the Maine coast.”