PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 7, 2022
Twenty new Land for Maine’s Future projects were approved this week, preserving public access to lakes, rivers and mountains. The LMF board said a third of the new projects were proposed by towns and cities to conserve recreation areas and four are located next to or near public schools, where officials said they can be used for nature-based learning and recreation. The projects approved this week will cost the LMF fund slightly more than $5 million. Some of the spending to preserve the open land is matched by private, municipal and federal funding. Since it was founded, the LMF program has conserved nearly 604,000 acres of land, with more than half of that working lands.