PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 3, 2023
Funding from Maine’s Land for Maine’s Future program is being used to help protect nine parcels totaling thousands of acres, Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday. The parcels range from more than 2,500 acres near the Appalachian Trail in Franklin County to 155 acres in Wells for trails and to preserve habitat for the New England cottontail. Since lawmakers approved $40 million to reinvigorate the LMF program, Mills said, the LMF Board has approved 46 new projects totaling $5.19 million that is expected to leverage an additional $6.7 million in private and federal money.