31,000 acres returned to Penobscot Nation promise conservation without land-use restrictions

MAINE MORNING STAR • November 19, 2024

The nonprofit Trust for Public Land is set to return 31,000 acres purchased from a timber investor in Maine to Penobscot tribal management. It will be the largest return of its kind to an Indigenous tribe in U.S. history, without any easements or other restrictions. More than 420,000 acres have been returned nationally to tribal management over the past 20 years.