Auburn conducting survey regarding future development, conservation

City staff said the Planning Board initiated the survey as it works toward recommendations regarding Auburn's agricultural zone.

Forest Society of Maine conserves 8,175 acres in Coburn Gore Township

The property is on both sides of state Route 27 in northern Franklin County, and contains "important wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities and historical features."

Around growing Portland, a race is on to save large landscapes

Conservation interests are scrambling to preserve the region's last big undeveloped spaces for the residents of tomorrow.

Town officials pitch Freeport as a mountain biking destination

Freeport's town council and conservation commission will hold a public forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall to workshop plans for an extensive system of mountain bike trails on Hedgehog Mountain, which proponents say will draw riders from around the region.

Maine lobstermen fear disaster as new gear regulations take effect

Lobstermen say new requirements for weak ropes and links, designed to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, will cause gear loss and injuries.

Natural Resources Council of Maine CEO Lisa Pohlmann to retire

Pohlmann has been involved with the council for 22 years and is its first female chief executive.

Conservationist Emily Ecker discusses energy

12,000 acres of forestland conserved in Oxford County

“I think the biggest thing that that excites me about this historic donation is that Larry Stiffler and Mary McFadden have begun to put back together a landscape that has been quite fragmented over decades,” explains Kirk G. Siegel, executive director of Mahoosuc Land Trust.

Maine nonprofit buys another island for public access in 2022

Sheep Island, off the coast of Owls Head in Penobscot Bay, will forever be protected from development, now that Maine Coast Heritage Trust has purchased it.

More than 12,000 acres, some important to Sebago Lake water quality, to be protected

More than 7,500 acres of the land is located within the watershed of the Crooked River, which is the largest tributary of Sebago Lake.