Maine conservation program sets funding record at $5.7 million

The projects include restoration of eelgrass in Brunswick and Harpswell, a dam removal in Freeport and salt marsh enhancements in Hancock, Georgetown and Wells.

Norway preserve receives grant for game-changing expansion

Western Foothills Land Trust plans a multimillion-dollar agricultural and entertainment center.

In northern Maine, forestry practices create shifting habitat for migrating songbirds

Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they're back.

State budget includes huge boost for land preservation

Lawmakers included $40 million for the state-run Land for Maine's Future, the second-highest injection of cash in the history of the popular conservation program.

Coalition pushes for $115 million in bonds to buy Maine lands, maintain parks

The effort has drawn together groups that include farmland preservationists, fishermen, real estate agents and an economic development organization.

Trump signs $3 billion-a-year plan to boost conservation, national parks

The law will help create more than 100,000 jobs, address the maintenance backlog and gives permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

A 36-acre lot beside Lake Auburn will be preserved as open space

Once part of Whiteholm Farm, a dairy, the land will be opened for low-impact recreation as soon as next year.

Land conservation task force releases draft recommendations for public comment

Public comment can be made through Jan. 23.

U.S. says conserving oil no longer an economic imperative

Conservation easements acquired for Franklin County lands near Appalachian Trail