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You can help protect this fishing hole on the Connecticut River.

I thought today I would bring you up to date on a few conservation projects I have mentioned in this blog over the last couple of years:

1) Connecticut River Forest, Clarksville, New Hampshire.  Last summer, I spent a couple of days photographing this project for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.  This 2100 acre property, just south of the river's headwaters region features 5 miles of undeveloped river frontage, making this a unique conservation opportunity in the watershed.  The Forest Society needs to raise 2.75 million dollars by June to complete the deal.  For more information or to make a donation, visit the SPNHF website here.


Dawn on Katahdin Lake - conservation success story.

2) Maine Woods, Millinocket, Maine. If you've been reading this blog, you've seen me make a few posts regarding the protection of 6000+ acres around Katahdin Lake in what is now Baxter State Park (see Brush with Greatness.)  In November, another 20,000+ acres was conserved through a collaboration between the State of Maine, the Town of Millinocket, the Trust for Public Land, and Roxanne Quimby.  Ms. Quimby purchased 8,900 acres of forest in the Wassataquoik Valley, adjacent to the Katahdin Lake parcel.  This is remote forest teeming with wildlife. (If you're not familiar with the work of Roxanne Quimby, I suggest you read the March/April issue of Yankee Magazine which has a great profile of her and her conservation efforts in the Maine woods.  She is a fascinating woman who now owns 90,000 acres of the Maine woods.) To read the complete details of this deal, check out the TPL press release.


Sunset on Indian Pond on the Kennebec River near Moosehead Lake - condos anyone?

3) Plum Creek's Moosehead Lake Development Proposal.  In 2006, I spent a week in Maine's Moosehead Lake Region making pictures for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (see my earlier post Up Plum Creek.) At that time NRCM wanted photos of the region to help promote their alternative plan for development in the Moosehead Region.  Plum Creek, who owns around million acres of forest in the region, was proposing an extensive resort complex complemented by 1000+ home lots.  NRCM and most other conservation groups feel this development is inappropriate for the region.  Since then, Plum Creek has revised their plan which is currently under review by Maine's Land Use Regulatory Commission (LURC), but the debate continues.  For up-to-date info about this issue, check out the Plum Creek page on the NRCM website.

Let me know if you have any questions about these or any other projects you read about here.  Thanks for your interest!

Until next time...
-Jerry

        

 

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