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 New England Forestry Foundation is growing a worthy conservation successor to its groundbreaking Pingree Forest project, which the foundation completed in 2001. Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership builds on our experience with the Pingree project and expands our reach in several exciting ways - it involves a partnership with two local land trusts, includes two fee purchases of critical river and lake shorefront and acquisition of a sustainable forestry easement on over 312,000 acres. |
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 NEFF has joined with the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust, the Maine Department of Conservation and Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, and the St. Croix International Waterway Commission to purchase and conserve forever 50 miles of forested waterfront on Spednic Lake and the St. Croix River in Maine. This spectacular corridor on the US/Canda borderis recognized internationally for its wildlife, scenic resources and outstanding backcountry recreation. More» |
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NEFF recently purchased a conservation easement for the Pingree Forest Project in Maine. The final easement protects 762,192 acres instead of the original 754,673 acres due to participation from the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. The Pingree family has owned this land in northern and western Maine for seven generations. The project now protects a green-certified, "well-managed" forest that is home to a spectacular assemblage of natural resources. More» |
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Smokey House Center has donated a conservation easement to NEFF on 3,757 acres of woodland in Danby, Vermont. Smokey House provides a residential program to high school students in farming, forestry, and ecological research. The 5,000-acre campus is the center of the experience for the students, with approximately 700 acres of farmland and the rest forested. More» |
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NEFF assisted Bill Hull, a Connecticut sawmill owner, to find buyers of conservation easements on over 7,000 acres of forestland he purchased from the Peck Family in western Massachusetts. He also sold easements on some of his own land, which brought the total land protected by the project to over 8,500 acres on 50 separate parcels. More» |
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NEFF hosts one of twelve projects that are part of the Ford Foundation's five-year National Community Forestry Demonstration Program. Our work in the North Quabbin region in central Massachusetts seeks to increase the role that forests, locally produced wood products, and forest-based tourism play in a sustainable local economy. More» |
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 NEFF is nearing the end of the three year research project at Hersey Mountain. Over 4000 acres were protected there with the goal of exploring the relationship between managed lands and wildlands. When the biological survey is completed this year, we will make a decision about how to divide the land between wildlands and managed lands, and then protect these designations with easements. We will monitor Hersey mountain for medium and long term impacts of this balance on the health of the ecosystem. | ||
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