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2010 Year in Review: fall 2010 | n ews lette r Maine Nature, Maine People f i r st thoughts

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Traded lands to protect an additional 10 miles along the St. John River — page 6 Collaborated to craft the Keeping Maine’s Forests vision — page 7 Completed invertebrate surveys on tributary streams at Big Reed Forest Reserve Debsconeag Lakes Wilderness Area receives two national awards from Coalition for Recreational Trails Presque Isle Helped to create ecological reserves on AMC’s Roach Ponds property — page 6 Acquired a canoe portage along the Moose River Bow Trip — page 6 Helped protect 253 acres in Quebec’s Green Mountains — page 7 Baxter “The people and the Earth are one.” State Park State Policy My new friend Tendai (or Ten) is an economics major at Colby College. Supported passage of “Don’t Move Firewood” Hailing from Zimbabwe, he spent last summer working as an intern bill to protect Maine’s trees — page 6 Moosehead through The Nature Conservancy in Maine’s new Diversity Program. He Lake is analyzing the economic benefits of the Penobscot River Restoration Facilitated revision of Maine’s regulatory guidelines for north woods land-use planning — page 7 Project, calculating the value of the services that nature provides to us through the river, in terms of dollars and cents. Supported launch of saltwater recreational fishing license program —page 8 I asked Ten what compelled him to apply his love of numbers to conser- Coordinated climate change vulnerability vation. He replied with a wide smile: “Vanhu ivhu, ivhu vanhu—the people assessment for Maine habitats and the Earth are one.” Participated in development of climate He explained that this native Shona proverb reflects the guiding environ- change adaptation recommendations mental ethic in his homeland—a recognition of the integral relationship for Maine’s legislature between people and nature. Ten feels that his internship is a way of Distributed $1.8 million in state restoration Bangor meeting his own innate responsibility to steward Earth’s natural resources, and conservation grants — page 5 regardless of what his career choice might be.That really rang a bell for me.

After all, isn’t that the ideal that inspires us all to action South e r n an d Coastal Mai n e in the name of nature? helped protect 83 acres of farmland and shoreline habitat along Merrymeeting Bay in Bowdoinham Whatever your life’s pursuit might be, I honor your support of The Augusta Nature Conservancy as an expression of your own sense of stewardship Preserved 96 acres with more than 2,800 feet for the natural world. Because you care, rivers are restored and forests of shoreline in Topsham are conserved. Because of your support, plants, animals and natural 15 high school/college students employed resource-based economies have hope for a sustainable tomorrow. throughout southern Maine as part of new internship program — page 5 So here we offer Maine’s “year in review” as a celebration of all we have accomplished together in 2010—thanks to you. Helped Maine IF&W conserve 100 additional acres of Waterboro/Shapleigh Barrens Vanhu ivhu, ivhu vanhu. Conducted controlled burns on 545 ecologically Portland significant acres throughout New England Completed census research of black racer snakes in Kennebunk Plains area Michael Tetreault, State Director Posted famous “Turtle Crossing” signs near The Nature Conservancy in Maine Mount Agamenticus Created and enhanced trails at Wells Barren, P.S. Please visit nature.org/mainenews to see amazing videos of Ten Berry Woods, Great Wass Island, Saco Heath, and others, and to get deeper details about all of our work in 2010. Waterboro Barren and the Basin Preserve

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Celebrate 2010 With Us Thanks to you, The Nature Conservancy is able to work throughout the state, throughout the year, Presque Isle protecting lands and waters for the sake of people, plants and animals.

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Moosehead Received FERC approval to remove dams and restore fish passage along the Penobscot River — page 5 Lake Continued in-depth research of ecosystem health along the Penobscot River — page 5 Collected inventory of fish-passage barriers in Penobscot River watershed — page 5 Supported creation of fishway on Blackman Stream in Bradley — page 5 Supported removal of West Winterport Dam — page 5

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Completed first season of groundfish “census” research around Penobscot Bay — page 9 Provided new , more selective nets to Port Clyde fishermen — page 8 Augusta Hosted idea-sharing sessions between east and west coast fishermen —page 9 Completed marine ecological assessment for entire North Atlantic seaboard — page 8

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FRONT COVER — Clockwise from top left: Aerial, © B.Besaw; XC ski, © iStockphoto.com/gelyngfjell; carrots, © B.Besaw/Maine Farmland Trust; Eel research, © TNC; Moose, © TNC; Big Reed Pond, © Daniel Grenier; River research, © B.Besaw; Monarch, © TNC; Kayaks, © D.Bates; Fire keepers, © TNC; Blueberries, © iStockphoto.com/andipantz; Black racer snake, © TNC; TNC Next event, © TNC. BACK COVER — Morse Mt. Preserve, © S .Fitzpatrick/ TNC; Diversity interns, © D.Bates/ TNC; Alex Mas on Mt. Katahdin, © S .Fitzpatrick/TNC. EDITOR’S LETTER — Michael Tetreault © S .Fitzpatrick/TNC

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Two Lives, One River How two local students came to really know the Penobscot

By mist y ann edgecomb

When biologists thrust a writhing silver fish into your water-filled “He knew everything about the river and how it worked,” says Rapp. rubber boot, it’s time to start running. But the river flows between the generations, and natural wisdom is This is an Atlantic salmon, a ghost of the river’s past, an endangered being rediscovered as Rapp visits remote tribal trust lands for the survivor that fought its way home across hundreds of miles of open first time and sees her grandfather’s lessons come to life. ocean; and it’s your job to ensure its safe transport to a fish hatchery “I was just raised to appreciate nature and everything in it—to for breeding. realize that there’s a balance between taking care of ourselves and The life of the river is literally in your hands. the places we live,” she says. “They’re feisty fish. It’s flapping all around, and you’re trying not Both Rapp and Relford were familiar with the Penobscot River to drop it,” Margo Relford says, laughing as she recalls one of the Restoration Project, a cooperative effort to restore native fish to the high points of her summer as a Nature Conservancy diversity river, but seeing the details made the importance of conservation intern on the Penobscot River. come alive in a new way. Holding a prehistoric shortnose sturgeon or boating alongside a mill’s discharge pipe—both women say they’ll Relford and her fellow intern Ana Rapp spent three months working carry these experiences throughout their lives. on all aspects of river conservation—from the fish trap at Veazie, where they tagged salmon, to the far reaches of the basin, where “It was shocking to see. You’ve got the picturesque scenes all around they documented impediments to fish passage. It was a fantastic you, but you can actually see the pollution bubbling up,” says summer job for University of Maine students preparing for a future Relford, who came to the Conservancy after considering a career in conservation, but the experience touched something deeper making paper. A previous summer internship at a riverside mill in these women, who both grew up on the river’s banks. showed her that she wasn’t meant to spend her life at a desk, talking Rapp, whose mother is a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, about nature as an abstraction and looking at the river through glass. recalls summer days spent paddling the river in her grandfather’s As a little girl, Relford would go out and lose herself in the woods canoe, listening to stories of how he caught fish and picked fiddle- behind her Brewer home, lying on the ground with the sounds and heads as a boy—a life that his descendants can barely imagine. smells of the forest filling her mind. “When you’re out in nature,

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january » As administrator of the Maine Natural Resources Conservation Program, the march » Maine launches a Conservancy- may » Conservancy celebrates the first migration Conservancy distributes $1.8 million in grants to coordinated initiative to integrate climate- season in a century on Blackman Stream (a support 11 public and nonprofit groups’ fresh- change impacts into wildlife management Penobscot River tributary) after supporting part- water restoration and conservation projects. plans for all ecosystem types. ners in completing a new fishway in fall 2009.

A Month-by-Month february » The Conservancy acquires two april » With partners, the Conservancy places parcels in the Kennebec Estuary, preserving more an easement on 83 acres of active farmland along Calendar of Freshwater than 100 acres and some 2,800 feet of combined Merrymeeting Bay in Bowdoinham, conserving shoreline habitat on the Androscoggin and prime shoreline habitat and some of Maine’s Conservation Cathance Rivers. best farming soil. on th e we b » Get to know diversity interns Ana Rapp and Tendai Mutunhire through video interviews at nature.org/mainenews.

everything has its own rhythm and everything operates by its own rules,” she says. “It helps you understand your place in the world.” Rapp’s and Relford’s internships were both made possible through The Nature Conservancy in Maine’s new diversity program. “Ana’s and Margo’s experiences on the river are exactly what this new program is about,” says Stefan Jackson, diversity program director. “It’s exciting to see these connections being made—between students and the natural world and between the students themselves. The summer was a string of these new ideas and new friendships.” Jackson explains that while the program is gratifying to manage from a human perspective, it is also a strategic move for conservation. “If the Conservancy is going to meet the challenges of the next century, we need to build a bigger tent and cultivate our next generation of leaders.” “So the Conservancy is getting just as much out of this as the students are,” he says. “As we work to protect biodiversity within our natural communities, we are benefitting from the strength of diversity in our human community.”

Margo Relford (far left) and Ana Rapp (second from left) were both part of the Conservancy’s new diversity program in Maine. © David Bates/TNC

Introducing The Nature Conservancy in Maine’s new diversity program, an initiative to educate the next generation of environmental leaders. This summer, six New York City high school students with two mentors worked in Maine through Toyota’s LEAF environmental education program, while seven college students interned through partnerships with Bowdoin and Colby colleges, Davis United World College Scholars and Wabanaki Center at UMaine. Photos © David Bates

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june » Federal Energy Regulatory Commission october » Robust inventory of fish-passage approves the Penobscot River Restoration Trust’s august » Conservancy science staff inventory barriers in Penobscot River watershed’s streams plans to remove and bypass dams on the brook trout streams and lake fish habitat in collected. This volunteer-assisted effort will Penobscot River. Debsconeags Lake Wilderness Area. inform ongoing restoration in the area.

j u ly » Removal of West Winterport Dam september » Successful field season begins on Marsh Stream (another Penobscot completed for in-depth research of ecosystem River tributary), with support from the health in the Penobscot River watershed. Data Conservancy. will be used to measure benefits of dam removal and promote river restoration widely.

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Together, We Are Conserving Maine's Forests Crafting a Shared Vision Your support this year enabled the Conservancy to help develop the Keeping Maine’s Forests vision, an effort to conserve the state’s forests and maintain its forest products industry. This unprecedented coalition between diverse stakeholders includes landowners, businesses, associations, nonprofits and government. The result? A set of innovative strategies for maintaining Maine’s ecosystems and forestry heritage.

Keeping Bugs at Bay You helped the Conservancy bring a variety of organizations together to support an important bill prohibiting the importation of firewood into Maine. The initiative—supported by the Maine Forest Products Council, Maine Maple Sugar Producers and others—is intended to prevent the spread of invasive insects, like the Asian longhorned beetle, that could devastate Maine’s forests.

Trading Up for Nature Because of you, the Conservancy was able to link together 60 miles To preserve biodiversity and recreation in Maine’s North Woods, The of protected land along the upper St. John River through a Nature Conservancy invested $2.5 million in Appalachian Mountain Club’s property exchange involving the trade of 5,000 acres of timber- purchase of the Roach Ponds tract. © AMC, far right © iStockphoto.com/cglade land with low conservation value for protection on 9,000 acres of high-conservation-value forests and wetlands. The Conservancy owns 1,780 acres of the newly protected area and holds a conservation easement on the rest. Nahmakanta Unit (State)

Conserving Beyond Borders Thanks to you, the Conservancy helped Nature Conservancy Second Roach Pond Canada protect 253 acres in Quebec’s Green Mountains. As one of the last regions of southern Quebec where extensive wilderness tracts remain relatively intact, this area provides important inter- national wildlife corridors, connects to thousands of acres of existing Trout Pond conservation lands and provides habitat for 59 at-risk species. Third Roach Pond Fourth Roach Finding a Fresh Approach Pond Through your support, the Conservancy facilitated the process to revise Maine’s regulatory guidelines for land-use planning in the E a st North Woods. The new Comprehensive Land Use Plan will guide Br an the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) in reviewing ch

development proposals in Maine’s 10 million acres of unorganized P leas territories. Revisions include commitments to a collaborative ant River planning process.

Preserving Portage for Paddlers Roach Ponds Tract With your help, the Conservancy acquired a one-acre parcel Roach Ponds Reserve strategically located at Spencer Rips along the Moose River Bow Katahdin Trip. This small property sits within the 15,000-acre Moose River/ Ironworks Other Protected Lands Number 5 Bog area, purchased by the Conservancy in 2009. (AMC) Appalachian Trail Pending Moosehead Its 100 feet of shoreline is now protected from development and Conservation Easement provides paddlers an ideal canoe landing spot and camp site. Appalachian Trail

6 fall 2010 Making the 100-Mile Wilderness Wilder By sean fitzpatrick To serious lovers of the outdoors, the 100-Mile Wilderness is the stuff of legend. This hikers’ Mecca draws adventurers from around the world, challenging them to a weeklong hike with no modern amenities and no paved roads. Teenagers become adults here, artists find inspiration and wanderers glimpse nature’s timelessness.

As the wildest stretch of the Appalachian managed as ecological reserves—“forever recreation opportunities, are compatible Trail (AT), the section takes hikers across wild” areas where nature is allowed to run goals. The reserve plan for the Roach tract roaring streams, through tunnels of dense its course. exemplifies that synergy.” forest, past still ponds and mysterious bogs, This year, scientists from the two The process also informed AMC’s larger and over rugged ridges with panoramic land-use plan here. views before finally leading them into Baxter groups collaborated to identify the “It’s important that AMC manage the area State Park for the AT’s northern terminus best places to locate these reserves. for multiple uses,” says Graff. “In addition to atop legendary Mount Katahdin. “We came up with two unique reserve areas,” ecological reserves, we’ll expand recreation While the AT itself sits within a protected explains Barbara Vickery, the Conservancy’s opportunities here, through new hiking corridor, the surrounding forests are facing director of conservation programs in Maine. trails, a pond-to-pond paddle trail and new increased threats from fragmentation. So “The northern reserve protects the shorelines remote campsites. We’ll also manage select in 2010, The Nature Conservancy and of five “Great Ponds,” while the southern areas for forestry to help sustain local econ- the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) reserve abuts some four miles of the AT and omies and traditions.” partnered to make the 100-Mile Wilder- protects the headwaters of the West Branch “At the end of the day, we are restoring the ness a bit wilder. of the Pleasant River.” area’s natural character while supporting the AMC closed on its purchase of the 29,500- “We’re thrilled to partner with the Conser- needs of people, and that,” says Graff, “is acre Roach Ponds parcel along the AT in vancy on this,” says AMC Vice President really wild.” fall 2009, as one part of the Moosehead Walter Graff. “This project has enabled Forest Conservation Project, and the Conser- AMC and the Conservancy to amplify the n ew: mob i le donations! » vancy is contributing $2.5 million toward impact of our complimentary missions and Inspired? You can help us do more—text the $11.5 million purchase price. As part of expertise. Both organizations have a long NATURE to 50555 and you’ll donate $10 to the partnership, the Conservancy supported history in conservation, and we know that projects like these. AMC’s goal that portions of the parcel be protecting biodiversity, and low-impact

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Net Results At-sea research project brings fisherman and scientists together to build a better net

By k ate fr azer It seems strange at first: fishermen in favor Initial results of the research suggest that of a net that catches fewer fish? But more achieving this magic balance might indeed and more, those who make their living from be possible. the ocean are looking for new ways to sustain “The seven-inch, square-shaped net ended its bounty for the next generation, and a up letting out almost all of the bycatch,” novel partnership with The Nature Conser- Libby says. Impressed with the results, he vancy is helping them do just that. even started using the net when fishing for “We’ve been out on the water with fishermen grey sole on his own permit. “I’m happy with testing different nets,” says Geoff Smith, the results I’ve been seeing for sole,” says director of the Conservancy’s marine pro- Libby. “I lose some legal-sized fish, but it’s gram in Maine. “We want to see which ones more efficient. There’s less time sorting on release more of the smaller, juvenile fish deck, and I can get a higher price because and unintended species safely into the ocean the fish aren’t damaged." while retaining enough legal-sized fish for fishermen to make a living.” Ensuring the fish of the future While there is still much to learn about which The right net for the right fish nets work best for which species, Libby sees Using a net with larger openings is not an an inherent logic in letting as many juveniles easy sell to many fishermen, says Gary Libby, free on the bottom as possible. “Take less, a Port Clyde fisherman taking part in the leave more in the ocean,” he says. “To me it is research. With each increase in size, fewer obvious that this will ensure more fish to fish are caught overall, and some fishermen spawn the following year.” say they can’t afford to go any larger. But what’s most essential, he says, is for fishermen to be able to experiment with these But Gary Libby doesn’t shy away new approaches—an expensive undertaking from a challenge. that this project is helping make possible. In fact, he says the surest way to get him to “I’d like to see different-sized meshes used try something is to tell him it can’t be done. for different areas and different species,” he “I want a sustainable product—not says. “The same old methods just aren’t quantity, but quality,” he says. “My hope is Gary Libby on his boat in Port Clyde, Maine. working for fish or fishermen. I want to learn © S.Fitzpatrick/TNC that if I bring in better fish, even if there’s what might work better through practice. I less of it, I can still make a good return.” believe it is the right thing to do.”

Getting Selective Research tested different net configurations to find 7-in. diamond 6.5-in. diamond which catch enough legal- sized, adult fish of targeted species while minimizing the unintended catch (bycatch) of juveniles and nontargeted species. 7-in. SQUARE 6.5-in. SQUARE © Andrew Hamm/TNC

8 fall 2010 By the Sea, By the Numbers 140,745 square miles The Mathematics of Ocean Conservation were analyzed within the Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment, a resource for marine conservation from Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. Spanning the shorelines of 11 states and two provinces where 65 20 fishermen million people live, this Conservancy-led effort from California and the Gulf of Maine exchanged ideas and visits has assembled a wealth of information that as part of a Conservancy-facilitated knowledge-sharing initiative. will help decision-makers and stakeholders A delegation of New England fishermen visited Morro Bay inA pril identify conservation priorities in the ocean and hosted their California counterparts this August. With fishermen and balance different uses in ways that work on both coasts adapting to new regulations and changing fisheries, for people and nature. the sessions resulted in dynamic exchanges of methods, gear... and fish tales.

75 Maine organizations including government agencies, municipalities, businesses, $700k to nonprofits and associations collaborated in Maine’s climate $1.5 million change adaptation planning will be the estimated additional group, with the Conservancy annual funding for the Maine serving on the coordinating Department of Marine Resour- committee. The final report ces through a new saltwater includes more than 60 strategic recreational fishing license. recommendations, providing The Conservancy supported Maine with a roadmap for passage of the license through adapting to the anticipated Maine’s legislature in 2010. effects of climate change— The fees—$5 for residents, $15 from sea-level rise to increased for nonresidents and $50 for water temperatures. charter boats—will provide much-needed funds for enforce- ment, habitat enhancement and administration.

60,000 fishing hooks were dropped into the sea as part of this 150 tons of clamshells summer’s sentinel fishery around East were laid out by The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire to Penobscot Bay. This fish census research, create oyster habitat in New Hampshire’s Oyster River. The one- being performed by hook-and-line fisher- acre shell bed will attract up to 125,000 juvenile oysters (or “spat”) men using a Conservancy-purchased from natural spawn, in addition to the 250,00 hatchery-spawned fishing permit, was designed to provide data spat that were seeded here. The goal: provide a boost for struggling on distribution and abundance of fish oyster populations and clearer, cleaner water for the Great Bay species in the eastern Gulf of Maine. Fish Estuary out into the Gulf of Maine. caught during research were sold through a community-supported fishery (CSF) program in Stonington. PHOTOS — Fishermen in California; Mason Morfit’s latest catch;E astern states map © TNC; Sun and sea, © iStockphoto.com/ bigredlynx; Clams, © iStockphoto.com/Floortje; Hooks, © iStockphoto.com/EduardHarkonen. COLLAGE — S.Fitzpatrick

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Mai n e Legacy Published by The Nature Conservancy, Fort Andross, 14 Maine Street, Suite 401, Brunswick, Maine 04011, (207) 729-5181. Subscriptions to this newsletter are available to members. More than 9,000 households support the Conservancy’s work in Maine. tr uste es Jeanne Desjardins, Barbara Trafton, Stewardship Program Auburn, Chair Assistant P. James Dowe Jr., Dirk Dewley, Portland, Treasurer N. Maine Land Steward C.D. Armstrong, Bridget Edmonds, Scarborough Philanthropy Manager Joyce Coleman, Sean Fitzpatrick, Addison Director, Communications Des Fitzgerald, Dan Grenier, Camden Land Steward Ted Frois, Westport Island Charlotte Gretsch-Pretat, Operations Administrator Tony Grassi, Elsie Viles, © Viles Family; Maine woods logging camp, circa 1900, © Maine Historical Society Camden Martin Hayden, Donor Relations Manager Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., Milford Joanne Hollenbeck, George Jacobson, Assistant to Executive Orono Director Elsie Viles Leads the Way Marion Kane, Stefan Jackson, Falmouth Diversity Program Director Dirigo—“I lead.” Few have exemplified lands serve: as a refuge for wildlife, a Angus King Jr., Kathleen Jensen, Brunswick Conservation the Maine state motto so well as the Viles place for human enjoyment and a source Donald McNeil, Information Manager family, whose contributions to this area of economic opportunity. Bedford, Nova Scotia Corrine Kahn, date to the 18th century. And Elsie Viles Roger Milliken Jr., Sr. Associate Director And Elsie Viles’ challenge grant brings the Cumberland of Philanthropy has created a lasting memorial to that story full circle. The grant is helping to Bo Norris, Bruce Kidman, leadership, in a matching fund that is fund the 363,000-acre Moosehead Forest Cape Elizabeth Director of External Affairs enabling conservation of the very forests Don Oakes, Alexandre Mas Easement, which will encompass the Falmouth in which the Viles clan made their name. Director of Strategic 100,000 acres of forest once owned and Ford S. Reiche, Partnerships Cumberland The Viles family played a significant part managed by William. Theresa McKittrick, John Rosenblum, Operations Assistant in the prosperity of the Pine Tree State, St. George Through the Elsie & William Viles Found- Joe Merrill, as businessmen, lumbermen, community Jean Scudder, Finance Manager ation, Elsie put forward a $500,000 fund, Readfield leaders and philanthropists. The Viles family Bill Patterson, promising to match every dollar given Jane Sheehan, N. Maine Program Manager came to Maine before it was a state— to the project by others, up to the total Scarborough Joseph Viles arrived in Orland, near Bucks- John Sowles, Doug Radziewicz, amount of the fund. “I want everyone in Indian Point-Blagden Steward port, in 1776. Through a combination of North Yarmouth Maine to know about this project and Ben Willauer, Randy Rice, hard work and business savvy, each gener- to contribute what they can—big or little,” Freeport TIS Manager Jane Richmond, ation of Vileses grew the family’s business says Elsie, “Several people have told me Joe Wishcamper, and prestige. Freeport Director of Operations that because of my gift, they were inspired Josh Royte, Charte r William Payson Viles, Elsie’s late husband, to contribute. That really pleases me.” Honorary Tr u ste e: Conservation Planner continued this legacy of success, manag- Edward T. Richardson Jr., Tom Rumpf, With Elsie’s leadership, others have stepped South Portland Associate State Director ing several family businesses and more up to help conserve lands, and numerous Parker Schuerman, Staff than 100,000 acres of timberland in the donors have leveraged Elsie’s challenge S. Maine Preserve Manager Mike Tetreault, Nancy Sferra, Moosehead region. Executive Director fund to its full capacity. With her help, Director of Science He also continued the family tradition of northern Maine’s iconic forests will Thomas Abello, and Stewardship Senior Policy Advisor community leadership and stewardship continue to thrive. The challenge grant Geoffrey Smith, William Brune, Marine Program Director of forest resources. He had a special under- made in honor of William will help to Director of Land Protection Kathy Sylvester, Susan Caldwell, standing of the multiple purposes wood- create an enduring monument of healthy Conservation Coordinator Major Gifts Manager forests and ongoing forestry in Maine’s Maggie Carey, Barbara Vickery, Events Manager Director of North Woods. Conservation Programs g et i nvolve d » Dan Coker, Says Elsie: “If I could project out to 50, GIS Manager Roderick Vogel, Give a gift that goes further by leveraging a 100 or 200 years from now, my hopes for Joann Cooley, Director of Philanthropy matching fund. Contact Rod Vogel today at Philanthropy Assistant Penney Ward, (207) 373-5061 to learn about matching funds the forests of Maine are that they will David Daniel, Philanthropy Coordinator for the Moosehead Forest Project, interna- remain beautiful and loved the way they Associate Director of Philanthropy N ewslette r desig n tional conservation programs and more. are now.” Thanks to the Viles family’s Kate Dempsey, Donated by legacy and Elsie’s generosity, they will. Senior Policy Advisor McCabe, Duval + Associates

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Maine’s Top 10 Public Lands Care of the Conservancy

Test your knowledge of Maine conservation! We’ve compiled a top-10 list of public lands that were created or expanded through work of the Conservancy. The quiz below offers clues to our selections—give it a try by matching the clues in the left column to the answers on the right. When you finish, go to nature.org/mainenews to check your answers and discover just what the Conservancy did to help conserve these special places.

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10. This state park is a five-minute drive from one of Maine’s Acadia National Park most popular shopping destinations. Baxter State Park 9. one of Maine’s most popular remote paddling trips encircles a magnificent peatland in this recently protected area. Camden Hills State Park 8. the mountains meet the sea at this state park, which looms above one of Maine’s most picturesque coastal villages. Donnell Pond Public Reserve Lands 7. this area, located just 14 miles north of a major Maine city, includes the second-largest, and arguably most unique, Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge peatland in Maine. Moose River Bow Trip and No. 5 Bog 6. a 14,000-acre constellation of Downeast ponds and mountains, featuring landlocked salmon and abundant recreation. Mount Kineo 5. at 43,000 acres, this is the largest unit in Maine’s public reserved lands system. The Appalachian Trail passes Nahmakanta Public Reserve Lands through it, as does a popular snowmobile trail.

4. named after a famed Maine environmentalist, this public Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge area was established in 1966 to protect salt marshes and estuaries for migratory birds. Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 3. this complex spans more than 250 miles of coastline and contains more than 50 islands, providing critical habitat for Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park at-risk bird species.

2. this iconic landmark on the shores of New England’s largest lake provided raw materials for the stone tools of Native Americans.

1a. A Maine governor used his own money to donate this state park—which includes Maine’s tallest peak—to the people of Maine.

1b. America’s first national park east of the Mississippi, this park has drawn millions of people to discover the rugged beauty of coastal Maine.

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