Business Maine: Statewide piece on a recently completed mix of land acquisitio

Business Maine: Statewide piece on a recently completed mix of land acquisitions and conservation easements that will protect more than 202,000 acres of forestland in northern and downeast Maine. The Nature Conservancy recently transferred an easement on 195,000 acres of land near Baxter State Park to the Maine Department of Conservation. A similar deal downeast protects nearly 7,700 acres in Washington County. The land was given to the state by The Conservation Fund and will be reserved for recreational use