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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainers should explore alternatives to closed parks and beaches
While observing social distancing rules, we need to be creative about where we go to get outdoors.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: To ensure respect for wildlife, rewrite conservation bond’s fine print
Damaging hunting and trapping practices should not be allowed on Land for Maine’s Future properties.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Coalition calls for state to borrow $95 million to get conservation ‘back on track’
Legislative approval and a referendum would be needed to borrow the money, which would be allocated under the Land for Maine’s Future program.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine maple sugar forest could still tap U.S. conservation funds
A prior effort to preserve Big Six Forest failed when a state land fund determined it lacked public access.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Last Mills Cabinet nominee to come up for confirmation wins committee’s backing
Amanda Beal, who now heads the Maine Farmland Trust, gets a unanimous endorsement.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Mills chooses head of farmland preservation group as agricultural commissioner
Amanda Beal grew up on a dairy farm in Litchfield and has served as president and CEO of Maine Farmland Trust since 2016.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Debate brews over splitting Maine’s agriculture, conservation department
Some interest groups who represent farmers and conservationists want to break up the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, but Gov. Janet Mills has reservations.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors, Politics
Task force calls for $75 million for Maine land conservation, state parks
The draft recommendations were compiled by a diverse group of 20 organizations discussing the ‘next generation’ of land conservation.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors, Politics
Groups seek feedback for reshaping conservation after LePage leaves office
The governor often clashed with land-protection groups over Land for Maine’s Future funding, delayed some projects.