Sharing this great article on the Magalloway recently published in Inside Climate News that included our Maine Project Manager, Lauren Pickford, from an interview conducted a couple months ago. For the past three years, we have partnered with Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust and sent our field crews (led by Erin Rodgers) to plan and implement strategic wood addition in the headwaters of the Kennebago. We look forward to continuing our partnership with RLHT and supporting this grand land conservation initiative as a critical conservation strategy to protect and sustain robust populations of brook trout and other species who thrive in and rely on the forested lands and exceptional waters of the Magalloway.

Lakes Region Restoration Project Aims to Link Conservation Lands From Maine to New Hampshire

Approximately 78,000 acres surrounding the Rangeley Lakes may soon be linked to 500,000 acres of protected land reaching across central Maine to New Hampshire. A project announced March 18 and agreed to by four leading conservation groups and a 70-year-old timber company aims to bolster a priority spawning ground for brook trout, broaden a migration corridor for wildlife and restrict future development in the woodlands. The plan to permanently protect lands around Maine’s Magalloway River is the brainchild of the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, the Forest Society of Maine, the Northeast Wilderness Trust, and The Nature Conservancy.