A stone's throw away from Sugarloaf Ski Resort, Maine's most popular ski area, the Crocker Mountain property buffers more than ten miles of the Appalachian Trail, making it a prime location for second home residential development. The Orbeton Stream property is strategically located near the expanding recreational hubs of Carrabassett, Rangeley, and Kingfield.
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Descending to the southeast from the 4,180-foot crest of Old Speck
Mountain, one of Maine's highest peaks, the Grafton Notch project
forever protects 3,688 acres of stunning landscape in one of New
England's premier hiking areas.
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In 2003, TPL assisted the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) in purchasing the Katahdin IronWorks property as the first project in AMC's MaineWoods Initiative.
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Pristine and scenic Katahdin Lake has been coveted by conservationists for generations. Since 1921, when Maine Governor Percival Baxter identified the Lake as a critical piece of the Park that bears his name, this parcel of old growth forests and dramatic vistas had eluded all conservation efforts.
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In March 2011, The Trust for Public Land protected two working forest properties totaling more than 7,000 acres in the Millinocket region of Maine, just east of the iconic Baxter State Park, where TPL protected Katahdin Lake in 2006.
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In December 2001, The Trust for Public Land helped the Department of Conservation acquire 2,468 acres as an addition to Mt. Blue State Park.
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TPL helped protect land including 12 miles of frontage on Seboeis Lake and Northwest Pond and another 4.8 miles of island shoreline.
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By helping protect land around the south section of Seboeis Lake, The Trust for Public Land has protected 99 percent of the 45-miles of lakeshore and created an anchor to Maine's largest contiguous block of conservation land—more than half a million acres.
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In January 2010 TPL helped purchase of a conservation easement on the 3,363 property on Stowe Mountain, Maine.
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With help from The Trust for Public Land, Maine's Department of Conservation permanently protected roughly 11,800 acres around Tumbledown Mountain in December 2002.
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