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Want to know more about Maine’s big wins for nature in 2011? The Conservancy has achieved remarkable success. Check out some of the year’s top stories below to see how you helped make Maine a healthier, more beautiful place! And please support our work in 2012!
With your help, we've had a year of remarkable conservation success. See what we've accomplished
This February, celebrate your love of nature and compete to win a day of free skiing at Sugarloaf.
Conservation Trends in the U.S.’s Most Populated Region. See the progress and check out the slideshow!
Winter logging in the woods of the Saint John River watershed of Maine. In the 1990s, The Nature Conservancy bought 286 square miles of forest around the Upper St. John River. While much of the forest is set aside as an ecological reserve, sustainable logging continues as a critical part of the local economy. In an effort to preserve the landscape and provide jobs, the surrounding Conservancy lands have been certified under the sustainable forestry guidelines of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), ensuring that all wood harvesting is carried out in an environmentally sound and socially beneficial manner. © Ami Vitale
Cracking the Code on Sustainable Forestry
In this Q & A with the Conservancy's Bill Patterson, see how we're achieving sustainable forestry near the Upper St. John River in northern Maine.
Nature's Top Comebacks in Maine
Maine's rivers and forests are once again supporting the fish and wildlife that rely on those habitats.
Maine Logger Eldon Pelletier in American Loggers at the Conservancy's St. John River Forest. © Discovery Channel, American Loggers
"American Loggers" Highlight Sustainable Forestry
See what happens when the Discovery Channel’s reality show mixes with sustainable forestry in the Conservancy’s St. John River Forest.
Explore the quilt or create your own personal fund in support of women and water.
Meet animals that make their homes in the St. John Forest and see how careful forestry could actually help them.
Explore newly protected No. 5 Bog – one of the largest, most diverse and least disturbed peatlands in the eastern U.S.
Top 10 Conservation Achievements
Maine state director Mike Tetreault highlights the top 10 conservation achievements in 2010!
Penobscot Tribal members Butch Phillips, his son Scott Phillips and Scott's daughter Sage Phillips paddle a birch bark canoe past Indian Island at dawn. The Nature Conservancy in partnership with an unprecedented array of partners, including the Penobscot Indian Nation, have come together to accomplish the goal of restoring the Penobscot River. Bridget Besaw
Ana Rapp, member of the Penobscot Nation and intern for the Conservancy in Maine, discusses the Penobscot River restoration.
A fisherman casts his line at Rainbow lake in the Debsconeag Lakes Wilderness Area, an ecological reserve and vital link in nearly 500,000 acres of contiguous conservation land that contains the highest concentration of pristine, remote ponds in New England, as well as thousands of acres of mature forests, Maine. Rob Vogel
Collaborating with Maine Fishermen
See how we’re using collaborative research with Maine fishermen to identify more sustainable fishing practices.
Stay up to date with our conservation successes in Maine and beyond.
Meet the people here to help you protect life in Maine and beyond.
Author and environmentalist Rachel Carson. Author or the ground breaking environmental book, Silent Spring. Photograph from TNC Archive, original source, location or date is unknown. Public Domain
See inspiring stories of people behind The Nature Conservancy's results in Maine.
Floodplain Forest Conserved in Western Maine
Jan. 23, 2012
More than $2 Million Awarded to Conserve Natural Resources in Maine
Jan. 9, 2012
Have a “Green” Holiday: It’s Easy, Fun and Rewarding
Dec. 9, 2011
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