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Working to Protect the Pine Tree State

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With your help, The Nature Conservancy can help create a Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet. Photo © S. Fitzpatrick/TNC

BIG NEWS! 363,000 acres of Moosehead Lake Region are now conserved! See the news release!

Be a part of The Nature Conservancy’s Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet Campaign, the widest-reaching conservation campaign in the history of our state. Our science-based approach is conserving natural resources across Maine, from our mountain forests, down through our rivers, among our communities and into the sea. With your help, we can preserve the lands and waters everyone—animals, plants and people—needs to survive and thrive. Find out more!

Mike Tetreault, The Nature Conservancy's State Director in Maine © Sean Fitzpatrick/TNC

Mike Tetreault:
Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet

Take a minute to visualize Maine's future with me.

Maine Spring 2012 Newsletter, Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet Photo © TNC

Spring 2012 Newsletter

Celebrate the people and places of the Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet campaign!

Moose River © David McLain

Moosehead Forest Project

Conserving more than 400,000 acres near Moosehead Lake, an unprecedented corridor of conservation..

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.

Old growth forest on Tunk Mountain, Maine. © Eric Aldrich

Nature's Top Comebacks in Maine

Maine's rivers and forests are once again supporting the fish and wildlife that rely on those habitats.

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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.

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They're running for nature! L-R: Dale Lolar,Jamie Williams, Bob Bryant, Barry Dana, Caroline Allison. Photo © Caleb Raynor/TNC.

Team Penobscot Boston Marathon 2012

These dedicated runners helped raise essential funds for the Penobscot River Restoration Project.

What do you love about nature in Maine? Photo © S.Fitzpatrick/TNC

Mainers Love Nature, and It Shows!

We asked a few folks. They were excited to share what they love about nature in Maine!

Lynx kitten in Canada, North America. © Janet Haas

Maine's Lynx and Marten

Meet animals that make their homes in the St. John Forest and see how careful forestry could actually help them.

Meet Team Penobscot—Dale Lolar, Bob Bryant and Chief Barry Dana—as they prepare to run Boston Marathon 2012 in support of the Penobscot River Restoration Project. Photo © TNC

Team Penobscot Boston Marathon 2012

Meet Team Penobscot—Dale Lolar, Bob Bryant and Chief Barry Dana—as they prepare to run Boston Marathon 2012 to support the Penobscot River Restoration Project.