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How You Can Help
Taking the Initiative
The Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative is a coalition of 10 ten national, regional and local partners representing federal and governmental agencies, statewide land protection organizations and three local land trusts. Mount Agamenticus Conservation PlanIn 2004, the partners in the Mount A to the Sea Conservation Initiative commissioned a conservation plan for the Mount Agamenticus region. For More InformationFor information about the ecology, history and recreational opportunities at Mount Agamenticus, visit www.agamenticus.org. For more about the Conservanct's work at Mount Agamenticus contact our southern Maine field office at (207) 646-1788.
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An oasis of diversity in southern Maine, the Mount Agamenticus region is home to the largest intact coastal forest between Acadia National Park and the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
The region covers nearly 30,000 acres in the southern
For some of the species found here these lands are more than a home; they are virtually a last refuge in
The Mount Agamenticus region is also one of the fastest growing regions in Maine. Rapid development and urban sprawl are threatening habitat, recreation and the region's quality of life. To abate this threat, The Nature Conservancy helped form the
The Conservancy and its partners in the Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative recently celebrated the conclusion of a $17 million fundraising campaign. Once land acquisition projects still in process are completed, the total conservation area will exceed 14,000 acres of open space.
Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Margaret Pizer/TNC (Bird-watcher at Mount Agamenticus); Photo © Keith Fletcher/TNC (Blandings turtle); Photo © Margaret Pizer/TNC (Volunteer Frank Dehler describes the reptiles and amphibians that use the vernal pools of Mount Agamenticus).
The wetlands and vernal pools surrounding Mount Agamenticus are breeding and feeding grounds for wood frogs, blue-spotted salamanders, the threatened spotted and Blanding's turtles, and the rare ebony and ringed boghaunter dragonflies. These rich forests and fields also support a wide range of mammals and birds, including the snowshoe hare, black bear, wild turkey and great horned owl.