Welcome to the Forest Legacy Committee Home Page

Maine’s Forest Legacy Program was established in 1994 at the culmination of the work of the congressionally mandated Northern Forest Lands Council.  The Council identified over thirty-five actions to reinforce the Northern Forest region’s traditional patterns of land ownership and use, the first of which was to ensure the consistent and adequate funding by Congress of the Forest Legacy Program.  This recommendation came at a time when both public and private efforts were growing to protect forestland in Maine from conversion to non-forest uses.

The Maine Forest Legacy Committee determined that the Maine Forest Legacy Program will focus on acquiring conservation easements or fee interest in lands in order to protect the traditional uses and public values of Maine’s forests.  The Committee advises the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands on program policy and recommends projects to be presented to Congress for funding through the national Forest Legacy program.

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Maine Forest Legacy Program Guiding Documents:
The Modified Assessment of Need

Recent Funding Table by Fiscal Year for Maine Forest Legacy Projects

Determining Monitoring
Costs and Stewardship Endowment Levels for Maine Working Forest Easements

Project Application Proposals Fiscal Year 2011

Katahdin Forest Expansion 3 Gulf Hagas White Cap Mountains Project

West Grand Lake Community Forest

Calendar Of Events

Date and Time	Location	Additional Infromation
February 4, 2010 9:00 AM	Maine Department of Conservation Maine Natural Areas Program Building	Agenda
September 1, 2009 9:00 AM	Room 206 Burton Cross Building Audio Link	Agenda Minutes September Minutes
April 13, 2009 9:00 AM	Department of Conservation	Agenda Minutes
September 26, 2008 9:00 AM	Department of Conservation 18 Elkins Lane Augusta, Maine 04330	Agenda Minutes
September 12, 2008 9:00 AM	Canceled
June 13, 2008 9:00 AM	Burton Cross Building Room 206	June Agenda March Minutes June Minutes
March 28, 2008 9:00 AM	Bolton Hill	Meeting Materials September Minutes

 

For more information please visit the USFS Northeastern Area Forest Legacy program