The forests and wildlife of the northeastern United States have undergone a dramatic resurgence during the past century. While cause for hope, this remarkable recovery is incomplete. Our region’s natural heritage is increasingly threatened by development, pollution, forest fragmentation, climate change, and unstable ownership. The need to permanently protect wild lands and waters has never been greater. The Northeast Wilderness Trust is meeting this challenge, working with private landowners and other partners to save wildlife habitat from the Adirondacks to Maine. The Trust is the only regional land trust focused exclusively on preserving wilderness areas—places where nature directs the ebb and flow of life. Since its founding in 2002, the Trust has conserved more than 8,500 acres in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. Continuing this record of success depends on you—please join us!
Atkinson, Maine
New Project, Spring 2011
The Northeast Wilderness Trust is pleased to announce that it has commenced the second phase of a greater Piscataquis Preserve aggregation effort. The Trust hopes to raise $1.75 million to acquire an additional 2,200 acres around the Piscataquis …
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Come explore the ever-changing landscape along the Boquet River in New York’s Champlain Valley! Ecologist and botanist Elizabeth Thompson will lead us through these riparian natural communities and help us discover their role in providing connected habitat for plants and animals. Director of Conservation Science …
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The Trust has many exciting land conservation projects in the works for 2012. Click here to view a slideshow of some of these beautiful wild places and the people who are helping us protect them!
