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ACADIA REGION© PAUL REZENDESAn easement generously granted to MCHT now ensures that 94 percent of Bartlett Island, a large and prominent landmark in Blue Hill Bay, will be kept wild.21 DedhamMaine Coast Heritage Trust helped the New EnglandForestry Foundation secure an easement on 725 acres ofworking forest near Hatcase Pond in Dedham. The easementprevents future development while allowing sustainableforestry practices.22 Swans IslandAn easement donated to Acadia National Parkprotects a scenic stretch of shorefront on Stanley Point,complementing previous conservation efforts by neighboringlandowners. MCHT facilitated the easement transfer.23 Mount DesertThe owner of Bartlett Island in Blue Hill Bay donatedto MCHT a conservation easement that clusters all futureresidences into a limited area near the existing farm, keepingthe vast majority of the 2,100-acre island undeveloped. Thisrecent easement augments one previously donated to theTown of Mt. Desert.10 Maine Coast Heritage Trust24 Mount DesertFolly Island, an undeveloped island at the southern endof Bartlett Narrows, lies along a popular kayaking route. Theisland’s former owners generously donated this property toMCHT, which is transferring a “forever wild” easement onthe island to Acadia National Park.25 TremontA private landowner gave Maine Coast Heritage Trustfive acres of forests and fields bordering Bass Harbor inTremont. This new community preserve offers attractiveharbor views.26 Bar HarborMCHT received a gift of 17 acres of wetlands and awooded knoll that offers public access so people can enjoythe quiet beauty of Pray’s Brook Marsh. The new preserveadjoins land with conservation restrictions held by AcadiaNational Park.Maine Coast Heritage Trust 11
ACADIA REGION27 Southwest HarborAn easement donated to Maine Coast Heritage Trustnow protects 8 acres of woods and 3 acres of freshwaterponds and marshland bordering Western Way. The familythat has held this land since 1937 worked collaboratively topreserve the property’s natural and scenic values.ACADIA REGION32/33 Salisbury CoveThe Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and aneighboring private landowner each donated a conservationeasement to MCHT, protecting land by the lab’s SalisburyCove campus. These properties bordering Route 3 includewoodlands and a small wetland.34 Mount DesertA bargain sale and generous support from the localcommunity enabled MCHT to acquire 16 acres at the baseof Norumbega Mountain. The newly protected parcel,which includes parts of a popular community trail network,adjoins Acadia National Park and two private propertiesprotected by conservation easements.35 Mount DesertMCHT helped Acadia National Park and the Town ofMount Desert clarify restrictive covenants in the SchoolhouseLedge area. The covenants allow for continued use of a populartrail network from Northeast Harbor village into the Park.BRIAN REILLYMCHT now holds a conservation easement on the longest remaining stretch ofunbroken shoreline along Western Way between Fernald’s Neck and the Parkland at Seawall in Manset.28/29/30 Southwest Harbor/Mount Desert/Bar HarborMaine Coast Heritage Trust helped a private foundationpurchase three properties on Mount Desert Island forfuture transfer to Acadia National Park. Ranging from tidalwetlands on Bass Harbor Marsh to prominent road frontagealong the approach to Bar Harbor, these parcels help roundout the Park’s boundaries.31 Bar HarborMCHT purchased North Twinnie Island through a“bargain sale” (below market value). Protection of this 3-acreisland completes the conservation of an archipelago thatincludes Thomas Island (purchased by MCHT in 2005) andSouth Twinnie Island (conserved by MCHT and now ownedby U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service).12 Maine Coast Heritage TrustA conservation donation of 12 acres along Northeast Creek will protect thispristine estuary in the heart of Mount Desert Island.36 Bar HarborThe headwaters of Northeast Creek will benefit fromthe gift in fee of 12 wetland acres to Acadia National Park.Maine Coast Heritage Trust negotiated the transfer of thiswetland, which is a popular setting for canoeing, kayakingand wildlife observation.Maine Coast Heritage Trust 13RICH KNOX
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