MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS • December 18, 2020
New England Forestry Foundation has added a 2,200-acre forest near the Bay of Fundy in Downeast Maine’s Washington County to a growing roster of public-use properties across New England that support wildlife and forestry. Called the Venture Brook Community Forest, this new forestland abuts the Dennys River corridor, and the streams and wetlands on the property provide clean water for native Atlantic Salmon and Brook Trout. In 2020, NEFF has taken ownership of and permanently protected 8,078 total acres of forestland, split between Venture Brook and three other parcels: the 3,100-acre Frenchman Bay Community Forest in Hancock, Maine; the 2,690-acre Holmes Stream Community Forest in Whiting, Maine; and the 88-acre Perkins Woodlands in Royalston, Mass.