WCSH-TV5 • September 23, 2020
The Town of Kingfield held a historic vote Tuesday to accept the Shiloh Pond parcel in a landslide vote of 119-64. 215 acres will now be gifted to the town, protecting public access to the land and water for generations to come. The High Peaks Alliance, a western Maine land conservation group, has been working to raise money to buy the land and pond ever since they became aware the family that has owned it for years decided to sell. Like many parts of the Maine woods, the private owners have always allowed public access. But once it was placed on the market, future access to this prized brook trout pond, and the acreage around it, was no longer a given.