More than 12K forest acres to be protected in Oxford County

ASSOCIATED PRESS • December 15, 2021

More than 12,000 acres of privately owned western Maine forest is being conserved. Mahoosuc Land Trust will hold a conservation easement on the property in rural Oxford County to protect it permanently from development and forest fragmentation. More than 7,500 acres of the land is located within the watershed of the Crooked River, which is the largest tributary of Sebago Lake.