A new coastal Maine land preserve is so popular it’s creating parking problems

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 12, 2021

When Maine Coast Heritage trust closed on the $3.8 million purchase of 120 acres on Clark Island last summer, it was the culmination of one of the organization’s loftiest fundraising efforts to preserve public access to a unique piece of Maine’s coast. But in the year since taking ownership the organization has run into another hurdle ― the new preserve is just too popular for the eight parking spots currently available for preserve users.