MAINE PUBLIC • January 10, 2024
A 3,000-acre swath of forest that had been eyed for a subdivision near Moosehead Lake has been permanently conserved. Scammon Ridge is a highly visible, scenic property that contains Prong Pond, a popular fishing hole, and sensitive habitats for migrating birds and cold-water fish, as well as moose, bear, deer and lynx. But 40-acre lots that were planned for the area. Karin Tilberg, president of the Forest Society of Maine, says the Scammon Ridge conservation effort is significant because of growing development pressures in the Moosehead region and because the approved developable lots on the parcel at the edge of Maine's North Woods are now extinguished.