Falmouth Land Trust asks town to pay for half of 42-acre property

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 24, 2025

The Falmouth Land Trust asked the town Monday to contribute $192,000 to help the trust purchase 42 acres of a 77-acre property near Highland Lake called Babbidge Woods. Falmouth last helped the land trust purchase property a decade ago, when it acquired Hurricane Valley Farm. The 42 acres come with $384,000 price tag, with the Falmouth Land Trust proposing to split the cost down the middle with the town. The organization already has raised or been promised $142,000 toward the property purchase from the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund and other organizations and individual donors.