PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 9, 2025
Forty-two acres of woods and wetlands in Falmouth near Highland Lake are on track to be preserved. On Monday, the Falmouth Town Council unanimously authorized the town to allocate $192,000 toward the Falmouth Land Trust’s acquisition of a parcel off Babbidge Road, called Babbidge Woods. Falmouth last helped the land trust acquire property a decade ago with the purchase of Hurricane Valley Farm. Both the Town Council and Plavsic noted that as the years pass, conserving land in Falmouth becomes more challenging. In 2007, Falmouth voters approved $5 million in appropriations for open space acquisition and has since spent $2 million on land conservation.