PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 5, 2026
Loon Echo Land Trust was one of the recipients of the inaugural round of the Maine Trails Program, receiving $142,000 from the state to develop mountain biking trails at the Rolfe Hill Forest area in Casco. Loon Echo purchased the 400-acre Rolfe Hill Forest property, which Casco’s open space plan identifies as an “area of high recreational and ecological importance,” in early 2024 after a successful multiyear fundraising campaign. Trail development in the area began last fall, when Loon Echo partnered with Mt. Abram Trails to construct a 0.7-mile downhill flow trail. Slated to open in the spring, it will be the first piece in a planned trail network, which the Maine Trails Program funding will allow to expand by 2.5 miles.