BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 19, 2026
More than a year after a company led by Donald Trump Jr. bought a prime northern Maine hunting plot, it is preparing a private nature preserve and a hunting camp. The president’s son and his company, Trump Timberland and Wildlife Management, bought 3,900 acres in Crystal and Island Falls in November 2024. Trump Jr. is an avid hunter who shot a moose in the area on a guided hunt two years earlier. There has been relatively little activity on the property. But roads have been cleaned up and fences erected to lay the groundwork for what Trump Jr. hopes to turn into a wildlife preserve and hunting ground over the next two to five years. The company is in early talks with a nonprofit about a possible conservation easement. Eventually, it’ll be open by invitation for hunting. “No shiny gold Trump tower is going up anytime soon,” said Anthony Fratianne, the co-president of Trump Timberland.