Midcoast land trust buys property crucial for protecting Atlantic salmon habitat

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 10, 2026

Coastal Mountains Land Trust has purchased a 55-acre parcel in Lincolnville, as part of a three-decade-long effort to protect habitat for endangered wild Atlantic Salmon. The parcel is “biologically quite important and quite active,” said Ian Stewart, executive director of the land trust. The land includes 1,580 feet of frontage on Kendall Brook, one of the Ducktrap River’s three main tributaries. The Ducktrap River is one of just eight rivers in the country, all in Maine, with a population of naturally spawning Atlantic salmon.