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Welcome to
the Maine Department of Conservation

The Maine Department of Conservation is a natural resource agency whose bureaus oversee the management, development and protection of some of Maine's most special places: 17 million acres of forest land, 10.4 million acres of unorganized territory, 47 parks and historic sites and more than 480,000 acres of public reserved land.

The Department of Conservation, created in 1973, has as its mission to benefit the residents, landowners, and users of the state's natural resources by promoting stewardship and ensuring responsible balanced use of Maine's land, forest, water, and mineral resources.

Conserving Maine's Special Places
for Maine People

 

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Welcome Visitors!

We’re having a spectacular fall foliage season, and we're reporting weekly on foliage conditions.

For more information, go to
Our Foliage Website!

For inquiries about current conditions, please contact gale.ross@maine.gov or 207-287-5266.

 

Enjoy Our Fall Foliage Slideshow!

 




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OUR MDOC NEWSLETTER: "From the Field" for the week ending 10/10/2009(.pdf)

In the Media:

"Elongated Scale," by Doug Rafferty, WGME13 (10/22/2009)

"Foliage Reporting Goes Upscale," by Bill Green, WCSH6 (10/19/2009)

"Novel system keeps lookout for pesky pest," by Tara Ballenger, Boston Globe (09/01/2009)

"State Using Wasps To Fend Off Invasive Beetle," by Tim Goff, WCHS6 (08/14/2009)

"A Dream for Ferry Beach," by Gillian Graham, Courier (08/13/2009)

 

"Take it Outside!" is an initiative led by Gov. John E. Baldacci to encourage Maine's children and families to reconnect with nature.

The "Take it Outside!" website is your one-stop information source for year-round outdoor recreation opportunities in Maine.

 You can find everything you need to "Take it Outside!" and have fun in the great Maine outdoors.

 

Available now...

Forest Trees of Maine - Centennial Edition - Cover

Forest Trees of Maine Centennial Edition - 1908 to 2008

Maine's Fossil Record

Maine's Fossil Record:
The Paleozoic

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New Allagash DVD Available


Read online reviews here:

Best-sellers surprise state: The success of books published by the Maine Department of Conservation is attributed to their beauty and local relevance. By NOEL K. GALLAGHER, Portland Press Herald, Jan. 3, 2009

"OUTDOORS: A trip into your lands" by Travis Barrett, Kennebec Journal

"Latest tree guidebook noticeably improved" by John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News

 

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