The Forest Legacy Committee

Established

• In 1994
• At the culmination of the work of the congressionally mandated Northern Forest Lands Council. The Council identified:
  • over thirty-five actions to reinforce the Northern Forest region’s traditional patterns of land ownership and use, the first of which was to ensure the consistent and adequate funding by Congress of the Forest Legacy Program.  This recommendation came at a time when both public and private efforts were growing to protect forest land in Maine from conversion to non-forest uses.
• To focus on acquiring conservation easements or fee interest in lands in order to protect the traditional uses and public values of Maine’s forests. 
• Advise the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Parks and Public Lands on program policy.
• Recommend projects to be presented to Congress for funding through the national Forest Legacy Program.

Maine Forest Legacy Program Guiding Documents:

Forest Legacy Committee Members - PDF (22KB)

FY 2014 National Scoring Guidance - PDF (33KB)

Maine Forest Legacy Proposal Minimum Requirements And Scoring Criteria - PDF (20KB)

The Modified Assessment of Need - MS Word Doc (4.5MB)

Recent Funding Table by Fiscal Year for Maine Forest Legacy Projects - MS Word Doc (31KB)

Project Status Map - JPG (866KB)

 

Current Proposed Projects

Cold Stream Forest - PDF (5.3MB)

Moosehead Seboomook - PDF (11.7MB)

East Grand Watershed Initiative - PDF (3MB)

Advisory Committee Meetings

Date and Time	Location	Additional Infromation
February 13, 2013 10:00 AM	Department of Agriculture Conservation & Forestry Harolw Building 1st Floor Conference Room	Agenda ( Word 47.0kb) Minutes ( Word 49.5kb)
September 6, 2012 9:00 AM	ACF Committee room 206 Burton Cross Building, (Office building directly behind the Capitol Building).	Agenda (Word 46.5kb) September Minutes ( Word 46.4kb)
May 16, 2012 9:30 AM	Army Reserve Center 300 Hildreth St N # 200 Bangor, ME 04401	Agenda ( Word (52.0kb) May Minutes (Word 10.9kb) FLIS Track Data ( Word 53.5kb)
February 27, 2012 9:00 AM	18 Elkins Lane Augusta, ME	Agenda ( Word 49.5kb) February Minutes (Word 44.5kb)

 

For more information contact:
Melissa Macaluso
Forest Legacy Committee
22 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04330
email: melissa.macaluso@maine.gov

For more information visit the USFS Northeastern Area Forest Legacy program

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