Welcome to the Forest Legacy Committee Home Page

Maine’s Forest Legacy Program was 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 forestland in Maine from conversion to non-forest uses.

The Maine Forest Legacy Committee determined that the Maine Forest Legacy Program will focus on acquiring conservation easements or fee interest in lands in order to protect the traditional uses and public values of Maine’s forests.  The Committee advises the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands on program policy and recommends projects to be presented to Congress for funding through the national Forest Legacy program.

 

Maine Forest Legacy Program Guiding Documents:

The Modified Assessment of Need

Recent Funding Table by Fiscal Year for Maine Forest Legacy Projects

Project Status Map

Project Application Proposal Requests Fiscal Year 2014

Landowner letter

FY 2014 National Scoring Guidance

Maine Forest Legacy Proposal Minimum Requirement And Scoring Criteria

Calendar Of Events

Date and Time	Location	Additional Infromation
May 16, 2012 9:30 AM	Army Reserve Center 300 Hildreth St N # 200 Bangor, ME 04401	Agenda
February 27, 2012 9:00 AM	18 Elkins Lane Augusta, ME	Agenda Minutes
September 13, 2011 9:00 AM	ACF Committee Room 206 Burton Cross, Augusta, ME	Agenda

Committee Members

Name		Term Expiration
Neal Bungard	Non-voting Federal Representative	N/A
Elbridge Cleaves	Large landower / land manager	12/31/2012
John Boland	IFW Dir. of Resource Management	Permanent
Sam Morris	Land For Maine's Future Board, Dir.	Permanent
Cathy Johnson	Statewide environmental advocacy organization	12/31/2012
Dave Allen	Public Representative	12/31/2014
Don Mansius	Maine Forest Service Desingee	Permanent
Alan Hutchinson	Statewide non-profit conservation partner	12/31/2013
Everett Deschenes	Wood Processor	12/31/2014
Kathy Eickenberg	Deputy Director Bureau of Parks and Lands	Permanent
Cheryl Timberlake	statewide sportsman’s organization	12/31/2013
Wolfe Tone	Statewide non-profit conservation partner	12/31/2013
Catherine Robbins	Large landower / land manager	12/31/2014

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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