The Conservation Fund, America’s leading nonprofit in land protection, announced its sale of 6,326 acres in northeastern Maine to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) to create a new Wildlife Management Area.
Located in Aroostook County, the land was highlighted by MDIFW for conservation of wildlife habitat and opening to public recreation. The property features 3,000 acres of deer wintering habitat within the heart of an important 9,000-acre deer wintering area. Additionally, the land hosts rare species, provides plentiful wading bird and waterfowl habitat, and supports numerous Species of Greatest Conservation Need as identified in Maine’s Wildlife Action Plan.
The wildlife management area will provide outdoor recreational opportunities for anglers, paddlers and others.
To help ensure the Reed Deadwater/Juniper Brook property was protected from any mining threats, Brookfield Private Equity Holdings, LLC and the J.M. Huber Corporation agreed to gift their respective mineral rights on the land to the Fund so those rights could be reunited with the land, now under state ownership.
