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Nicatous Lake:
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In 1997, FSM began working with Robbins Lumber Company, fourth generation sawmill and forestland owners, to conserve an entire township that they had just recently acquired to manage for forest products. According to Jim Robbins, “When we first bought the Nicatous land we believed we’d be forced to sell the shoreline for development. But one day we got out on the lake in a boat. Just ahead of us three bald eagles were sitting in a tree and we could hear loons calling. I said to my brother, ‘We have to find another way.'” Through a combination of a working forest easement and the state acquisition of key shoreline areas, the ecological, recreational, and economic values of 20,767 acres surrounding Nicatous Lake in eastern Maine were protected in perpetuity. With this easement FSM again set new standards for large-scale easements. |
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