FSM Office Coordinator Job Announcement APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2021 The Forest Society of Maine (FSM) is a nonprofit statewide land trust. We are a small, highly successful, and well-regarded organization that has helped conserve more than one million acres of Maine forestland for … [Read more...]
Supporting the Forests We Cherish
Maine is lucky to have so many remote and untrammeled places where we can recreate and enjoy nature. FSM’s mission is to help keep these forests as forests. This is only possible through the generosity of hundreds of people each year. Many of us have spent time outdoors these past … [Read more...]
Capturing the Grafton Landscape
Article originally published in the 2020 fall edition of Forest View, FSM's biannual newsletter. Sometimes the best way to depict the essence of a place is not with words but with images. That is why photographer Jerry Monkman can be found waiting on a mountain summit before dawn with multiple … [Read more...]
American History in Coburn Gore
The Forest Society of Maine has a unique opportunity to conserve land in western Maine that is not only scenic and ecologically valuable, but is also known for being an American Battlefield of the Revolution. Coburn Gore Forest, bordered on three sides by Quebec, is the site of the last leg of the … [Read more...]
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
This story first appeared in the 2020 spring edition of Forest View, FSM’s biannual newsletter. The Forest Society of Maine is working with a forestland owner to conserve 21,300 acres in the Grafton region. The Grafton Forest project is supported by many partners in the region: local land … [Read more...]
