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Branch Lake

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Acres:  700
Year Conserved:  2010

About the Property:  In 2010 FSM helped a family place a conservation easement on 700 acres of working forestlands. The Branch Lake project was part of a larger conservation initiative completed in partnership with the Trust for Public Land, Frenchman Bay Conservancy, and the city of Ellsworth with the goal of permanently protecting Ellsworth’s public drinking water supply. FSM was approached as a knowledgeable and established land trust with experience in crafting and holding working forest conservation easements. The Branch Lake easement provides the protections Ellsworth was seeking, as well as the flexibility for ongoing forest management desired by the landowners.

Recreational Opportunities:  Visit the Frenchman Bay website or view the Trail information for opportunities in the area.

Branch Lake in the News:
Ellsworth adds 3 miles of trail for winter recreation – Bangor Daily News, December 10, 2012

Ellsworth to double length of Branch Lake trail system – Bangor Daily News, July 20, 2012

Project Partners:
The Frenchman Bay Conservancy

The Trust for Public Land

City of Ellsworth

 

Featured Posts

View of Mount Kineo and other conserved forestlands along Moosehead Lake.

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Conserved Lands

  • Alder Stream
  • Amazon – Musquash
  • Amherst Mountains Community Forest (AMCF)
  • Attean Pond
  • Bald Ledge, Bickford Hill, and Bickford Pond
  • Big Spencer Mountain
  • Boundary Headwaters
  • Branch Lake
  • Caribou Bog
  • Chandler Hill
  • Corner Pond
  • Debsconeag Lakes
  • Fourth Machias Lake
  • Haynes Brook
  • Hopkins Pond
  • Greenwood Ponds
  • Gulf Hagas – Whitecap
  • Little Big Wood Pond
  • Mattawamkeag River
  • Monson Pond
  • Moosehead Lake Shoreline
  • Moosehead Region
  • Moose River
  • Nicatous Lake
  • Nickerson Tree Farm
  • No. 5 and No. 6 Mountains
  • Reed Forest
  • Silver Lake – Pleasant River
  • Skitacook Lake
  • Tearmunn Hardwoods
  • Timberdoodle Hill
  • Violette Brook Reservoir
  • West Branch of the Penobscot River
  • York Hill

FSM’s Latest Blog Posts

  • Still Here April 15, 2021
  • We’re hiring! Office Coordinator April 9, 2021
  • Thank You FSM 2020 Business Donors March 17, 2021

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Your land trust for Maine’s North Woods

Forest Society of Maine conserves Maine's forestlands in a manner that sustains their ecological, economic, cultural, and recreational values.

Contact Information

 
Main Office
115 Franklin St., 3rd Floor,
Bangor, Maine 04401
(207) 945-9200
info@fsmaine.org

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