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Silver Lake – Pleasant River

Poling on the West Branch of the Pleasant River, May 2014.

Acres:  4,300
Year Conserved:  2016

About the Property: The Silver Lake – Pleasant River property contains forestland surrounding Silver Lake and 12 miles of the West Branch of the Pleasant River. This river provides vital habitat for Eastern brook trout and Atlantic salmon spawning, and habitat for wood turtles. Adding the 12 miles of river to protection already in places upstream resulted in 95% of the West Branch of the Pleasant River being permanently conserved. The Silver Lake – Pleasant River project lands include a 400-acre mature silver maple flood plain forest—one of the largest and best examples in Maine. The Appalachian Mountain Club owns the lands as a component of their Maine Woods Initiative.

This project and the Gulf Hagas – Whitecap project were part of a combined endeavor that conserves 14,300 acres of woods, waters, and mountains. Read more about how Silver Lake – Pleasant River lands were conserved.

Recreational Opportunities:   Hiking, snowshoeing, paddling, hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing. The North Maine Woods manages the recreational areas as part of the Ki-Jo Mary Multiple Use Forest. Please visit their website for more information.

Project Partners:  Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), Open Space Institute.

Silver Lake Project Map

 

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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
  • Coburn Gore
  • Corner Pond
  • Debsconeag Lakes
  • Eagle Lake
  • Fish River Chain of Lakes
  • Fourth Machias Lake
  • Grafton Forest
  • Greenwood Ponds
  • Gulf Hagas – Whitecap
  • Haynes Brook
  • Hopkins Pond
  • Kennebago Forest
  • 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
  • Scammon Ridge Headwaters
  • Silver Lake – Pleasant River
  • Skitacook Lake
  • Sysladobsis Forest
  • Tearmunn Hardwoods
  • Timberdoodle Hill
  • Violette Brook Reservoir
  • West Branch of the Penobscot River
  • York Hill

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Bangor, Maine 04401
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