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York Hill

York Hill forest in autumn.

Acres:  approximately 650
Year Conserved: 
2017

 

About the Property:  The Forest Society of Maine worked with Bernd Heinrich, renowned author and biologist, to conserve his forestland in Weld, Maine. The Heinrich Forest project conserved approximately 650 acres of forestland located on York Hill adjacent to Mt. Blue State Park. These woodlands have had a significant influence on Bernd’s writing, research, and teaching. Much of his field research, the basis for many of his 20 books, has been conducted here during the past four decades.

The Heinrich Forest project serves as the foundation and provides permanent stability to the lands so they will continue to:

  • Conserve an area of old growth containing 150-year-old pines, spruces, and hardwoods;
  • Protect Alder Brook that provides habitat for Eastern brook trout;
  • Ensure the continued use for hands-on research conducted by students and professors on topics including animal and plant ecology and animal behavior in various habitats; and
  • Maintain the historical significance these lands have had since the time of Maine’s early settlers and the influence they continue to provide to American literature.

 

Read the article from Forest View, spring 2018 about the completion of the Heinrich Forest (York Hill) project.

Donors to the Heinrich-Shippee Lands.

 

Blog Posts

  • Scammon Ridge: Conservation can help nature weather forces of change in Maine September 13, 2023
  • Hidden Benefits of Maine’s Forests May 31, 2023
  • Maine Voices: Our forests offer a valuable buffer against climate change November 2, 2022

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
  • Fish River Chain of Lakes
  • Fourth Machias Lake
  • Haynes Brook
  • Grafton Forest
  • Greenwood Ponds
  • Hopkins Pond
  • 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

Contact Information

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

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