land will be topic of discussion
How best to manage the largest tract of U.S. land ever to come under the management of a conservation organization will be the topic of a panel discussion being held at 5 p.m. on Monday, April 3, at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES), 205 Prospect St.
Titled "The Fine Print: The Complexities of Implementing the Pingree Forest Conservation Easement," the panel will look at the recent acquisition of a 750,000-acre tract in central and northern Maine by the New England Forest Foundation, the area's largest conservation organization.
Owned by the Pingree family and with an estimated value of $28 million, the forest land was put under the foundation's management via a conservation easement, which prevents the division and development of the tract. The land will, however, continue to be managed for forestry and for recreational use by the public, according to Bruce Larson, a faculty member at F&ES and the panel's moderator.
The degree of public access that will be allowed in the future is among the topics that will be discussed by the panelists. Issues to be addressed also include forest management options and easement monitoring methodology.
The featured speakers on the panel will be Keith Ross, vice president of the New England Forestry Foundation; Elizabeth Swain, a 1983 graduate of F&ES who is a partner in Barton and Gingold and former chair of the Maine Land Use Regulatory Commission; and Peter Stein of Lyme Timber Company.
The panel is open to the public free of charge.
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