NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST
17 STATE STREET, SUITE 302
MONTPELIER, VT 05602
802.224.1000
SAVE THIS LAND, MAINE
In Western Maine along the New Hampshire border, the Mahoosuc Range compares only to Mt. Katahdin in its vast, unbroken high-elevation forest. As northbound travelers on the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) cross into The Pine Tree State, the green sea of the Mahoosuc Mountains stretches before them.
Northeast Wilderness Trust’s newest land protection campaign is focused on 1,388 acres within this rugged landscape. If we are successful, the Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve will be a forever-wild refuge within a critical, inter-state wildlife corridor. To make this vision come to life for the benefit of wildlife and people, Northeast Wilderness Trust must raise $1.4 million by December 15, 2021.
Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve would build on a legacy of wildness in Western Maine. These mountains, also known as the Mountains of the Dawn in honor of the Wabanaki of Maine, or, the People of the Dawnland are some of the first mountains to greet the rising sun as day breaks over this continent. It is an area of high conservation importance, and one that the Wilderness Trust has turned its attention to in recent years. This keystone property sits directly between a vast public Ecological Preserve and a future conserved managed woodland. From the proposed Preserve, a few days’ hike north on the A.T. brings one to the outskirts of Northeast Wilderness Trust’s Lone Mountain and soon-to-be-conserved Redington Wilderness Sanctuaries, which cumulatively protect 4,455 forever-wild acres near Bigelow Preserve.
If conserved as forever-wild, this land would protect:
With your support, we can reach our goal of raising $1.4 million by the end of 2021 to secure this beautiful landscape for future generations of wildlife and people. You can make a gift to the Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve below, or by mailing a check to Northeast Wilderness Trust with ‘Grafton Forest’ written in the memo line. To learn more about the project, click here.
Summer landscapes: Jerry Monkman/Ecophotography
Winter landscapes: Aerial support provided by Lighthawk
Appalachian Trail hikers: Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust
© The Northeast Wilderness Trust 2020 TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY
NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST
17 STATE STREET, SUITE 302
MONTPELIER, VT 05602
802.224.1000
NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST
17 STATE STREET, SUITE 302
MONTPELIER, VT 05602
802.224.1000
© The Northeast Wilderness Trust 2020 TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY