In Albany Township, Maine, Northeast Wilderness Trust holds a forever-wild conservation easement on 295 acres. Owned by Mahoosuc Land Trust (MLT), this land supports red oaks over 100 years old and colonies of lady’s slippers orchids.
Flint Mountain Wildlands is MLT’s first forever-wild preserve, created to allow nature to flourish with minimal human intervention. MLT acquired the land and then donated an easement to the Wilderness Trust in 2023. Nearly all land in western Maine is managed, which inspired a Wildlands program established by MLT to support more wilderness conservation.