OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust has asked the town to consider accepting a 252-acre parcel the trust is negotiating to buy as a community forest. The Norway-based land trust is working with the Loon Echo Land Trust in Bridgton to acquire about 550 acres in Otisfield and Harrison from a single landowner for […]
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153 acres on Paris Hill protected by land trust
PARIS — A conservation easement on 153 acres of mixed woodland and hay field off Ryerson Hill Road on Paris Hill has been donated to the Western Foothills Land Trust. The easement was recorded with the Oxford County Registry of Deeds on July 29 by Jon and Carla Magoun, who have lived in their home on the […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust hosting guided walk through Witt Swamp
NORWAY — Members of the Western Foothills Land Trust will keep their fingers crossed for sun and clear skies Saturday, July 27, as they prepare to host a guided walk-and-talk through the Witt Swamp Preserve. Led by forester Fred Huntress of Poland, the walk-and-talk tour is from 9 to 11 a.m., beginning from the west […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust receives challenge grant
NORWAY — The Norway Savings Bank has presented a challenge grant to the Western Foothills Land Trust. On July 2, Karen Hakala, senior vice president of marketing, and Patricia Weigel, president of Norway Saving Bank, presented Lee Dassler and Bob Van Nest of the Western Foothills Land Trust a $5,000 challenge grant for the Trust’s […]