Clouds from a light snowfall shroud the peaks of the Bigelow Mountain Range, which reigns over western Maine forest trails, luring snowshoers and cross-country skiers on a winter afternoon. Maine's ...

WAUSAU - Property owners on the southern edge of the village of Maine will not be able to annex into Wausau, according to a Friday ruling from Marathon County Judge Jill Falstad. Wausau sued the ...

Gov. Paul LePage says he plans to repeal a tax exemption for the trusts, but that would hurt valuable conservation efforts. We all love Maine for its splendor of natural wealth: its ocean shores, ...

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The Penobscot Nation and nonprofit Trust for Public Land announced Wednesday a plan to return nearly 30,000 forested acres in Maine back to the governance of the tribe. The land represents a portion ...

President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared a new national monument in Maine on 87,000 acres donated by the founder of Burt’s Bees, fulfilling conservationist Roxanne Quimby’s goal of gifting the ...

An anonymous new owner fenced off beloved trails and put up surveillance cameras in a region with a long tradition of ...

Ciona Ulbrich stood on a scenic beach in the small, coastal town of Brooksville, Maine, feeling grateful to be able to lawfully enjoy the warm sun and ocean breeze. The nonprofit Ulbrich works for, ...

The Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority — created two years ago by the state Legislature — will hold an event Friday in conjunction with its first partner, the Penobscot County town of East ...

Reporting from Washington — President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared a new national monument in Maine on 87,000 acres donated by the founder of Burt’s Bees, fulfilling conservationist Roxanne ...