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March 30 , 2007
Project Coordinator Contact:
Stewart Fefer
(stewart_fefer@fws.gov;
207-781-8364 x17)
Maine Wetland Protection Coalition: Linking Maine's Past with its Future
If you’d like to read a quick up-date on 18 years of quiet behind-the-scenes work of the Maine Wetland Protection Coalition, read Maine Wetland Protection Coalition: Linking Maine's Past with its Future, a four-page article published in the Nov-Dec. 2007 issue of National Wetlands Newsletter.
The Newsletter is the national publication of the Environmental Law Institute, and this most recent issue is dedicated to landscape-scale partnership work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service‘s Coastal Program. The article about the Maine Wetlands Protection Coalition was one of five included in the newsletter. Written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Coastal Program staff who have actively participated in the Coalition, the article describes concerns with wetland loss and habitat development in Maine, explains the functions of the Maine Wetland Protection Coalition, and describes our collective accomplishments in permanently protecting some of Maine’s highest value wetlands and upland buffers.
Deep thanks to all of our Coalition partners – our longstanding members, recent recruits and all of our colleagues who have participated through the years to make land conservation land projects happen, one-at-a-time:
- The Nature Conservancy (Maine Chapter),
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Gulf of Maine Coastal Program
- Maine State Planning Office
- Ducks Unlimited
- Trust for Public Lands
- Local land trusts
- Landowners