Apple donation will preserve 32,000 acres of Maine forest
Apple Inc., in partnership with The Conservation Fund, is donating a conservation easement across more than 32,400 acres of the Reed Forest in Aroostook County as part of a larger, global conservation effort.
In addition to the easement, Apple is also supporting the Conservation Fund’s donation of an endowment to the Forest Society of Maine, which will ensure that the easement can be monitored and enforced, according to a news release.
Located along the Mattawamkeag River, Reed Forest connects more than a million acres of conserved lands and interconnected forest habitat that extends beyond the U.S. border into Canada. Maine forests like Reed provide important habitat for species such as the Atlantic salmon, bald eagle, northern goshawk and Canada lynx, according to Apple.
Apple also said the conservation easement ensures forests at Reed won’t be developed or converted to other uses and helps promote economical and ecologically-sustainable production of fiber and other wood products.
The easement also guarantees recreational activities in the forests and requires forest harvest plans to address water quality, native fish and wildlife habitat, soil productivity, recreational values, scenic benefits and other conservation efforts.
In 2015, Apple launched a partnership with The Conservation Fund to protect 36,000 acres of sustainable forest in the eastern United States through the use of conservation easements, which help ensure that working forests remain forests, according to a news release.
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