MLT Undertakes Harvesting to Promote Habitat Restoration

A chipmunk peers around a white pine trunk in the McCoy-Chapman Forest. (JAY DAVIS PHOTO)

BETHEL, Maine — The Mahoosuc Land Trust will soon start its first harvest on the recently acquired McCoy-Chapman Forest, a 500-acre tract about 5 miles west of Bethel that runs from the banks of the Androscoggin River to the flanks of the Mahoosuc Range.

The scenic acquisition, which offers year-round recreation, comprises generous land donations from a family that practiced sustainable harvesting on their land for more than two centuries.

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