Saco Headwaters Alliance

The Saco Headwaters Alliance hopes to encourage 50 towns in this region to work together to protect the Saco River. From left board members Nels Lijedahl, Jason Gagnon, Nora Schwarz, Nickie Sekera, President: Tom Gross, Treasurer: Jeff Sires, Executive Director Mark Dindorf. (COURTESY PHOTO)

CONWAY — A Conway-based non-profit called Saco Headwaters Alliance will be approaching over two dozen New Hampshire and Maine towns this spring to explore how to better protect the watershed ecosystem of the Saco River headwaters. including the Saco, Ossipee and Wards Brook Aquifers. 

Founded in 2019, the alliance is "a collaborative of representatives from over a dozen groups including municipalities, water precincts, local, state and federal conservation groups, land trusts, scientific organizations, advocacy groups and environmental consultancies."

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