TOWNSHIP 4, RANGE 8, Maine (AP) — Conservationist Roxanne Quimby’s land company has bought thousands more acres of land next to Baxter State Park, bridging the gap between other parcels she owns to create a contiguous tract tens of thousands of acres large flanking most of the eastern park border.
Elliotsville Plantation Inc., completed the purchase this month of 8,315 acres in Township 4, Range 8 in Penobscot County from The Forestland Group LLC, a North Carolinabased timberland management company.
Quimby’s foundation plans to meet with local sportsmen’s and snowmobile groups to devise a plan for the recreational use of the land, said Lucas St. Clair, Quimby’s son and the president of the Elliotsville Plantation board of directors.
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