Agency Partners

Since 2001, Downeast Lakes Land Trust has been supported by a variety of individuals, businesses, foundations, and public agencies. The strength and breadth of local support has been a defining feature of our conservation projects, and has helped to inspire support from leading regional and national conservation funders. Through numerous land conservation projects, we work with several groups to manage and steward the Downeast Lakes Community Forest.

Easement Holders and Project Agreements
The Downeast Lakes Community Forest is conserved, in part, through a series of five conservation easements held by highly-respected conservation entities.  In addition, DLLT has numerous project partnership agreements with local, state, and federal agencies, including:

• Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands
• Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Forest Society of Maine
• U.S. Forest Service
• Lake Stewards of Maine
• Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (Univ. of Maine)
• Keeping Maine’s Forests
• The Passamaquoddy Tribe
• Northeast Deer Research Partnership
• Northeast Motus Collaboration
• New England Forestry Foundation
• Land For Maine’s Future Program

DLLT collaborates with many great state, federal, and non-governmental organizations to manage the natural resources of the Downeast Lakes Community Forest. These include:

• Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
• Project SHARE
• The Ruffed Grouse Society
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Our current business supporters are highlighted on the Corporate Partners page.