In October 2026, a five-year effort culminated in the permanent conservation of 978 acres of woodlands and wetlands in Gilead, Maine, as Mahoosuc Land Trust took ownership of Tumbledown Dick Mountain.  

With a blank slate and a decade to fill it, Maine West's first task wasn't launching programs. It was figuring out where a dozen different organizations actually shared ground. The partnership landed on three categories that cut across every partner's mission: broadband access and adoption, educational attainment and aspirations, and active communities, including conserved land and trails. 

Dartmouth College students spent their final semester building new planning tools for the Northern Forest Center’s Androscoggin Valley Community Forest Collaborative.

Maine Preservation recognized the Gehring House renovation with an award for outstanding redevelopment that saved a neglected community asset while preserving remarkable historic woodwork and craftsmanship.  

A young professional couple finds the perfect home in the Northern Forest Center's renovated Gehring House in Bethel, Maine.

When federal funding cuts cost Kristy her job in Washington, D.C., she faced a tough crossroad.   [caption id="attachment_14080" align="alignleft" width="399"] [...]

Sharon and Seabury Lyon started a new chapter of their lives when they moved into the Center's newly renovated Gehring House.

Students at Dartmouth College have put together an immersive “StoryMap” to tell the Community Forest story, showcasing the wide range of benefits that communities gain from their forests

In partnership with the Western Foothills Land Trust and Otisfield Conservation Commission, the Center has kicked off the public planning process for the creation of an 85-acre Community Forest in western Maine.

A festive crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of nine apartments in the Gehring House in Bethel, Maine.