Center Offers Small Grants for Community Recreation

The Center is making it easier for youth and residents of the Northern Forest to access outdoor activities by offering grants of $1,000 - $5,000 for a wide range of recreation programs and projects.

Ride With Gratitude Rolls Strong into 2025

The Center’s Bike Borderlands team reached new audiences in 2024 to spread the tenets of the Ride With Gratitude campaign throughout the region.

Building Climate Resilience in the Androscoggin Valley

Last fall, the Northern Forest Center launched the Androscoggin Valley Community Forest Collaborative, bringing together the committees and foresters of eight Community Forests located in the Androscoggin River watershed to explore collaborative opportunities and ways their conserved land can support local climate resilience.

Broadband Initiative to Benefit Western Maine

Mahoosuc Project will provide high-speed internet to 6,600 locations, addressing critical digital equity challenges in an area where more than 30% of households are considered “unserved” by high-speed internet.

Center Secures Key Recreation Parcel for Town of Gorham, NH

The Center acquired a key half acre of land along the Androscoggin River to help the town of Gorham advance its plans to create a Community Trail Hub. 

Redevelopment Project in St. Johnsbury Enters Final Stretch

The Northern Forest Center is just $143,000 away from raising the full $5.9 million cost of transforming a historic building into a cornerstone of the St. Johnsbury community.

Center Secures $1.2 million Grant for Workforce Development in Moosehead/Katahdin Area Schools

A $1.2-million grant will help high school students in the Moosehead and Katahdin regions develop pathways to meaningful careers, with an emphasis on natural resource-based industries.

Outdoors Is for Everyone

The Northern Forest Center has long viewed access to outdoor recreational assets and programming as a key ingredient in what makes up the fabric of vibrant communities, as well as an avenue to both retain and attract residents to the region.

Regional Network Builds Local Resilience

The Center is launching an initiative to bring together a network of eight Community Forests along the Androscoggin River watershed to explore collaborative opportunities and how their conserved land can support local climate resilience. 

The dream that nearly wasn’t

Canaan, VT, created a Community Forest in 2012 that today supports a robust experiential learning program for local students.