Wáhsehtəkʷ

Maine

What We’re Doing 
Restoring nearly 30,000 acres to the Penobscot Nation, the largest land return between a U.S.-based nonprofit and a tribal nation, while creating access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Our Goal
Reconnecting an Indigenous community with their ancestral land and creating much needed access to a treasured National Monument

A Historic Tribal Land Return and National Monument Access Effort
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31,367
total acres of bountiful forests, wetlands, and ponds
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~30,000
acres to be reacquired by Penobscot Nation, the largest collaborative land return effort between a U.S.-based nonprofit and a tribal nation
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53
miles of rivers and streams
$32
million needed
Connecting Communities to a Critical Landscape
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You Can Help Make This Effort a Reality

Please contact Betsy Cook with questions: Betsy.Cook@tpl.org 

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Get in Touch with Our Maine Team
Portland Office

30 Danforth Street
Suite 106
Portland, ME, 04101
(207) 772-7424
maine@tpl.org

Associate Vice President, Maine State Director

(207) 772-7424
betsy.cook@tpl.org

Ally McDougal 
New England Director of Philanthropy
(781) 856-5564
ally.mcdougal@tpl.org