TNC NL Winter25-final - Flipbook - Page 6
By the Numbers
2025
TNC played a direct role in conserving
acres in Maine in 2025.
7,637
5
3
TNC Maine staff are supporting global programs
and advancing conservation efforts in
regions (Africa, Latin America and Europe).
It all adds up
14
different universities,
nonpro昀椀ts and government
agencies initiated
17
34
research projects on
TNC preserves in Maine to learn
more about climate adaptation,
forest health and more.
263
Sustainably thinned
acres of pitch pine barrens
forest to support resiliency
against the threat of southern
pine beetle infestation.
6 | The Nature Conservancy in Maine
2,664
ground昀椀sh net hauls monitored
with state-of-the-art temperature sensors
in partnership with the Ocean Data Network
and Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association to
provide critical temperature data to 昀椀shermen,
oceanographers and climate scientists.
At Wells Barrens
Preserve, planted
pitch pine trees to restore
the old Wells Sand Pit, built
rock piles for black racer
snake habitat, and created
piles of brush for wildlife habitat
cover and protection.
42
3
7
7
Deployed
Southern Pine Beetle
traps at Wells Barrens to
monitor the occurrence
and impacts of the
beetles’ movements.
invasive beetles found!
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