An Organization to help sustain the Upper St. John River Watershed Area

The Upper St. John River Organization is a revival of the Fish River Lakes Watershed Association with expanded scope . The areas covered will include the St. Francis, Allagash, Fish River Lakes, Aroostook, and Meduxnekeag sub-watersheds, which all drain to the St. John River. The Upper St. John River Organization will strive to promote sustainable management of our forests, and promote natural science education through development of a nature center, local data repository, and astronomical observatory. Communities will be encouraged to maintain their community-owned properties, and establish multi-use trails with interpretive signage and nature monitoring. Monitoring programs will be developed so that they can be carried out in one day per site per year by a wide range of participants.

This non-profit will also promote sustainable Valley businesses and activities, and will pursue development of a cooperative to provide forest cruising, GIS-based forest planning, wood harvesting, marketing, and wood delivery services for local land owners with a desire to conduct sustainable management, while providing Valley customers with wood from sustainably managed forest land. The non-profit will actively seek grant and other funding sources.

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