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When you purchase a Loon Plate, you help preserve Maine's parks and historic sites!

Welcome to
the Maine Department of Conservation

The Maine Department of Conservation is a natural resource agency whose bureaus oversee the management, development and protection of some of Maine's most special places: 17 million acres of forest land, 10.4 million acres of unorganized territory, 48 parks and historic sites and more than 480,000 acres of public reserved land.

The Department of Conservation, created in 1973, has as its mission to benefit the residents, landowners, and users of the state's natural resources by promoting stewardship and ensuring responsible balanced use of Maine's land, forest, water, and mineral resources.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING STATE GOVERNMENT CLOSURE
The Department of Conservation will be closed on Friday, August 6, 2010, due to the 2010-2011 Biennial State Budget, Public Law 2009, Chap. 213, Part SSS. This is the second of 10 closure days between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.

Maine’s state parks and historic sites will remain open and the Maine Forest Service forest rangers also will remain on duty to provide law enforcement and forest protection in the Maine woods.

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Our 75th Year: Maine State Parks   The Maine State Parks Passport   Find out what's going on -- check our EVENTS CALENDAR! Buy Maine state park passes here! Maine State Park Campground Reservations are online!

 

Our latest publication from the Maine Natural Areas Program for more information

 

Testing Ocean Energy in Maine Interactive Map

We're on Facebook -- Find us here!

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OUR MDOC NEWSLETTER: "From the Field" for the week ending 07/16/2010(.pdf)

Go to the Take It Outside website

"Take it Outside!" is an initiative led by Gov. John E. Baldacci to encourage Maine's children and families to reconnect with nature. The "Take it Outside!" website is your one-stop information source for year-round outdoor recreation opportunities in Maine.  You can find everything you need to "Take it Outside!" and have fun in the great Maine outdoors.

 

Available now...

Your Maine Lands: Reflections of a Maine Guide by Tom Hanrahan

Forest Trees of Maine Centennial Edition - 1908 to 2008

Maine's Fossil Record: The Paleozoic

New Allagash DVD Available

Read online reviews here:

Best-sellers surprise state: The success of books published by the Maine Department of Conservation is attributed to their beauty and local relevance. By NOEL K. GALLAGHER, Portland Press Herald, Jan. 3, 2009

"OUTDOORS: A trip into your lands" by Travis Barrett, Kennebec Journal

"Latest tree guidebook noticeably improved" by John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News

 

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Whats New

• Annual Small Reach Regatta Set for Lamoine State Park
• Fort Knox “Battle” Preparations Under Way for Civil War Weekend Event
• Loon Plate Weekend Free Admission at Maine State Parks Set for July 17-18
• Governor's Energy Summit

Featured Links

• Governor's Wood-to-Energy Initiative
• Great Maine Forest Initiative
  -including Keeping Maine's Forests
• Don't Move Firewood
• Geologic Site of the Month
• Picture Gallery

Online Services

• Park Passes
• Maine Burn Permit
• Fall Foliage Reports
• Maine Geological Survey Publications and Bibliography of Maine Geology

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