MAINE SECURES GIANT EASEMENT.

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More than 760,000 acres of forest land in Maine will not be developed into subdivisions or anything else thanks to a deal made between the landowners and the New England Forestry Foundation. That's the largest conservation easement in America and bigger than the state of Rhode Island. Pingree Associates, owners of the land, agreed to take $28 million from the foundation not to sell the land to developers. The property, in northern and...