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Focus Areas Descriptions
Focus Areas of Statewide Significance were recently re-evaluated, and we are in the process of updating their descriptions. Some of the previous Focus Areas were combined, there are some new ones, and there were some name changes (which is why there may be two pdf links or the pdf may have a different name than on the table). If you need a more accessible description for a Focus Area, please contact us.
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| County | Focus Area | PDF Link |
|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin | Androscoggin Lake | PDF-2 MB |
| Androscoggin | Androscoggin Riverlands | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Arostook River Chandler Brook | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Arostook River The Oxbow | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Aroostook River - Washburn to Presque Isle | PDF-2.65 MB |
| Aroostook | Big Machias Lake Peatland | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Burpee Brook Bog Wetlands | PDF-1.5 MB |
| Aroostook | Caswell Fens | PDF-1.5 MB |
| Aroostook | Clayton Lake Wetlands | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Cross Lake Fens | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Crystal Bog | PDF-1.1 MB |
| Aroostook | Deboullie Ponds and Hills | PDF-2.6 MB |
| Aroostook | Forks of Machias | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Greater Mattawamkeag Lake | PDF-169 KB |
| Aroostook | Long Lake Wetlands | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Macwahoc Stream Bog and Thompson Deadwater | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Mattawamkeag East and West Branches | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Mattawamkeag River Wetlands | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | North Branch Meduxnekeag | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Portage Lake Wetland Mosaic | PDF-1.4 MB |
| Aroostook | Presque Isle Stream | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | Salmon Brook Lake and Perham Wetlands | PDF-2 MB |
| Aroostook | Scopan Mountain | PDF-0.5 MB |
| Aroostook | St. Francis Floodplain | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | St. John River | PDF-3 MB |
| Aroostook | St. John River - Burntland Brook to Nine Mile | PDF-2.5 MB |
| Aroostook | St. John River - Seven Islands and White Pond Fen | Not Currently Available |
| Aroostook | St. John River - Southwest Branch | Not Currently Available |
| Cumberland | Holt Pond | Not Currently Available |
| Cumberland | Jugtown Plains | PDF-1.6 MB |
| Cumberland | Kennebec Estuary | PDF-4.4 MB |
| Cumberland | Maquoit and Middle Bay | PDF-1.2 MB |
| Cumberland | Perley Pond Peatland | PDF-2 MB |
| Cumberland | Scarborough Marsh | PDF-4.4 MB |
| Cumberland | Upper Saco River | PDF-5.7 MB |
| Franklin | Bigelow Mountain - Flagstaff Lake | PDF-1.4 MB |
| Franklin | Kennebec Highlands | PDF-3.4 MB |
| Franklin | Kibby Mountain Range | Not Currently Available |
| Franklin | Mount Abraham - Saddleback - Crocker Mountains | Not Currently Available |
| Franklin | Snow Mountain to Sisk Mountain | Not Currently Available |
| Franklin | Tumbledown and Jackson Mountains | PDF-3.7 MB |
| Hancock | Bagaduce River | PDF-771 KB |
| Hancock | Bog River | Not Currently Available |
| Hancock | Fourth Machias Lake | PDF-1.8 MB |
| Hancock | Mount Desert Island | PDF-3 MB and PDF-4.6 MB |
| Hancock | Nicatous Lake | Not Currently Available |
| Hancock | Passadumkeag River - Thousand Acre Heath | Not Currently Available |
| Hancock | Penobscot Bay and Islands | Not Currently Available |
| Hancock | Petit Manan Points and Bays | PDF-1.4 MB and PDF-2.8 MB |
| Hancock | Schoodic Peninsula | PDF-3.2 MB |
| Hancock | Taunton Bay | PDF-2.5 MB |
| Hancock | Tunk Lake | PDF-2 MB |
| Hancock | West Branch Union River to Bald Bluff Mountain | PDF-2.1 MB and PDF-1.7B |
| Kennebec | Androscoggin Lake | PDF-2 MB |
| Kennebec | Belgrade Eskers and Wetlands | PDF-2 MB and PDF-1 MB |
| Kennebec | Kennebec Estuary | PDF-4.4 MB |
| Kennebec | Kennebec Highlands | PDF-3.4 MB |
| Kennebec | Kennebec River at Sidney - Vassalboro | PDF-2 MB |
| Kennebec | Spectacle and Tolman Ponds | PDF-4 MB |
| Kennebec | Unity Wetlands | PDF-3 MB |
| Knox | Appleton Bog - Pettingill Swamp | PDF-2.5 MB |
| Knox | Camden Hills | PDF-2.3 MB |
| Knox | Penobscot Bay and Islands | Not Currently Available |
| Knox | Bald and Ragged Mountain | PDF-2 MB |
| Knox | St. George River | PDF-4 MB |
| Knox | Weskeag Creek | PDF-2.2 MB |
| Lincoln | Kennebec Estuary | PDF-4.4 MB |
| Lincoln | Lower Sheepscot River | PDF-2 MB |
| Lincoln | Salt Bay | PDF-2 MB |
| Lincoln | St. George River | PDF-4 MB |
| Oxford | Caribou and Speckled Mountain | PDF-2.3 MB |
| Oxford | Ellis River to Whitecap Mountain | PDF-2.6 MB and PDF-2.6 MB |
| Oxford | Hiram and Porter Hills | PDF-2 MB |
| Oxford | Jugtown Plains | PDF-1.3 MB |
| Oxford | Kezar Lake Fen | PDF-2.6 MB |
| Oxford | Mahoosucs | PDF-4.3 MB |
| Oxford | Old Blue to Bemis Mountain | Not Currently Available |
| Oxford | Twin Peaks | Not Currently Available |
| Oxford | Umbagog Wetlands to C Pond | PDF-1.6 MB |
| Oxford | Upper Saco River | PDF-5.7 MB |
| Penobscot | Alder Stream | PDF-3.1 MB |
| Penobscot | Arostook River Chandler Brook | Not Currently Available |
| Penobscot | Baxter Region | PDF-3.6 MB |
| Penobscot | Caribou Bog Wetland Complex | PDF-280 KB |
| Penobscot | Dwinal Flowage | PDF-1.2 MB |
| Penobscot | East Branch Penobscot | PDF-2.3 MB |
| Penobscot | Little Indian Ponds | PDF-1.2 MB |
| Penobscot | Mattawamkeag River Bogs and Fens | Not Currently Available |
| Penobscot | Millinocket Lake Wetlands and West Branch Flowage | Not Currently Available |
| Penobscot | Passadumkeag River - Thousand Acre Heath | Not Currently Available |
| Penobscot | Sunkhaze Meadows | PDF-1.2 MB |
| Piscataquis | Alder Stream | PDF-3.1 MB |
| Piscataquis | Allagash Lake | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Arostook River Chandler Brook | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Baxter Region | PDF-4 MB |
| Piscataquis | Big and Little Moose Mountains | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Big Reed | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Borestone, Barren and Columbus Mountains | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Cliff Lake | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Eagle Lake Region | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | East Branch Piscataquis River | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Ellis Bog - Carry Bog - Smith Brook | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Lily Bay to Baker Mountain | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Millinocket Lake Wetlands and West Branch Flowage | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Nahmakanta Lake | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | Pilsbury Pond | Not Currently Available |
| Piscataquis | West Branch Penobscot Fens | Not Currently Available |
| Sagadahoc | Kennebec Estuary | PDF-4.4 MB |
| Somerset | Attean Pond - Moose River | PDF-1.4 MB |
| Somerset | Baker Branch - St. John River | PDF-1 MB |
| Somerset | Baker Lake Wetlands | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Bald Mountain | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Big and Little Moose Mountains | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Big Meadow Bog | PDF-2.2 MB |
| Somerset | Big Ten Peatlands | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Bigelow Mountain - Flagstaff Lake | PDF-1.4 MB |
| Somerset | Cold Stream - West Forks | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Douglas Pond and Madawaska Bog | PDF-1.4 MB |
| Somerset | Kennebec - Carrabassett Confluence | PDF-3.1 MB |
| Somerset | Kibby Mountain Range | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Little Indian Ponds | PDF-1.2 MB |
| Somerset | North Branch Penobscot - Green Mountain | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | St. John River Southwest Branch | Not Currently Available |
| Somerset | Upper Sebasticook River Wetlands | PDF-1.3 MB and PDF-2.8 MB |
| Somerset | West Branch Penobscot Fens | Not Currently Available |
| Waldo | Appleton Bog - Pettingill Swamp | PDF-2.5 MB |
| Waldo | Big Meadow Bog | PDF-2.2 MB |
| Waldo | Camden Hills | PDF-2.3 MB |
| Waldo | Ducktrap River | Not Currently Available |
| Waldo | Unity Wetlands | PDF-3 MB |
| Washington | Baskahegan Stream Uplands and Wetlands | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Bold Coast | PDF-2 MB and PDF-1.9 MB |
| Washington | Cobscook Bay | PDF-2.4 MB |
| Washington | Cross Island | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | East Machias River | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Englishman Bay | PDF-2.3 MB |
| Washington | Fourth Machias Lake | PDF-1.8 MB |
| Washington | Great Heath | PDF-4.5 MB |
| Washington | Great Wass Archipelago | PDF-4.4 MB |
| Washington | Jonesport Heaths | PDF-2.6 MB and PDF-1.9 MB |
| Washington | Machias Bay | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Machias River | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Petit Manan Points and Bays | PDF-1.4 MB |
| Washington | Maine River Wetland Complex | PDF-3.8 MB |
| Washington | Meddybemps Heath | PDF-1.3 MB |
| Washington | Nash Islands | PDF-1 MB |
| Washington | Old Stream | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Petit Manan Point and Bays | PDF-1.4 MB and PDF-2.8 MB |
| Washington | Pleasant Bay | PDF-2 MB |
| Washington | Sawtelle River | PDF-1.7 MB |
| Washington | St/Croix | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Tomah Stream | Not Currently Available |
| Washington | Tunk Lake | PDF-2 MB |
| York | Bauneg Beg - Sanford Ponds | PDF-3 MB and PDF-2.4 MB |
| York | Beaver Dam Heath | PDF-1.6 MB |
| York | Biddeford / Kennebunkport Coastal Forest | PDF-2.1 MB |
| York | Brave Boat Harbor and Gerrish Island | PDF-1.6 MB |
| York | Central Parsonsfield | PDF-2.3 MB |
| York | Folsom Pond | PDF-2.8 MB |
| York | Kennebunk Plains and Wells Barrens | PDF-7.5 MB |
| York | Killick Pond | PDF-3.2 MB |
| York | Massabesic Forest North | PDF-1.9 MB |
| York | Massabesic Forest South | PDF-1.9 MB |
| York | Mt. Agamenticus | PDF-3.9 MB |
| York | Saco Heath | PDF-3.2 MB |
| York | Scarborough Marsh | PDF-4.4 MB |
| York | South Acton Swamps | PDF-1.3 MB |
| York | Walnut Hill | PDF-1.8 MB |
| York | Waterboro / Shapeleigh Barrens | PDF-2 MB |
| York | Wells and Ogunquit Marsh | PDF-3.1 MB |
| York | York River Headwaters | PDF-2.2 MB |