Blethen Woods
Location: Ellsworth
Year Acquired: 2020
Acreage: 120
Donor: Larry and Elaine Blethen
Blethen Woods was donated by Larry and Elaine Blethen in September 2020. The family purchased the 120 acre property in the early 1950s as a way to keep this lakeside forested parcel intact and protected from becoming building lots.
The terrain includes a 15 - 20 acre marsh, but is otherwise dry and rolling, though boulders are quite common. Timber is varied but dominated by red maple, pine, spruce, and poplar, however, the largest trees tend to be spruce and pine.
See an article in the October 2020 edition of Maine Woodlands about the Blethen’s land donation (click on image below):
