McCorrison Addition to Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve

Today, Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve stretches in all directions at 7,292 acres—but it did not start out that way. The story began with a 1,550-acre project in 2006 in partnership with Sweet Water Trust. The Preserve doubled and then tripled in size with subsequent conservation successes. This vast wilderness punctuated by rural farms and dirt roads exemplifies how a continued focus on a cherished landscape can result in a largescale, protected wildland.

In 2022, Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve grew again. A group of lifelong friends chose to sell 200 acres next to their beloved hunting camp to the Wilderness Trust, setting the land on a rewilding trajectory. The property lies at the far east end of the Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve.

The Wilderness Trust has five Ambassador Preserves across the region, including Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve, to foster connection and compassion for wild Nature by welcoming human visitors to share in the philosophy and experience of forever-wild conservation.

Atkinson

204 acres

Township, Maine

10 acres of wetlands

Within 88,000 acres of high-priority forest block (as identified by The Nature Conservancy)

Cedar Woodland