(Camden)--- Coastal Mountains Land Trust is pleased to have recently installed a new interpretive kiosk panel at its Bald Mountain Preserve trailhead located at the top of Barnestown Road in Camden. The sign was made possible through the generous support of the Maine Humanities Council.
The purpose of the new sign is to provide information about both the human and natural history of Bald and Ragged Mountains and to describe the Land Trust’s ongoing efforts to see this iconic landscape permanently conserved. One half of the newly installed sign uses words and photographs to describe the human history of “Barnestown,” the settlement of numerous homes settled by various members of the Barnes family dating back to the late 1790s. In 2012, the Barnes-Pendleton family, which the sign states “was made up of ordinary people who raised blueberries, baked pies, went to church… and doted on their children,” generously donated the land that made the Land Trust’s new Bald Mountain trailhead possible.
The second half of the sign introduces visitors to the importance of conservation of the Bald and Ragged Mountains. As the fourth and fifth highest mountains on the east coast, Bald and Ragged Mountains have been designated as an area of statewide significance by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and represent an enormous opportunity to permanently protect wildlife habitat, secure trails and access, protect clean water, and preserve the scenic character of our community.
If you are interested in viewing the new sign and/or accessing the Bald Mountain Preserve via its new trailhead, drive west up the steep hill on Barnestown Road past the Camden Snow Bowl and look for the new parking area approximately 1/10th of a mile after the intersection with Gillette Road.
Coastal Mountains Land Trust has worked since 1986 to permanently conserve land to benefit the natural and human communities of the western Penobscot Bay. The Land Trust has protected over 9,740 acres to date. For more information about the Bald & Ragged Mountains campaign, volunteering, and the Land Trust in general please call (207) 236-7091 or visit www.coastalmountains.org.
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