Augusta, Maine - The Parks and Public Lands Division of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has received the generous donation of a conservation easement on a 500-acre, uninhabited island in Lobster Lake, considered by many to be the crown jewel of the Penobscot River Corridor. The newly named Leadbetter Island (formerly Big Island) defines the "claws" of the lobster shape of the lake, situated northeast of Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County. The island is approximately two miles long and has more than six miles of undeveloped shoreline. The easement was donated by the Leadbetter family, which purchased the island in the 1960s from Great Northern Paper Company. DACF Commissioner Walt Whitcomb signed the official papers in December and thanked the
