The Maine Woods Consortium is envisioned as a an open association of non-profits, businesses, and government agencies working together to bring prosperity to Maine's "rim" counties.

The Consortium will focus on three major areas:

• Sustainable management of landscape resources.
• Revitalization of towns and villages.
• Alignment of small and moderate scale enterprises to meet emerging market opportunities.

Click here to view the Draft Maine Woods Vision Statement. The Vision Statement puts forward our major goals and strategies.

Click here to view Draft Transition Plan for the Maine Woods Consortium. This document describes the proposed transition from the Maine Mountain Heritage Network (where we are now) to Maine Woods Consortium (where we are going).

Click here to view Draft Capital Investment Strategy. This is new! A proposal for a regional capital campaign.

The Maine Mountain Heritage Network Coordinating Team is developing the plan for the new Maine Woods Consortium. Please contact any member of the coordinating team if you want to be part of the process. View Coordinating Team members, meeting notes, documents, and meeting dates.

The Coordinating Team is being guided in its planning by the newly forming Maine Woods Consortium Stakeholder Group that includes representatives of businesses, non-profits, and government agencies who share an interest in the future of people and place in the Maine Woods. Planning discussions have focused on new approaches to achieving alignment of conservation and development efforts across a large landscape, gaining efficiencies and impact through multi-sector collaboration, and finding new ways to raise and apply investment capital at the local level to achieve regional goals. View Stakeholder Group members, meeting notes, documents, and meeting dates.

For more information on the Consortium, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Mountain Counties Heritage, Inc. at (207) 778-3885 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Eastern Maine Development Corporation at (207) 942-6389.