Huber Resources donates land to Baxter State Park
AUGUSTA — Timber management company Huber Resources Corp., headquartered in Old Town and a division of the J.M. Huber Corp., is donating approximately 143 acres of land — including about 4,000 feet of frontage along Katahdin Lake — to Baxter State Park.
“When our family was asked about donating this beautiful piece of land to the park, we agreed that this would be a remarkable gift to the people of Maine, as well as to all future visitors to Baxter State Park,” Sherry Huber, family representative, said. “This is an exhilarating day for the Huber family.”
In addition to her involvement with the J.M. Huber Corp., Sherry Huber has served since 1996 as executive director of the Maine Tree Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on environmental education about the Maine forest.
The Huber parcel is located on the southeastern tip of Katahdin Lake. It was one of only two remaining privately owned tracts of land along its shores following a series of transactions in 2006 that added more than 4,000 acres around the lake to Baxter State Park. The parcel includes the lake’s outlet stream, acres of mature forest, and a sand beach offering full views of Mt. Katahdin, Maine’s highest mountain, located three miles across the lake.
“This gift is a wonderful addition to the park and in perfect keeping with the vision of park founder and Gov. Percival Baxter,” said Jensen Bissell, director of Baxter State Park. “Remaining ‘Forever Wild,’ this portion of the historic Keep Lot will provide back-country recreation opportunities to generations of Mainers.”
Huber Resources manages approximately 585,000 acres in Maine for a variety of clients. The J.M. Huber Corp.’s presence in Maine also includes Huber Engineered Woods LLC, located in Easton.
Huber Resources has made previous gifts of environmentally significant lands to Maine. In 1976, Huber donated the Crystal Bog Preserve, which is made up of 4,000 acres of peat land in the towns of Crystal and Sherman. At more than six square miles, Crystal Bog Preserve is one of the largest sphagnum-heath bogs in the Northeast.
Also in 1976, Huber Resources donated more than 600 acres near the town of Patten, including land along the Seboeis River at Seboeis Gorge. In 1991, Huber Resources made a gift of 265 acres of wetlands called Marble Fen, featuring diverse vegetation with a large number of rare plant species.
