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Deep in the Upper Peninsula’s Huron Mountains, among the wildest of Michigan’s wild places, the rugged Michigamme Highlands is comprised of vast forests, remote lakes, cold trout streams, moose-inhabited swamps and granite outcroppings. Now, 73,000 acres of what is arguably some of the most important forest land in the Great Lakes region has been protected and is available for Michigan’s residents to enjoy – forever. With funding entirely from grants and donations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has acquired a working forest conservation easement to secure these rights for the public while also supporting the state’s forest products industry. “We are thrilled to have helped to achieve this important milestone for Michigan’s working forests and are particularly proud of the strong partnership we have established with the DNR,” said Sarah Kitz, managing director at Lyme Timber. “The Michigamme Highlands conservation easement will leave a lasting legacy that benefits Michigan’s forests, the public, the regional forest products economy and the environment – at scale.”    Read more

Lyme is proud to have partnered with the Kestrel Land Trust and The Trustees of Reservations to permanently conserve more than 2000 acres of forest in Pelham and Belchertown, Massachusetts. Through this enduring partnership, the land trusts will ensure that this natural forest is conserved for the benefit of wildlife and water quality, with guaranteed public access to sections of the Robert Frost Trail in Pelham and New England Scenic Trail in Belchertown. “Lyme is pleased with the opportunity to help acquire these additional forested tracts for conservation, adding to the hundreds of thousands of acres of land we’ve helped to permanently protect with partners across New England. The Pelham and Belchertown properties are critical to maintaining connectivity to benefit wildlife habitat and water quality in the Connecticut River Valley and are part of a broader national effort to protect the broader Appalachian landscape,” said Peter Stein, one of Lyme’s Managing Directors.    Read more

An affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company recently partnered with the Kestrel Land Trust and The Trustees of Reservations to acquire 2,864 acres of timberland in western Massachusetts.  “Lyme is pleased to help acquire these ecologically sensitive tracts, adding to the hundreds of thousands of acres of forestland we’ve permanently protected with partners across the United States,” said Peter Stein, one of Lyme’s Managing Directors.    Read more

The Lyme Timber Company is proud to have received the Adirondack Legacy Leader Award as part of the Adirondack Council's celebration of 50 years of conservation impact on July 19, 2025. Lyme was recognized along with six other organizations for their roles in shaping the Adirondack Park over the past half-century.    Read more

The Lyme Timber Company signed an agreement with the Southeastern Climbers Coalition and Access Fund to provide access to a climbing area known as "Little Brushy" located on property owned by Lyme affiliates in southeastern Tennessee. Lyme is proud of this collaborative effort to allow the community to enjoy the lands it owns and manages. “As a large landowner in the region, we recognize the important values these lands provide to the local community,” says Sean Ross, Managing Director at The Lyme Timber Company. “Our company has a long history of developing creative partnerships that allow the public to gain access for recreation on private lands, and we are excited to partner with the Access Fund and SCC to expand access for climbing and outdoor recreation in East Tennessee. We are happy we could find a way to make this arrangement work and look forward to welcoming the local climbing community onto our property and working together to protect and enjoy this natural resource.”   Read more

Lyme Timber received the Leadership in Conservation Award from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) during their annual conference last week. This award recognizes Lyme’s longstanding commitment to advancing conservation outcomes and our partnership on efforts to promote and protect biodiversity, research-based forest management practices, and climate-smart forestry.   Read more

The Lyme Timber Company has conserved 2,396 acres of forestland in Western Massachusetts in cooperation with W.D. Cowls, Kestrel Land Trust, and the Trustees of Reservations.   Read more

Those funds will cover the state’s portion of a nearly $20 million conservation easement for roughly 73,000 acres across Baraga, Iron and Marquette counties; a $15 million grant from the federal Forest Legacy Program and a $1 million grant from nonprofit National Fish & Wildlife Foundation were previously awarded. Lands preserved under the conservation easement include forests, lakes, streams and wetlands. The collection of forested tracts adjoins the federal McCormick Wilderness Area in the Ottawa National Forest, as well as Michigan’s Craig Lake State Park. The project even includes the state’s highest elevation – Mt. Arvon.   Read more

Investment funds managed by The Lyme Timber Company LLC (“Lyme”) have sold one wetland mitigation bank in Virginia and five stream mitigation banks in West Virginia to a fund managed by Texas-based Conservation Equity Management. Mitigation banks are undeveloped properties that had previously suffered environmental degradation but are then restored to their previous ecological function under close regulatory supervision.   Read more

The Green Finance Initiative has published two case studies highlighting Lyme's work to conserve forests and restore degraded wetlands. The case studies are part of a larger database that features mechanisms and models that mobilize private sector finance towards nature.    Read more