Photo Assignment – Conserving the Amazing Magalloway River Headwaters (78,000 Acres!)

The Magalloway River as it enters Parmachenee Lake in Maine's northern forest.
The Magalloway River as it enters Parmachenee Lake in Maine’s northern forest.

In September 2024, the Northeast Wilderness Trust hired my film company, Reel Quest Films, to create photos and videos of a new 78,000 acre conservation project in far northwestern Maine. My Reel Quest partner, Ryan Smith, and I spent three days exploring this beautiful and wild part of Maine that has stellar opportunities for fishing and paddling (and snowmobiling in winter.)

Canoeing in the morning fog on Aziscohos Lake in Maine’s Northern Forest.

The effort to conserve this property is led by a coalition of non-profits: Northeast Wilderness Trust, Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, Forest Society of Maine, and the Nature Conservancy. The resulting conserved lands will be a combination of working forest and wilderness preserve (around 11000 acres) with recreational access retained for the entire property. More details about the effort, which needs to raise $62 million in 2025, can be found here: https://magalloway.org/. The video we produced can be seen on the Reel Quest website.

On these types of jobs Ryan and I both shoot videos and stills, though I tend to focus on stills while Ryan spends more time on the video portion. This system works well for providing our clients a good mix of content. Here are some more photos:

Drone view of canoeing on the Magalloway River, just north of Parmachenee Lake in Maine’s northern forest.
Wetland at the inlet to Parmachenee Lake in Maine’s northern forest.
Trees in the morning fog on the shore of Aziscohos Lake in Maine’s Northern Forest.
A tributary of the Magalloway River, north of Parmachenee Lake in Maine’s northern forest.
Rump Mountain in Maine’s northern forest. North Oxford, Maine.
A small pond adjacent to the Magalloway River, just north of Parmachenee Lake in Maine’s northern forest.
Boreal forest just north of Parmachenee Lake in Maine’s northern forest.
Drone view of morning fog on Aziscohos Lake in Maine’s northern forest. North Oxford, Maine.
Drone view of the north end of Aziscohos Lake in Maine’s northern forest. North Oxford, Maine.
Drone view of the Magalloway River and Rump Mountain in Maine’s northern forest.
Common loons, Gavia immer, Aziscohos Lake in Maine’s Northern Forest.
Drone view of Rump Mountain near Maine's border with Quebec.
Drone view of Rump Mountain near Maine’s border with Quebec.

Let me know how you like the photos.

Cheers!
-Jerry

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