Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

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government department state government agency

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry canonical	15
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands	14
Maine Public Reserved Lands system	2
Maine Forest Service	1
Maine Forest Service Forest Policy and Management Division	1
Maine Forest Service Forest Protection Division	1
Maine Natural Areas Program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1850159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Context triple: [Rangeley Lake State Park (part), isManagedBy, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry]

A. Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
B. Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game is a state agency responsible for conserving and managing the Commonwealth’s fish, wildlife, and related natural resources and habitats.
C. Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is a state agency responsible for supporting and regulating agriculture, promoting local food systems, and protecting natural resources in Massachusetts.
D. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency responsible for managing and protecting Massachusetts’ public parks, forests, beaches, and other natural and recreational resources.
E. Maine State Police
The Maine State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling highways, investigating crimes, and providing public safety services throughout the state of Maine.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Target entity description: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.

A. Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
B. Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game is a state agency responsible for conserving and managing the Commonwealth’s fish, wildlife, and related natural resources and habitats.
C. Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is a state agency responsible for supporting and regulating agriculture, promoting local food systems, and protecting natural resources in Massachusetts.
D. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency responsible for managing and protecting Massachusetts’ public parks, forests, beaches, and other natural and recreational resources.
E. Maine State Police
The Maine State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling highways, investigating crimes, and providing public safety services throughout the state of Maine.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government department ⓘ state government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	DACF ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Maine ⓘ linked to: Maine
country	United States of America ⓘ
follows	laws and regulations of the State of Maine ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Augusta, Maine ⓘ
hasMission	to conserve, protect and enhance Maine’s natural resources ⓘ to promote a strong agricultural and natural resource economy in Maine ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry ⓘ
hasPart	Animal and Plant Health programs ⓘ Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources ⓘ Bureau of Parks and Lands ⓘ Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning ⓘ Division of Agricultural Resource Development ⓘ Division of Animal and Plant Health ⓘ Division of Forestry ⓘ Division of Parks and Public Lands ⓘ Division of Quality Assurance and Regulations ⓘ Land Use Planning Commission ⓘ Maine Forest Service ⓘ linked to: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Maine Forest Service Forest Health and Monitoring Division ⓘ linked to: Division of Forestry Maine Forest Service Forest Policy and Management Division ⓘ linked to: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Maine Forest Service Forest Protection Division ⓘ linked to: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Maine Natural Areas Program ⓘ linked to: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Quality Assurance and Regulations programs ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Maine ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
operatesInSector	agriculture ⓘ conservation ⓘ forestry ⓘ public lands management ⓘ
oversees	Maine state parks system ⓘ linked to: Maine State Park system Maine’s agricultural marketing programs ⓘ Maine’s animal health regulations ⓘ Maine’s conservation easements on certain lands ⓘ Maine’s forest fire control efforts ⓘ Maine’s forest health monitoring ⓘ Maine’s pesticide regulation programs ⓘ Maine’s plant health regulations ⓘ public reserved lands in Maine ⓘ
partOf	Government of Maine ⓘ
responsibleFor	Maine’s agricultural resources ⓘ Maine’s forested areas ⓘ Maine’s public lands ⓘ conservation lands in Maine ⓘ state parks in Maine ⓘ
website	https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rangeley Lake State Park (part) → isManagedBy → Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry ⓘ

Rangeley Lake State Park (part) → isManagedBy → Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands ⓘ