Congratulations to Local Wood Works for winning a Source Award from the Maine Sunday Telegram for championing Maine’s wood economy. As Theresa Kerchner noted, “From the beginning, as we articulated our mission it was to both support long-term conservation and advance forest-based wood economies.” Theresa is the leader of the Kennebec Land Trust, the organization […]
The Maine Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee has released its report on conservation lands owned by nonprofit organizations, which it was authorized to undertake by a provision in the General Fund Biennial Budget for 2018 and 2019. The report gives high marks to our land trust community and includes some interesting recommendations. I was […]
John and Cynthia Orcutt have blessed us with amazing photos in their book, Enduring Heights – The High Peaks of Maine. As Senator Angus King writes in the forward, “The vistas are so wide, the colors so subtle, the forests so deep, that the urge to see for yourself will be pretty hard to resist.” […]
In the recent edition of the Maine Woodland Owners’ newsletter, Bob Duchesne published a very informative column about the different forest habitats needed by our birds. Bob is our state’s best birding guide and has published Maine birding guides. He’s also a longtime legislator – for sure, one of our best. I got permission from […]
deer wintering areas disappear and then the deer do too
Secondary-Wood-Manufacturing-in-Maine Maine’s forest products industry is not dead, and you don’t have to take my word for it. An excellent report on our state’s secondary wood manufacturing economy is now available. The subtitle of the report says it all: $1.8 billion industry is ‘almost invisible.’ The first article, by Roberta Scruggs, Communications Director for the […]
Audubon speech covers lots of outdoor issues and opportunities
Crawling into a deep dark hole of a bear’s den is scary!
New England lost an average of 24,000 acres of forest and farmland each year from 1990 to 2010, while public funding for conservation dropped by 50% between 2008 and 2010. My thanks for Lloyd Irland for sharing this information and report with me. Here’s what Lloyd had to say, followed by a link to the […]
Four-year-old Derek Wilson knew just what he wanted for his Make-A- Wish request: a Ninja Turtle lair. Make-A-Wish Maine is dedicated to granting wishes for children with serious, life-threatening illnesses. Derek was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014 and has been in treatment ever since. Make-A-Wish’s Senior Program Director Kate Vickery knew just who to turn […]
