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Forestry Immersion Program Makes Waves in the Woods
By Hope Light On July 17, several dozen community members gathered in Brownville, Maine, off of Iron Works Road, to learn about their...
Hope Light
Jul 31, 20244 min read
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Wood Banks and Fuel Poverty in Maine
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HEATING AND EATING It’s easy to dismiss heating fuel poverty in July, especially as we are mere...
Hope Light
Jul 16, 20245 min read
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Northern Woodlands Explores Forest Carbon
Illustrations by Erick Ingraham By Hope Light What role do forests play in mitigating climate change? Northern Woodlands Magazine set out...
Hope Light
May 7, 20247 min read
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Green Jobs Fair is Coming Back to Dover-Foxcroft!
Students gathered at the 2023 Green Jobs Fair in Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis Environmental Education Collaborative (PEEC) and Maine TREE...
Hope Light
May 7, 20242 min read
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Meet Our New Forest Programs Coordinator
Kayci Willis, Forest Programs Manager – Maine TREE As the daughter of a teacher and a state forester, Kayci Willis was raised with a...
Hope Light
May 1, 20242 min read
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Managing Beech for Resiliency to Pests and Pathogens at the Wildlands
Trailhead at Great Pond Mountain Wildlands, Recipient of the 2023 Maine Outstanding Tree Farmer Award. Photo by Logan Johnson, Maine TREE...
Hope Light
Apr 9, 20245 min read
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Getting to know the 2023 Conventional Logger of the Year: Gene Daigle
2023 Conventional Logger of the Year, Gene Daigle, has been a Certified Logging Professional since 1995. Although Gene admits he didn’t...
Hope Light
Apr 2, 20243 min read
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Getting to know the 2023 Mechanical Logger of the Year: Kent Perreault
Kent Perreault poses with his award at the 2023 Certified Professional Logging Banquet By Hope E. Light The Certified Logging...
Hope Light
Mar 4, 20245 min read
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We’ve Grown…
We are thrilled to announce that Paulina Murray has joined Maine TREE as our first-ever Holt Research Forest Fellow! The Holt Research...
Hope Light
Feb 13, 20242 min read
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Jeff Jandreau Named Safe Trucker of the Year by North Maine Woods Inc.
North Maine Woods Inc. Industrial Road Safety Committee Chair Randy Lagasse presenting the 2023 Safe Trucker of the Year Award to Jeff...
Hope Light
Dec 13, 20232 min read
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The Maine Department of Agriculture Launches Adaptive Best Management Practices Cooperative (ABC)
Best Management Practices (BMPs) used to protect water quality during a timber harvest (diagram from page 12 of the Best Management...
Hope Light
Dec 11, 20232 min read
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Teachers Implement Teachers’ Tours Learning
First graders at Hilldale Elementary working on PLT’s The Closer You Look. Photo credit: Stephanie Baker By: Hope Light & Gavriela...
Hope Light
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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Woodland Owner Appreciation Day in the Sebago Region
Maine Tree Farm Program Board Chair, Jesse Duplin, talks to Woodland Owner Appreciation Day attendees Maine Tree Farm Program Stewardship...
Hope Light
Nov 20, 20232 min read
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Climate Change, Beetles, and Fire at the Waterboro Barrens Preserve
FCCI visits the Waterboro Barrens Preserve Written by: Gavriela Mallory The fourth year of Maine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative...
Hope Light
Nov 17, 20234 min read
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University of Maine School of Forest Resources Receives Prestigious Austin Wilkins Forest Stewardshi
Front, left to right, University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, SFR Director William Livingston, Governor Janet Mills; Rear, left...
Hope Light
Nov 16, 20233 min read
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Immersive Education in the Maine Woods
Mark Savage (far left) with students in Brewer’s Forestry Immersion program A New Summer Program Supports Students and Maine’s Future...
Hope Light
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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Work at Holt Research Forest!
Maine TREE is hiring a full-time Holt Research Forest Fellow. Please help us spread the word! 10.24.23_HRFFellow_JobDescriptionDownload...
Hope Light
Oct 24, 20231 min read
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2023 Forestry Field Day Honors Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
From left: Landon Fake, Roger Greene, and Carl Derian accept the Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year award for Great Pond Mountain...
Hope Light
Sep 27, 20232 min read
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Maine TREE Foundation to Honor 2023 Forest Award Recipients
Maine Timber Research & Environmental Education Foundation (Maine TREE) is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Austin H. Wilkins...
Hope Light
Sep 18, 20233 min read
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Join Our Team!
Maine TREE is hiring a part-time Communications Coordinator. Please help us spread the word! CommunicationCoordinator_JobDescriptionDownl...
Hope Light
Sep 7, 20231 min read
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