Getting to know the 2023 Mechanical Logger of the Year: Kent Perreault

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 Professional (CLP) of the Year award winner for 2023 in the Mechanical logger category is Kent Perreault of New Canada, Maine. Mechanical Logger of the Year Kent has been in the CLP program since 1996,…

Jeff Jandreau Named Safe Trucker of the Year by North Maine Woods Inc.

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 Jandreau of Fort Kent, Jonathan Haley JD Irving forester on the right. North Maine Woods is comprised of 3.5 million acres of commercial forestland and waterways – a place where people and nature…

The Maine Department of Agriculture Launches Adaptive Best Management Practices Cooperative (ABC)
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The Maine Department of Agriculture Launches Adaptive Best Management Practices Cooperative (ABC)

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service has launched a new statewide education program, the Adaptive BMP Cooperative (ABC), designed for all those involved in Maine’s forest products industry. ABC will make it easier for forestry and logging professionals to find recognized, quality BMP training programs and identify professionals who have participated in those training programs.

Teachers Implement Teachers’ Tours Learning
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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 Mallory The 2023 Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours brought Maine educators to commercial timberlands, recreation areas, mills, conservation lands, and family forests. Immersed in hands-on professional development, teachers learned about Maine’s forest industry, forest…

Woodland Owner Appreciation Day in the Sebago Region 

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 Hubs foster networks of support for Maine’s small woodland owners through building relationships, distributing resources, and hosting community events. In this vein, the Sebago Stewardship Hub contributed to Lakes Environmental Association (LEA)’s Woodland Owner Appreciation…

Climate Change, Beetles, and Fire at the Waterboro Barrens Preserve
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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 (FCCI) kicked off this fall with a field tour of the Waterboro Barrens Preserve. The FCCI webinar and field trip series is a collaborative effort between Maine TREE Foundation, the Forest Stewards Guild, and UMaine’s Center…

University of Maine School of Forest Resources Receives Prestigious Austin Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award

University of Maine School of Forest Resources Receives Prestigious Austin Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award

Front, left to right, University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, SFR Director William Livingston, Governor Janet Mills; Rear, left to right, SFR Professor Dave Field, student Logan Quinn, student Peter Herrick, student Garrett Laffler, student Anasuya Schmidt, student Tyler Locke, SFR Professor Stephen Shaler, student Kathryn Bartlett, SFR Professor Keith Kanoti, DACF Commissioner Amanda Beal, Maine…

Immersive Education in the Maine Woods

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 Forest Economy Written by: Logan Johnson On a cool August morning, high school students, with their instructor, thoughtfully assessed the breakdown. Visitors were coming, and they wanted the equipment running well to show off all…