by Web Editor | Jun 22, 2018 | News, News/PR
Prices for wood to build and renovate houses have as much as doubled over the past six months, increasing costs for consumers but boosting Maine’s softwood sales and signaling a turnaround in that segment of the forestry market, industry experts say. A number of...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
Forestry officials have announced the highly destructive emerald ash borer has been discovered in Maine for the first time. Responsible for the deaths of millions of trees in the U.S. and Canada, the emerald ash borer was known to be expanding across the border in New...
by Web Editor | Nov 8, 2017 | News, News/PR
The University of Maine at Fort Kent named Neil Thompson as the Irving Woodlands, LLC Professor of Forestry. A University of Maine System graduate, Thompson is very familiar with diverse woodlands of Maine. “I’m thrilled to be taking on this research for Irving at...
by Web Editor | Sep 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Making lumber is a bit like peeling a banana. The peels, in this case 16-foot lengths of bark-clad hemlock, are stacked beside a small sawmill here at Treeline Inc., a diversified forestry operation on the access road to Lincoln. But that waste wood has value. Last...
by Web Editor | Jan 13, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Appalachian Mountain Club has been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council’s seal of approval for its management of 70,000 acres of Maine wilderness in Piscataquis County. A senior staff scientist with AMC, David Publicover, describes the certification as the...