Properly sized stream crossings can last for many years, prevent washed out access road, while protecting water quality.
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Updates from Executive Director, Tom Doak, about the 2021 Maine Legislative session and Maine Woodland Owners’ positions about about key bills.
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Silviculture can improve carbon storage in stands but it isn’t straightforward. Considerations have to be made at both the individual stand level and the landscape level.
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Trees remove CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, a process where a plant’s leaves transform sunlight, into energy. Leaf Area Index of a forest can determine how much photosynthesis is occurring and translating that into growing carbon. This growth can contribute toward potentially selling offsets in the carbon market.
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There is another push in the 130 Maine Legislature to make Sunday hunting legal. This is a threat to Maine’s tradition of providing public access to private land.
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Tracking the growth of your forest is an important way to determine the success of your management efforts and the increased value of your timber.
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You own a woodland - now what? Where do you start? Patty Cormier’s Woodland 101 series talks about what you need know as you approach this new enterprise and what should you expect.
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The 2021 Annual Meeting was much different than the ones in the past. This was the first year the all day event was held completely online.
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After being shut down for most of 2020, the Maine state legislature has resumed, however, with several COVID-19 related restrictions.
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The McElroy family decided to forgo traditional holiday gifts and instead donate to Maine Woodland Owners to create the McElroy Family Forest Regeneration Initiative to support beneficial tree planting on is land trust lands.
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Riparian buffers are the most effective tool forest managers have to protect the water quality in woodlands.
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Eryk Thurber is a young logger who is finding success in an increasingly aging industry.
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Bob Wagg donated a beautiful wooded parcel in Lisbon to Maine Woodland Owners land trust. The property has nearly 5000 linear feet of frontage along the Androscoggin river.
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Bob Seymour discusses why Edgewood Tree Farm is an example of good silviculture practices.
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Somerset County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is looking to develop a woman-centered forestry program at the Yankee Woodlot Demonstration Forest in Skowhegan, under the umbrella of the Woman Owning Woodlands network.
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The terminology for silviculture has evolved so professionals can communicate with each other about best practices. Confusion can come about when words are borrowed from timber harvesting.
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In September 2020, Larry and Elaine Blethen donated their 120 acres woodlot adjacent to Branch Lake in “North” Ellsworth to Maine Woodland Owners.
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