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Once and Future Uses of Wood
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer In the mid-’60s Eric Sloane wrote “A Reverence for Wood,” a tribute to the importance of...
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Oct 27, 20118 min read
Aging forest owners: What will become of their woods?
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Jim walked slowly up the path, as he had done ten thousand times before. Almost every day...
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Sep 27, 201110 min read
A forest stewardship state of mind
Allen Higgins and Josiah Pierce talk about caring for the land By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Allen “Higmo” Higgins,...
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Aug 25, 20117 min read
Penobscot Experimental Forest: Six decades of science
July 2011 By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer On a recent summer day, while showing a visitor around the Penobscot...
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Jul 27, 20117 min read
Exotic forest pests: the danger is real
Fresh from the Woods By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer June 2011 Around the turn of the last century a serial killer...
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Jun 30, 20117 min read
Bernd Heinrich: Writer, academic, Maine forestland owner
Fresh from the Woods Bernd Heinrich: Writer, academic, Maine forestland owner May 2011 It’s easy to see what makes Bernd Heinrich one of...
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May 31, 201112 min read
The Underground Forest
Fresh from the Woods The Underground Forest April 2011 By Joe Rankin Walking in the forest you are bathed in sounds, sights, smells –...
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Apr 30, 20118 min read
The Forest Bookshelf
The Forest Bookshelf March 2011 By Joe Rankin Today Henry David Thoreau is best remembered for Walden, the account of the time he lived...
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Mar 31, 20118 min read
Sweet time for Maine’s syrup producers
February 2011 By Joe Rankin Mention maple syrup season and the image that leaps to mind for most people is straight out of a Norman...
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Feb 11, 20117 min read
Community Forests: an old idea that’s new again
Forest scene on Branch Lake land in Ellsworth. Photo courtesy of Jerry and Marcy Monkman, Ecophotography.org Fresh from the Woods January...
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Jan 31, 20117 min read
Trails from the 21st Century
Fresh from the Woods December 2010 By JOE RANKIN It’s a beautiful day. Leaves are turning. The air smells of the dying days of summer. A...
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Dec 31, 201011 min read
Seeing the People Behind the Trees
Fresh from the Woods Seeing the people behind the trees By JOE RANKIN A few years ago Wendy Farrand, a rep for Maine Custom Woodlands,...
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Oct 24, 20105 min read
Prentiss & Carlisle: a proud history of forest stewardship
Fresh from the Woods Prentiss & Carlisle president Donald White, left, Gov. John Baldacci, and P&C Chairman David Carlisle show off the...
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Oct 22, 20105 min read
Maine Seeks $25 million for Conservation
Fresh from the Woods Maine seeks $25 million for conservation By Joe Rankin Maine’s north woods covers some 12 million acres, a near ...
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Oct 20, 20108 min read
Keeping Maine’s Forests II
Fresh from the Woods Keeping Maine’s Forests Part II: Exploring Options for the Maine Woods By Andrew Kekacs Editor’s note: This is the...
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Oct 19, 20104 min read
Biomass
Fresh from the Woods Producing energy from woodland ‘biomass’ could — over time — add less greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than...
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Oct 18, 20105 min read
Keeping Maine’s Forests I
Fresh from the Woods Keeping Maine’s Forests: Part I By Andrew Kekacs After more than two decades of often-rancorous debate about forest ...
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Oct 17, 20106 min read
The Nimble Forest
Fresh from the Woods A shaft of sunlight pierces a stand of red spruce growing in Lincolnville. The Nimble Forest By Andrew Kekacs Life...
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Oct 16, 20104 min read
The Forested Landscape
Fresh from the Woods Tom Wessels reads complex stories written into the forested landscape By Andrew Kekacs The highlight of the day...
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Oct 15, 20104 min read
North Maine Woods
Fresh from the Woods A group of hikers nears the summit of White Cap Mountain in the KI Jo-Mary region. (Photo courtesy of North Maine...
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Oct 13, 20105 min read
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