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Jonathan LaBonte is Maine TREE’s new Executive Director
The Maine TREE Foundation (Maine TREE) is pleased to announce that Jonathan LaBonte of Auburn has been hired to join the staff as the new...
Jun 12, 20202 min read
Maine TREE’s 30th Anniversary Celebration!
Maine TREE Foundation marked its 30th Anniversary with a wonderful celebration on September 21, 2019! Outdoor educational leaders at Old...
Jun 8, 20201 min read
Threats, Challenges Facing Maine’s Forests
Forests have always faced threats. From natural disturbances like hurricanes and wildfires to native pests and diseases like spruce...
Apr 10, 20207 min read
Trees and Winter…..
Warming temperatures, less snowfall pose new challenges for northeastern species Winter can be a challenge. For people. And trees. It’s...
Mar 10, 20205 min read
Pinning down Maine’s future forest
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Forests aren’t static. They’re dynamic. Since trees colonized the rubble left by the...
Nov 20, 20194 min read
Fall Foliage Brings the Green to Maine
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Autumn, or at least the fall foliage part of autumn, is rapidly disappearing in the rear...
Nov 6, 20194 min read
White Pines Hit by Needle Disease Year After Year
By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Something’s not right. That’s what my MacBook tells me when I’ve got a wonky internet...
Oct 1, 20195 min read
Planting yourself in the forest “Green” burials are a growing thing
Have you ever noticed how many cemeteries have the word forest in their name? Forest Lawn is perhaps the best known. But usually, there’s...
Aug 21, 20196 min read
The American elm: Past, present . . . future?
Years ago I planted an American elm in my yard. I was creating what my wife likes to call an arboretum on the handful of our 75 acres...
Jun 27, 20196 min read
Make a Home for Wildlife with the Help of Author Charles Fergus
Charles Fergus loves nothing better than to rev up his walk-behind DR brush hog and mow his fields. He’s not aiming for anything like a...
May 29, 20197 min read
Ferns: Beauty and Grace in the Understory
“Outdoors” people, even those that don’t consider themselves naturalists, can identify trees, at the least common species. And the common...
Apr 26, 20196 min read
Deer yards: Shelter from the storm
It’s not easy being a whitetail deer in Maine in the winter, especially northern Maine. The snow piles deep, the frozen winds howl down...
Apr 8, 20196 min read
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