When Regional Forest Ranger Jeff Currier first suggested that the Maine Forest Service explore using drones, he sold the idea with a scenario everyone who works in the woods fears and many have experienced. Driving past or walking through a forest and thinking, “I smell wood smoke.” Tracking that smell is tough, especially when the […]
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When Fred Huntress looks back on his much-younger self, he just has to laugh. “When I was in high school I wouldn’t even talk on the phone,” he says. “Gosh, it took me a long time to get out of that shell. Now you can’t stop me from talking.” Why would anyone want to stop
Featured in the Maine Sunday Telegram. It’s not just about big mills anymore. Maine’s forest industry offers some of the’ greenest’ jobs. We’re on the cusp of a new kind of thinking in Maine and across the nation. People are realizing our economy can’t be solely a service economy, nor can it be designed around
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