The Approved Wood Measurements training, sponsored by the University of Maine and the SFI implementation committee, was offered on July 21st and 22nd. Without this type of training, anyone wishing to become a licensed scaler in Maine would be required to apprentice under a licensed scaler for two years before being eligible to take a …
Please join us in welcoming Paul Lancisi from Dove Tail Bat Company as the newest member of the Maine Forest Products Council! Dove Tail Bats produces approximately 30,000 high quality baseball bats each year in Shirley, Maine. They are certified to sell to pro players and have the privilege of having three baseball bats entered …
Foresters put their skills to use to clear hazard trees and brush as part of the Firewise program Photo L to R: Louis Altobell (Forester Weyerhaeuser), Morgan Hancock (BluRoc), Gillian Lightenfield, Cullen Utermark (Forester Weyerhaeuser), Jon Doty (Forester Two Trees Forestry), Sally Poole, Drew Poole (Forester Weyerhaeuser), Chris Fife (Weyerhaeuser Public Affairs Manager), Ruby (Weyerhaeuser …
Weyerhaeuser Helps Host Volunteer Workday on Great Diamond Island Read More »
Thanks to MFPC member Scott Beal for taking our new deputy director, Krysta West, on a tour of St. Croix Tissue, Inc.!
The Maine Forest Products Council is pleased to welcome Krysta West of Readfield to the role of Deputy Director. A political consultant and writer who has worked in and around Maine politics for more than a decade, Krysta brings valued experience and relationships to the job. Most recently, Krysta operated a successful consulting firm specializing …
When Doug Denico’s two-year term as president of the Maine Forest Products Council ended in 2010, his friends and colleagues described him fondly as a “cast iron skillet in a microwave world!” That’s so true, but far from the whole story. Yes, he cooked – when he cooked – in a cast iron skillet and …
No one was more identified with Maine’s working forests than Denico Read More »
On December 14 Patrick along with Tom Doak, MWO and Barrie Brusilla, Mid-Maine Forestry presented the recent report from the Forest Carbon Task Force focused on recommendations for small woodlot owners 10,000- 20 acres. Two key recommendations were to build a greater MFS regional forester outreach capacity to educate landowners on active forest management and evaluating …
Milford, Maine – Governor Janet Mills announced today that her Administration is launching the Forestry Recovery Initiative to support Maine’s forest products industry and the people it employs, create and sustain jobs in rural Maine, and strengthen the state’s economy. “The Council applauds Governor Mills’ Jobs and Recovery Plan Initiative focused on Maine’s forest resource economy,” …
By Jim Britt, Director of Communications, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry On a northern Maine forestry tour Oct. 4, Diane Rowland, the newly appointed dean of the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture (NSFA) and director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, was introduced to the the …
The Maine Forest Products Council commissioned an economic impact study — Statewide Economic Contribution of Maine’s Forest Products Sector — that was recently completed by Megan Bailey, research associate for the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. “Despite the challenges of past few years, the Maine forest products industry still has an enormous impact on our state’s economy, especially in …
Maine forest products industry contributes $8.1 billion, 31,822 jobs Read More »
