Chris Fife, Hon. Stacey Guerin, Krysta West MILLINOCKET – The Maine Forest Products Council recognized Senator Stacey Guerin with the organization’s Legislator of the Year Award at its Annual Membership Meeting on September 13. This award, presented by Krysta West, Executive Director of the Maine Forest Products Council, recognizes Guerin’s exceptional service on behalf of
Krysta West, Allison Kanoti, Patty Cormier, Chris Fife MILLINOCKET – The Maine Forest Products Council recognized Allison Kanoti, State Entomologist and Forestry Forest Health and Monitoring Division Director at the Maine Forest Service, with the organization’s Outstanding Environmental Manager Award at its Annual Membership Meeting on September 13. Presented by Patty Cormier, Director of the
Dr. Neil Thompson is an Associate Professor of Forestry at the University of Maine Fort Kent. Combined efficacy of the treatment program and the action of natural enemies has been very high in 2026. Immediate effects of tebufenozide applications were apparent in the days following application, continuing for ~2 weeks. Where a Btk block and
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The Maine Forest Products Council, on behalf of our Executive Committee is pleased to announce our slate of award winners for 2026. The following recipients will be recognized at our upcoming annual meeting on September 13 and 14 at NEOC in Millinocket. Please join us in congratulating them and please register at the link below
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“Everything you see in back of us here is new,” said Jason Brochu of Pleasant River Lumber. Between this mill in Enfield and another in Dover-Foxcroft, Pleasant River Lumber produces about 130 million board feet of lumber each year. The operation employs around 300 Mainers with jobs tied to logging, trucking, cabinet-making and log home
One of MFPC’s highest priority bills for this year is a bond bill to incentivize the entrance of a cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing facility to Maine. The bond bill, LD 798, “An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Fund Mass Timber Manufacturing” was carried over from last session. The Northern Border
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PLEASE JOIN US IN STRONG SUPPORT OF LD 2044 As you will see listed below, on Tuesday the Tax Committee will consider LD 2044, “An Act To Allow For The Transferability Of The Biofuel Production And Renewable Chemicals Tax Credits.” MFPC strongly supports this bill, which would retool an existing tax incentive that has not yet been
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AUGUSTA – On November 13, the Maine Forest Products Council presented UMaine’s Dr. Angela Mech with the organization’s 2025 Abby Holman Public Service Award. This award is designed to recognize an individual who demonstrates a level of passion, loyalty and dedication to Maine’s forest products industry, to good government and a robust economy much the
This column originally appeared in the BDN on July 5, 2025 Mainers are known for being thrifty to a fault. We know how to stretch a dollar, and how to make the most of limited resources. We are also the most forested state in the nation, which is why Mainers have always relied on wood
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By Bill Greaves, North Maine Woods History tends to repeat itself, and the infestation of the Spruce Budworm is no exception. Those of us who have spent the last 50 years working and playing in the North Maine Woods remember the old budworm days of the 70’s & 80’s. It destroyed more than 7 million
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