Creating a plan for your woodland is an essential component to maintaining healthy woodland. Plans put into place steps that the owner will take to meet the set objectives. It is a way to keep track of the practices that will be conducted and helps the owner stay on track with what it is they are aiming to do.
Read MoreBoard member, Jeff Williams, offers a few pieces of advice for new woodland owners.
Read MoreThe Maine legislature continues to work through hundreds of bills submitted during the legislative session.
Read MoreBernd Heinrich tells the stories of the various animals he encounters in his woodland in Weld, Maine, including the surprise he had when he found a moose in his well.
Read MoreShoreline zoning in Maine is set by towns. Cutting trees in any woodland zoned as such must follow local rules.
Read MoreProperly sized stream crossings can last for many years, prevent washed out access road, while protecting water quality.
Read MoreUpdates from Executive Director, Tom Doak, about the 2021 Maine Legislative session and Maine Woodland Owners’ positions about about key bills.
Read MoreSilviculture can improve carbon storage in stands but it isn’t straightforward. Considerations have to be made at both the individual stand level and the landscape level.
Read MoreTrees remove CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, a process where a plant’s leaves transform sunlight, into energy. Leaf Area Index of a forest can determine how much photosynthesis is occurring and translating that into growing carbon. This growth can contribute toward potentially selling offsets in the carbon market.
Read MoreThere is another push in the 130 Maine Legislature to make Sunday hunting legal. This is a threat to Maine’s tradition of providing public access to private land.
Read MoreTracking the growth of your forest is an important way to determine the success of your management efforts and the increased value of your timber.
Read MoreYou own a woodland - now what? Where do you start? Patty Cormier’s Woodland 101 series talks about what you need know as you approach this new enterprise and what should you expect.
Read MoreThe 2021 Annual Meeting was much different than the ones in the past. This was the first year the all day event was held completely online.
Read MoreAfter being shut down for most of 2020, the Maine state legislature has resumed, however, with several COVID-19 related restrictions.
Read MoreThe McElroy family decided to forgo traditional holiday gifts and instead donate to Maine Woodland Owners to create the McElroy Family Forest Regeneration Initiative to support beneficial tree planting on is land trust lands.
Read MoreRiparian buffers are the most effective tool forest managers have to protect the water quality in woodlands.
Read MoreEryk Thurber is a young logger who is finding success in an increasingly aging industry.
Read MoreBob Wagg donated a beautiful wooded parcel in Lisbon to Maine Woodland Owners land trust. The property has nearly 5000 linear feet of frontage along the Androscoggin river.
Read MoreBob Seymour discusses why Edgewood Tree Farm is an example of good silviculture practices.
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