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Great News!! Last week, FSM closed on a conservation easement on 600 acres just outside of Bangor. A former landowner, whose family had owned the land for more than 100 years, sat down with us and told us his family’s history with the land.
According to him, his father and relatives built the last kiln to work in Glenburn in 1935. They did the brick work themselves and the resulting kiln looked like a brick beehive with two metal doors and a smoke hole on the top, with vent holes all the way around. It was 20 feet across, stood 18 feet high, and held 10 cords of wood. This wood came from trees on the nearby land that were cut by hand, then sawed into four-foot length logs.
The kiln was closed when family members were drafted into WWII. After the war, the demand for charcoal had lessened to the point that there was no longer a need for these local kilns. Today, only remnants remain.
FSM’s work to conserve Maine’s forestlands permanently prevents development, helping to ensure that historic landscapes and structures like these remain. A tremendous thank you to everyone who helped make this project a success.
