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IMG_1911-teacher-tour-2015-websizeMaine’s forestlands have sustained a flow of valuable, renewable forest products for more than 150 years. The 17 million acres of forests in Maine support the state’s second largest industry, forest products, and significantly contribute to the largest, tourism.

Forest products represented 27% of Maine’s total exports in 2015 and Maine’s top export by industry last year was paper. Wood from Maine’s forests is used in or for a wide variety of products including lumber, hardwood flooring, wood pellets, ax handles, golf tees, Lincoln Logs, pepper mills, violins, guitars, and pianos, drumsticks, and many kinds of paper products.

 

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Featured Posts

Renewing LTA Accreditation

FSM is currently renewing its Land Trust Alliance (LTA) … [Read More...]

Moosehead Region Update

Recently a request was submitted to the Maine Land Use … [Read More...]

Prong Pond Trail: from Flagging to (Almost!) Finished

By Erica Cassidy Dubois May 22, 2019 Last Saturday my … [Read More...]

View of Attean Pond from Sally Mountain

Support Conservation

Your gift makes a difference! Donate today so Maine … [Read More...]

FSM’s Latest Blog Posts

  • Renewing LTA Accreditation October 4, 2019
  • Moosehead Region Update October 1, 2019
  • The bee tree blooms July 16, 2019

Your land trust for Maine’s North Woods

Forest Society of Maine conserves Maine's forestlands in a manner that sustains their ecological, economic, cultural, and recreational values.

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Main Office
115 Franklin St., 3rd Floor,
Bangor, Maine 04401
(207) 945-9200
info@fsmaine.org

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