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FSM Featured in PAWS Trails

February 3, 2021 By Erica

Maine's autumn foliage, looking up from the forest floor with the sunlight streaming through the colorful leaves.

When the editor of PawsTrails Explorer magazine approached me about writing an article on the success of working forestland conservation in Maine, it was autumn 2019. The piece finally went live in December 2020. Scrolling through it, that first time, I was struck by all that has happened in the … [Read more...]

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Want the Trail to Yourself? Try Exploring Easements

August 18, 2020 By Erica

Summer 2020 will be anything but ordinary. With some indoor activities restricted or closed, many landowners and managers across Maine are reporting a higher-than-average number of visitors to their hiking trails, parks, and preserves. Fortunately, the Moosehead Lake region has an abundance of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Moosehead Region

Fiction of the Maine Woods

January 10, 2020 By Erica

A writer sits at the base of Goodell Brook Falls.

Although some very famous works of fiction may be set on the Maine coast (à la, Murder She Wrote), numerous novels and stories have also been written about and inspired by the history, communities, and remote landscape of interior Maine. One such classic is Arundel, written by Pulitzer … [Read more...]

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

May 23, 2019 By Erica

By Erica Cassidy Dubois May 22, 2019 Last Saturday my husband and I woke up early to load our packs and our trusty trail dog, Arwen, into our 4-runner and head north. Outside of Greenville we met up with other volunteers from Moosehead Trails and state Bureau of Parks & Lands staff to put … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: Moosehead Region

Granite peaks and golden eagles:

March 27, 2019 By Erica

Big Spencer over Lazy Tom Bog

Maine’s northern forests are important to the biodiversity of the world by Erica Kaufmann, Forestland Steward The first summer I worked as a Forest Society of Maine (FSM) steward, I took a monitoring trip up Big Spencer Mountain. It was early July; the weather was sticky and hot, and my … [Read more...]

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Blog Posts

  • Maine Voices: Our forests offer a valuable buffer against climate change November 2, 2022
  • Remembering four champions of Maine’s great forests July 28, 2022
  • A Bird’s-Eye View of Conservation July 12, 2022

Maine Forests & Carbon

… "The first step in mitigating global climate change is keeping forests as forests.” – Paul Catanzaro

FSM’s Latest Blog Posts

  • Maine Voices: Our forests offer a valuable buffer against climate change November 2, 2022
  • Remembering four champions of Maine’s great forests July 28, 2022
  • A Bird’s-Eye View of Conservation July 12, 2022

Maine Forests & Carbon

Maine’s Forests Reduce Carbon Pollution Most of us can point to tangible ways in which our … Read More...

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

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