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Bureau / Program: Maine Forest Service
Date: July 5, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Thorndike Mill & Meeting Place, Thorndike
Event Type: Workshop/Training, Nature Exploration
Join Maine Tree Farm, Maine Forest Service, & Partners for: Tree Talks.
This is part of a series pairing tree identification with local history, and community projects.
The Farwell Project Executive Director Diana Prizio will share Farwell history and current projects. Maine Forest Service District Forester Allyssa Gregory will lead tree id.
For more information, questions, or concerns, please contact Allyssa Gregory at [email protected]
Join Maine Tree Farm, Maine Forest Service, & Partners for: Tree Talks.
This is part of a series pairing tree identification with local history, and community projects.
Maine Woodland Owners land trust forester, Mike Kinney, will show current and past projects of the memorial woodland. Maine Forest Service District Forester Jim Ferrante will guide participants through tree id.
For more information, questions, or concerns, please contact Allyssa Gregory at [email protected]
Join Maine Tree Farm, Maine Forest Service, & Partners for: Tree Talks.
This is part of a series pairing tree identification with local history, and community projects.
Education & Community Engagement Director Kelly Lunt will provide guests with a history of the property and projects. Maine Forest Service District Forester Michael Jensen will lead a tree identification walk.
For more information, questions, or concerns, please contact Allyssa Gregory at [email protected]
Bureau / Program: Maine Forest Service
Date: July 10, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Old Surry Schoolhouse, 7 Toddy Pond Rd, Surry, ME 04684
Event Type: Workshop/Training
Join Maine Forest Service District Forester Michael Jensen for a presentation about Maine's Tree Growth and Open Space programs.
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What are the tax incentives for landowners in each of these programs?
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What are the landowner's obligations to participate in these programs?
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What are the requirements to participate in these programs?
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Note The minimum woodland ownership for Tree Growth is 10 acres; there is no minimum acreage for Open Space.
Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session.
This presentation brought to you by the Surry Conservation Commission
Program/Bureau: University of Maine School of Forest Resources
Date: July 25 and 26, 2024
This course is designed to instruct participants in the basic techniques and methods applicable to wood measurement and scaling. Satisfactory completion of this training program in wood scaling will reduce the requirement from 18 months of apprenticeship to 6 months for a wood scaler license.
Instructions will be given in scaler’s licensing law, wood measurement methods and all applicable rules. The program includes both classroom and field training. Participants will receive a copy of the most recent wood measurement rules.
The cost of this two-day program is $100. Space is limited to 20 participants. It is expected this training program will fill up. Register early!
Sponsors:
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University of Maine, School of Forest Resources, University Forest
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; Maine Forest Service, and Division of Quality Assurance & Regulation
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Lumbra Hardwoods
- Maine Sustainable Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee
To register, please contact Annabelle Kitson, office manager, Maine Forest Products Council at [email protected] or (207) 622-9288
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