The issue of forestry has become a hot topic in Maine. It is obvious with the recent clearcutting referendum that Maine citizens are concerned about their forests.
Maine leads New England in the greatest percent of land forested.
In Maine timberland owners are classified into four groups. They are the National Forest, the forest industry, other private owners, and other public owners. Two of these groups, the National Forest and other private owners are growing more trees than they are cutting. The remaining two groups, the other private owners and the forest industry, are cutting more than they are growing. This is not a good rate but it does not compare to the detrimental rate of the forest industry.