Without an opportunity for income, many landowners would be forced to sell or develop their land. Providing public access to privately owned forest lands is an ongoing Maine tradition. Local mills convert the trees into paper products, lumber and furniture components providing employment for thousands of families. As trees become overmature, they change from being oxygen producers to oxygen users. They also become more susceptible to natural harvest from disease, fire and blow down.
Wood is the most environmentally beneficial raw material the United States.
No other raw material helps the environment while it grows like wood. Growing trees cleans the air by removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. Our wood resource is renewable, recyclable and sustainable. One third of the United States in forested. All Rights Reserved.