Recreational facilities are limited and you won t see rangers, water or power hook-ups, gas stations, or tow trucks. All roads and bridges in the KI Jo-Mary Forest are maintained primarily for forest management activities. Trucks have the right of way - always. Watch for trucks and yield. Never block any road, even if it appears abandoned, and do not park within 150 of bridges.
Timber is harvested here, as it has been for generations.
It is transported over the privately built and maintained road network to markets that support the economies in communities throughout Maine. Several thousand Maine citizens grow, harvest, mill and process timber taken from the KI Jo-Mary Forest into products sold all over the world. Hundreds of service industries support the forest products industry, providing additional economic contributions. During the past century, softwood harvest supported timber needs during the times of river drives on the tributaries of the Pleasant River and Jo-Mary Lakes. Mountainsides around KI were cleared of hardwood to make charcoal to fuel the iron works.