They Carry Us With Them: The Great Tree Migration – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
Emergence Magazine Podcast
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Maine's Forests Are All Over the State
At the time of European settlement in the 1600s, there were 18.2 million acres of forest in Maine compared to today's $17.6 million. Most of the forests of southern Maine were raised to make way for agriculture. Between 1980 and 2000, development altered 850,000 acres of the state's forests. Demand for forest products remains a major factor in the state's economy only recently outpaced by service industry.
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