Maine Tree Farm is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
Mission Statement
The Maine Tree Farm’s Mission is to help Maine’s family woodland owners realize the full potential of their woods while providing forest products and other woodland benefits in a recognizably sustainable manner. Maine Tree Farm will accomplish this by partnering with organizations with similar goals to provide educational materials, site visits with resource professionals (aka “walk-and-talks,” or “inspections”), field days and workshops, and by providing family woodland owners with recognition and certification services of value to communities, markets, and society at large.
History
Tree Farming, A Maine Tradition Since 1952
…And Into the Future
The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) was founded in 1941 and is now the oldest and largest forest conservation, certification, and advocacy program in the United States. The first two Tree Farms in Maine were dedicated in 1952, and today, over 1,400 family forest owners are part of the Maine Tree Farm System.
The American Tree Farm System is a program for woodland owners committed to sustainably managing their woods for wood, water, wildlife, and recreation. Maine Tree Farm receives direction from a volunteer Committee of dedicated Forestry Professionals and Tree Farmers
On October 20, 1952, Maine became the 35th state to adopt the Tree Farm program. The state’s first two certificates were awarded to Samuel B. Condon and Professor R.I. Ashman in ceremonies held in South Penobscot.
Click the button to see a digitally scanned copy of “A History of the Maine Tree Farm Program: 1952-2002”
Today there are over 1,400 Tree Farms in the state, encompassing over 400,000 acres of sustainably managed forest.
Our Committee
Executive Committee
Chair | Jesse Duplin | [email protected] |
Secretary | Larry Beauregard | [email protected] |
Treasurer | Dan Mahns | [email protected] |
Immediate Past Chair | Randy Lagasse | [email protected] |
County Chairs
County | Chair | Phone | |
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Aroostook | Brett Gerrish | (207) 942-8295 | [email protected] |
Androscoggin | Chase Thebarge | (207) 357-1713 | [email protected] |
Cumberland | Paul Larrivee | (207) 431-6153 | [email protected] |
Franklin | Robert Leso | (207) 778-2000 | bobmimi[at]midmaine.com |
Hancock | Kevin Allcroft | (207) 299-8012 | [email protected] |
Kennebec | Andy Shultz | (207) 242-8845 | [email protected] |
Knox | Allyssa Gregory | (207) 441-2895 | [email protected] |
Lincoln | Jared Gregory | (207) 215-5318 | [email protected] |
Oxford | Jesse Duplin | (207) 776-9006 | jduplin[[email protected] |
Penobscot | Kevin Allcroft | (207) 299-8012 | [email protected] |
Piscataquis | Gordon Moore | (207) 997-3297 | [email protected] |
Sagadahoc | Chandler Buie | (207) 944-9879 | [email protected] |
Somerset | Cody LaChance | (207) 861-1316 | [email protected] |
Waldo | Allyssa Gregory | (207) 441-2895 | [email protected] |
Washington | Vacant | (207) 613-6837 | [email protected] |
York | Brian Reader | (207) 205-5917 | [email protected] |
At-Large Members
Karl Buckley Hancock County | Kyle Burdick Washington County | Mike Dann Penobscot County | Julie Davenport Androscoggin County |
Kirby Ellis Penobscot County | Dave Griswold Androscoggin County | Richard Morse Kennebec County | Pat Sirois Kennebec County |
John Starrett Franklin County | Vite Vitale Kennebec County | Pam Wells Penobscot County |