Maine Memory Network

Forestry fire lane, MacMahan Island, 1957

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1957-05-16 Location: MacMahan Island; Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Troy Forest field day at Piper Farm, Troy, ca. 1942

Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1945 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print

Plan of Seboomook Farm, Seboomook, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Seboomook Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Del was a supervisor of tree forestry for thirty-seven years. He managed the timber and recreation resources and campsite wildlife for Baxter State…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"The ice storm had damaged public utilities, forestry, private property, and industries and the damage amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars."

Timberland Legacy, My Family's History in Maine
by Lisa Huber

A long connection to the forestry industry and conservation movement in Maine

My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese

I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.