Maine Farmer Resource Network

Managing Your Farm’s Woodlands

Roughly 60% of Maine’s farmland currently grows trees. What part does the farm’s woodlot play in the overall operation of the farm? Who can help farmers know what the potential values of their woods are? How can a busy farmer or farm family tend to all their crops, including the ones beyond the field’s edge?

General Woodlot Management and Forestry

Maine Forest Service (MFS)–e-mail or call 207.287.2791 or 1.800.367.0223 (in state)
Be Woods Wise – getting started with how the MFS can help landowners
Landowner Outreach Forester – 207.287.8430

Financial Assistance Programs

Topic-specific Information

MFS Fact Sheets – in both Word and PDF formats
Other MFS Publications and Reports
Tree Identification – from the Centennial edition of Forest Trees of Maine (2008), available in PDF format or hard copy
Forestry Rules of Maine – 2014 Edition
Best Management Practices for Protecting Water Quality
Soil Testing – University of Maine Cooperative Extension Soil Testing Service
USDA-NRCS Soil Data
Timber tax information

Harvesting, Utilizing, and Marketing Wood Products

Stumpage Price reports
2010 Directory of Maine’s Primary Wood Processors
GetRealGetMaine
“Winter Crop” (PDF) – presentation from the 2015 Agricultural Trades Show

Agroforestry

National Agroforestry Center
Silvopasture
Forest Farming or Multistory cropping
Working Trees for Pollinators (PDF) – USDA National Agroforestry Center Brochure

Other Agencies and Organizations that provide forestry information and assistance:

University of Maine School of Forest Resources
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NACD Forestry Network
Maine Woodland Owners

Find your local Maine Forest Service District Forester

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Direct Your Inquiries:

If you represent an agency or institution that works with Maine farmers and are interested in presenting to MFRN, please contact Tori Jackson, Chairperson, at tori.jackson@maine.edu.