Gov. Paul LePage has proposed increasing timber harvesting on the state-owned lands to provide up to $5 million a year to a program to help elderly and low-income Mainers heat their homes.

The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1GH8iFq ) reported that Mills’ findings were presented to the Commission to Study the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund. She said previous court rulings make clear that there are limitations on spending revenue from logging on state lands.

Sen. Tom Saviello, a Republican who co-chairs the commission, said he believes Mills’ letter “takes off the table” the proposals to use timber revenues for home heating or to assist state parks.