BUCKFIELD — The Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will host a forester’s tour of the partially harvested 173-acre Everett Towle Forest at 9 a.m. May 14. Jeff Williams, a consulting forester to SWOAM, will lead the tour that is sponsored by three chapters ? Western Maine, Southern Maine and Two Rivers. The Buckfield land […]
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SWOAM to host Thursday workshop on invasive species
PARIS — The Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District will partner with the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine for a workshop on invasive forest pests at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The workshop will focus on the emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned beetle and hemlock woolly adelgid. […]
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SWOAM to address timber harvesting essentials
SOUTH PARIS — The Feb. 12 meeting of the Western Maine Chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will concentrate on what a landowner needs to think about before committing to a timber harvest. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and is free and open […]
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Tree identification class to be held Sept. 20
OTISFIELD — Tree identification will be the subject of the Sept. 20 meeting of the western Maine chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine at Merle’s Ring’s tree farm. Ring, a state district forester and longtime SWOAM member, has 16 acres of forestland he has been managing for nearly three decades. He will […]
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SWOAM meeting Thursday in Paris
SOUTH PARIS – Recent changes in harvesting standards within the shoreland zone will be discussed at a public meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 by the Western Maine Chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine. Keith Kanoti of the Maine Forest Service will speak about recent changes and provide a legislative update on […]
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SWOAM hosting meeting at Hebron tree farm
HEBRON — Managing a new forest will be the topic of a meeting of the Western Maine chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine on Saturday. It will be held at the registered Tree Farm of Laurie Huntress and Josh Hounsell on the Collins Farm Road, starting at 9 a.m. While many previous […]