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Are The Economics Of A Sustainable Maine Forest Sustainable?, Mike Levert, Charles S. Colgan, Charles Lawton
Are The Economics Of A Sustainable Maine Forest Sustainable?, Mike Levert, Charles S. Colgan, Charles Lawton
Maine Policy Review
Mike LeVert, Charles Colgan and Charles Lawton discuss the transformation of the economic environment of Maine’s forests over the past two decades. Paper companies have sold most of their holdings; residential and conservation demand for land has increased; forestland prices have skyrocketed; and new classes of landowners have different strategies, objectives, and time horizons than the old industrial landowners. The authors believe that management of Maine’s forests must now address changes in the economic environment with the same intensity as threats such as the spruce budworm were addressed if we are to keep Maine’s forests as forests.
Challenges For The North Maine Woods, Lloyd C. Irland
Challenges For The North Maine Woods, Lloyd C. Irland
Maine Policy Review
Lloyd Irland discusses the rapid changes in the value of Maine’s forests as perceived by the public, the threats to those values, the policy tools for managing those conflicts, and the ways of paying for forest benefits. He notes that regulation is destined to lay a larger role in the policy mix for these new forest values.