Jensen Bissell, director of Baxter State Park, surveys the stacks of logs from a recent timber harvesting operation in the park's Scientific Forest Management Area in 2009. Comprising roughly 29,000 acres in the park's northwest corner, the SFMA is the only location in Baxter where logging occurs. Former Gov. Percival Baxter set up the SFMA as a place where cutting-edge forestry and research could be carried out. Buy Photo
By Kevin Miller, BDN Staff
Posted April 20, 2011, at 6:45 p.m.
Last modified April 21, 2011, at 9:56 a.m.
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A crane adds freshly-cut timber to Wayne Daggett's payload at a harvesting area in Dover-Foxcroft on Feb. 10, 2011. Daggett runs Charles Daggett Inc. based in Topsfield and hauls wood for private contractors. By far, trucking dwarfs other forms of transport in Maine despite the recession and despite federal regulations imposed on the trucking industry. Buy Photo
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Capitalizing on favorable weather and solid demand for wood, the Maine Department of Conservation harvested more than 70,000 cords from state-owned wood lots last winter, a near record that generated more than $2 million for the state.
The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands manages more than 600,000 acres within 30 “public reserved land” units scattered around the state. Revenue from timber harvesting on the parcels, in turn, is used to support recreational facilities, including boat launch ramps and campsites, as well as wildlife management and invasive species control.
Between November and March, private contractors working
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