Hello from Forests for Maine's Future.
 

Henry David Thoreau's The Maine Woods, of course. Forest Trees of Maine. The Great American Forest by Rutherford Platt. Those are some of our selections for what we're calling The Forest Bookshelf, great books  about the northern forest. Find out the rest of our choices by by reading our March Fresh from the Woods feature.

Meanwhile, there's also the news. Check out these forest-related stories:

Who's the Johnny Appleseed of the Amazon rainforest? Well, it doesn't have feathers.

Community forest management. Can it help the world's poorest billion?

Who would have thought that this spring-time phenomenon could be so controversial.

The well-travelled sawmill . . . Siberia bound.

Dozens of other interesting forest stories are available by clicking here.

Meanwhile, also learn about how you can sign up for the Maine TREE Foundation's 2011 teacher tours and a unique event coming up at the University of Maine showcasing "lifecycle assessment" of products as a gauge of their "greenness."

See you in the woods!

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