Hello from Forests for Maine's Future.

This week's forest news from around the state, the nation and the globe includes:

A story about how forest trees remember their roots . . . literally.

An interview with Maine's own Roger Milliken, practicing Buddhist, timber company CEO, and chairman of the board of The Nature Conservancy.

The U.S. Forest Service's report on sustainable forests.

How locals in Mexico are battling organized crime for their forests.

Oh, and one more story. Very timely:  a new federal report says insects are the leading threat to U.S. forestgs.

Which makes an appropriate segue to our latest Fresh from the Woods feature about exotic forest insects and diseases that pose a danger to the nation's, and Maine's, woodlands.

See you in the woods!

Editors, producers and webmasters: Forests for Maine's Future encourages use of our features by any media. Feel free to reprint or reuse. Please credit Forests for Maine's Future and let us know if you do use a story.