FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2016
AUGUSTA, Maine - Snowmobilers will have the opportunity to enjoy the trails in neighboring states for free during a special weekend shared by Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. This annual three-day event will take place January [...]
There is something special about a walk in the woods. Inspecting the tracks of forest animals, listening to the distant "wack-wack-wack" of the pileated woodpecker, watching a busy beaver putting the finishing touches on her dam, these and many other woodsy events are just a few reasons why we own land. To better care for and use [...]
Is it time to harvest your timberland in Maine? If so and you do not have the experience, equipment or desire to do it yourself, do you know how to find someone to do the harvesting for [...]
If you are like many of our customers concerned with having all of their retirement investments tied to the stock market you may want to look into a self-directed IRA. With a self-directed IRA you will be ready to act when you find that Maine land for sale that you know is a good [...]
The senate recently passed an amendment to limit the EPA and Army Corp of Engineers play to bring additional waters into their jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. This was hotly contested last year by concerned parties from home owners to industry as overreaching the intention of the Clean Water [...]
Maine farmers should take note of the newest farm bill conservation program with potentially $800,000,000 available to protect our natural resources. The following link to the NRCS blog page has more details.
Thinking about exploring Maine this year? Here is some inspiration. Thank you Catherine for sharing.
At the annual meeting of SWOAM a discussion came up about a new app for smartphones called About My Woods. I down loaded it immediately and have used it for the past few weeks. It has some great features.
The mapping menu is cool. You will find terrain, satellite, soil, water shed and land cover mapping all showing your location on the [...]
If you have been thinking about selling all or part of your Maine land, now might be the right time. In the past 2 weeks we have noticed a marked increase in the volume of inquiries and offers for our land listings. A quick check of the MLS land listings in the State of Maine show an increase of nearly 12% in the number of pending listings [...]
On Wednesday Peter and I attended the annual meeting of the Small Woodlands Owners Association of Maine. This year marks the 40th year for the non-profit group. SWOAM was formed in 1975 by a group of non-industrial forestland owners interested in sharing knowledge about how to better manage their private woodlands to improve tree quality, [...]
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