Community Forests

MEACC will co-sponsor a conference with the Maine Forest Service and the Community Forest Collaborative on Community Forests in October. Two sessions will be offered: Bangor, October 16th and Bath, October 23rd. If you have a community forest, or see the establishment of a community forest as a way of getting your town involved in open space acquisition, be sure to save the date. This is a particularly good strategy for policy makers who see open space just taking property off the tax rolls for the enjoyment of "elites." Community forests can pay real dividends to towns, often in excess of whatever property taxes these lands might otherwise generate.