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Josiah
and Kathleen Pierce of Baldwin received the 2007 Outstanding Tree
Farmer award from Governor John Baldacci at the
Augusta
Civic
Center
on January 10. .
The Pierces’ Tree Farm is located in
Baldwin
and covers 1960 acres. It
has been in the family since 1785.
First certified as a Tree Farm in 1960, the land is managed
for commercial timber harvesting, farming, recreation and wildlife
habitat. Rene Noel, Jr. of
Windham
is the consulting forester for the Tree Farm, which also won the
award for Cumberland County Outstanding Tree Farm.
The
land is open to the public and hunting, fishing, hiking,
snowmobiling, cross country skiing and ATV use are permitted by the
Pierces. The Tree Farm
Committee stated that, “It shows a continuing family land ethic.
Woodlands are well managed with many excellent examples of
long term silvicultural treatments.
Relationships with neighbors and community are excellent and
the owner has expanded tree farm acreage to protect existing
holdings.”
Josiah
Pierce is a member and past president of the Small Woodland Owners
Association of Maine (SWOAM) and has served on Task Forces on
Woodland Certification and Public Use of Private Land.
He is a member of the planning and school boards and the
local Grange.
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