Field Tour

Nearly 20 people gathered at the Putnam Woods Tree Farm in Pittston, 3 years after a major timber harvest. The tour, hosted by the Ireland and Mathews family (descendants of Albert Putnam who bought the lot in 1901), was co-sponsored by the Maine Tree Farm Program, the Maine Woodland Owners' Two Rivers Chapter, and the Viles Arboretum. Woodlot owners from as far away as Falmouth and Ellsworth, as well as from Pittston, were there. Larry Ireland, the family's “agent,” recapped