Maine Environment Links on Forests Maine Forest Service  (http://www.state.me.us/doc/mfs/)  "...works to ensure that the trees and forest lands of Maine will continue to provide benefits for present and future generations." Check out the many online publications and data sources which include reports on forest inventory, insect and disease conditions, harvesting, legislative reports. Lots of useful material here for woodlot owners, folks who work in the forest industries, students and teachers, and anyone interested in the Maine woods. On the Forest Health and Monitoring Section you'll find current alerts and background data, plus online fact sheets on dozens of insects and diseases. [mainegov] Forest Ecology Network  (http://www.powerlink.net/fen/default.htm)   "...working to protect the native forest environment of Maine." Includes a photo gallery; many links concerned with current forestry issues; annotated bibliographies of scientific literature on clearcutting and herbicides; and links to websites of other environmental organizations, as well as links to websites with opposing viewpoints. [ind] Maine Forest Products Council  (http://www.maineforest.org) "...committed to being the state’s primary source of information about all the work, study, and recreation which is constantly going on throughout Maine’s working forests." Nice set of links. [ind] Maine Woodlot Assistance Web Site  (http://www.ume.maine.edu/~woodlot/woodlot.htm)   Extensive website covers dozens of topics of interest to woodlot owners and others. [mainegov] Northeastern Forest Inventory and Analysis Project: Maine   (http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/fia/me.html)   "the project recently completed the fourth inventory of the State of Maine (1995). For this inventory, 3,001 ground plots were visited by our field crews." Includes distribution maps of 14 important species and statistical tables.    Search Maine libraries for books and government documents on Forests and Forestry in Maine last update 01/05/2004