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Now that the sun is almost as high as the snowbanks, it’s a
good time to ask: “Do you know who your District Forester is?” There are
currently 10 District Foresters, covering the entire state. Over the next few weeks,
we’ll introduce these folks to you.
District
Foresters are the Maine Forest Service’s point persons for contact with
woodland owners, loggers and foresters, and the citizenry at large. District Foresters
lead educational workshops and woods tours, talk to school children and
community groups, and work with private foresters and loggers to implement good
woodland management. Most important, they can meet with you in your woods, and
help you take the next step to achieve your goals for your land.
 Patty Cormier, Norridgewock
Patty grew up in Kingfield, Maine, always playing out on the
family’s 200 acre woodlot. She received a BS in Forest Management from
the University of Maine, Orono; after graduation, she hiked the Appalachian
Trail with her husband-to-be, John. (They got along so well, they got
married!) After working for a year for the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory
and Analysis Program in Towanda, PA, she was hired by Georgia Pacific
Corporation in Baileyville, where she started out cruising timber on the
company’s woodlands. She soon transferred to G-P’s Forest Management Assistance
Program, working with family woodland owners in Washington County for the next
10 years. She joined the Maine Forest Service in 1999, as District Forester for
the Mid-Coast Area. In 2007 she transferred to the Norridgewock office, where
she now serves Franklin and Somerset Counties. She lives in Farmington with her
husband and 2 Jack Russells. She’s also a firefighter on the Farmington
Fire-Rescue Squad, a Supervisor for the Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation
District, Farmington Conservation Commission member, Somerset County Chair and
Secretary for the Maine Tree Farm Program and heads up the Upper Kennebec Valley
Chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM).
Patty's
contact information and the towns she covers can be found here.
As always, you can call the Maine
Forest Service for more information
or assistance at 800 367-0223 (in state) or (207) 287-2791, or e-mail forestinfo@maine.gov
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