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Local Wood WORKS: Maine Wood + Sustainability Tour

  • The Kennebec Land Trust 331 Main St Winthrop, ME, 04364 United States (map)

Wednesday Oct. 27 – all day

Start in Waterville 7:30 a.m., return by 5 p.m.

Stops on the tour include:

GoLab – The first US producer of wood-fiber insulation

The Wood Mill of Maine – Premiere producer of wide-plank pine flooring

Maine Woods Pellet Company – Producer of renewable-energy fuel for modern wood heat systems

A sustainably managed woodlot

Learn from: Foresters, loggers, mill managers, and wood producers

See: A variety of modern wood manufacturing

Learn about: Sustainable forestry, supply networks, and sourcing from niche saw mills

Network with: Colleagues and Local Wood WORKS staff and advisors Lloyd Irland,

Ken Laustsen, Lee Burnett and Theresa Kerchner

Earn: Professional credits

Covid-precaution reminder: Please come only if you are Covid-vaccinated. In addition, we will be caravanning in private cars, rather than traveling by charter bush. Total drive time between stops is about two hours.

The $50 registration fee covers lunch and tour program

For more information and to register visit https://www.localwoodworks.org/

Later Event: November 14
Hewett Oak Hill Property Walk