Robbins Lumber among Maine companies beginning climate project

By Keenan Mills
WABI TV5
July 24, 2024
Category: Forestry

SEARSMONT, Maine – The New England Forest Foundation is building a stronger community. They recently gifted six companies across the state grants with the goal of more climate-friendly forestry work. Maine’s Robbins Lumber Company was one of the businesses granted this money. …The United States Department of Agriculture is partnering with the New England Forest Foundation to start a Climate-Smart Commodities Partnership Project. The $30 million project gives an opportunity for companies like Robbins Lumber not only to increase carbon in the forests in their area but across the state. “It benefits the landowners, it benefits the general public, because all of these thinnings are going to be using, to make electricity,” answered Jim Robbins. …The climate isn’t the only thing benefiting from this project. “Plus, it provides a lot of jobs. In rural Maine, where we need jobs,” added Robbins.

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