Forestland Ownership in Maine

 
A. USDA Forest Service Data: Thousands of Acres of Productive Forest Land ("Timberland") by Owner Class in Maine
Owner Class 1995 1982 1971 1959
National Forest
33.5
45.6
37.5
45.9
Other Public
598.7
487.4
274
170.1
Forest Industry
7,297.80
8,016.90
8,255
6,521
Other Private
9,007.60
8,353.20
8,327.80
10,432
Indian
157.1
0
Total
16,937.6
17,060.2
16,894.3
17,169.0
Productive reserved
334
272
220.7
158
Data sources:
Griffith, D. M., and C. L. Alerich. 1996. Forest statistics for Maine, 1995. USDA For. Serv. Resour. Bul. NE-135. 134p.
Birch, T. W. 1986. Forest-land owners of Maine, 1982. USDA For. Serv. Resour. Bul. NE-90. 83p.
Powell, D. S., and D. R. Dickson. 1984. Forest statistics for Maine, 1971 and 1982. USDA For. Serv. Resour. Bul. NE-81. 194p.
Ferguson, R. H., and N. P. Kingsley. 1972. The timber resources of Maine. USDA For. Serv. Resour. Bul. NE-26. 127p.
Ferguson, R. H., and F. R. Longwood. 1960.  The timber resources of Maine. USDA For. Serv., Northeastern Forest Exp. Sta. 75p.
B. Individual ownerships 15 (acres)
Owner 1906 1956 1976 1984 1996 1999  
J. D. Irving Ltd.
575,000
1,550,000
  
Pingree Family11
950,000
  
Champion International
760,000
769,879
909,000
  
Plum Creek Timber Co.
905,000
  
State of Maine
781,433
781,433
Prentiss & Carlisle Mgmt. Co.12
975,000
900,000
765,000
  
McDonald Investment Co.
656,000
Mead Corporation
550,123
  
International Paper1, 14
280,651
850,000
1,095,000
944,200
484,000
  
Huber Resources Corp.
438,040
438,040
Great Northern Paper
503,436
2,261,042
2,113,000
400,000
  
Hancock Timber Resources
255,688
365,450
Fraser Paper
240,000
240,000
  
Federal Land
187,328
187,328
The Nature Conservancy
185,000
First People: Passamaquoddy
138,000
138,000
First People: Penobscot
123,000
123,000
Dunn Timberlands
109,625
109,625
Baskahegan Co.
108,000
108,000
Stetson Timberlands
106,662
106,662
Prentiss & Carlisle Co.
85,000
St. Aurelie, Ltd.
60,043
60,043
Brown Company3
385,000
0
  
Hudson Pulp & Paper Co.4
162,000
0
  
Oxford Paper Co.5
150,000+
0
  
Scott Paper Co.6
650,000
900,000
0
  
S. D. Warren Company7
60,000
0
  
St. Croix Paper Company8
350,000
0
  
St. Regis Paper Co.9
700,000
0
  
Bowater10
2,032,972
0
  
Diamond International Corp.
801,000
0
0
  
Boise Cascade
605,100
550,123
0
  
Georgia Pacific13
520,000
0
0
The Timber Co.
440,000
0
James River Timber Corp.
148,233
0
Berlin Mills Co.
206,126
 
Hollingsworth & Whitney2
100,386
 
Eastern Corporation
260,000
Pejepscot Paper Co.
90,000
Dead River Co.
1Includes in 1906 the American Realty Company and Umbagog Paper Co.
2Later a division of Scott Paper Co.
3Includes former Berlin Mills Co.
4Later acquired by Georgia Pacific
5Later Ethyl Corp., then Boise Cascade, then Mead Corp.  
6Hollingsworth & Whitney Division, later South American Pulp and Paper (SAPPI), then Plum Creek
7Later a division of Scott Paper Co.
8Later Georgia Pacific
9Originally Seaboard, Later Champion
10Formerly Great Northern Paper
11Land now managed by Seven Islands Land CO., under continuous ownership but acreage data not available
12Manager of lands in large family estates
13Later The Timber Co.
14483,000 held by S. P. Forests, L. L. C.

Data sources:
1906, 1956: From 1906 State valuation of the Unorganized Townships, presented in Coolidge, P. T. 1963. History of the Maine woods.
     Bangor, Maine: Private Printing. 805 p.
1976: Landowner publications or representatives
1984: Paper Industry Information Office
1996: Multiple sources
1999: American Forest & Paper Association, Bangor Daily News, direct from owners