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University of Maine Cooperative Extension, PO Box 179, Monmouth, ME 04259

"Women and the Woods" Program

The goal of Women and the Woods is to help increase the proportion of women woodland owners who are aware of the options for caring for their forestland, and to do so in an environment supportive of women’s preferred learning styles. This includes opportunities for discussion, as well as networking with other women woodland owners, and a preference for participatory, hands-on and/or outdoors activities.

The Women and the Woods Program offers locally organized network meetings throughout the state and multi-day conferences focusing on all business aspects of woodland ownership including land stewardship, communicating with resource professionals, timber harvesting, estate planning, and forest-related tax laws.

Women and the Woods is a program created in direct response to requests from women landowners who suggested they would benefit from a forestry program for women. Originally funded by an USDA Forest Service grant, the program has resulted in a creative partnership between the Maine Forest Service and the Women’s Agricultural Network (WAgN) of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

For more information,and/or a current calendar of events, contact Patty Cormier, Maine Forest Service, 207-474-3499 or patty.cormier@maine.gov

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