Environmental Groups

Environmental groups in Maine have been kept informed about the impacts of a budworm population explosion by Keeping Maine’s Forests (KMF), a proactive partnership of nearly 30 members from diverse backgrounds who believe that a healthy forest economy and a healthy ecosystem go hand in hand.

In November, 2014, KMF hosted a Spruce Budworm Forum for more than 60 representatives of the environmental community, which reviewed and commented on the Spruce Budworm Report then in progress.  Since then, regular updates have been provided at KMF quarterly meetings.

Maine’s environmental organizations provide a vital link to the general public as well as to their members in understanding issues like the spruce budworm outbreak.

Current KMF members include the following from environmental organizations as well as others:

John Banks, Penobscot Nation Mark Berry, Schoodic Institute Keith Bisson, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. Ken Cline, Sierra Club Jim Connolly, Maine Dept. Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Sarah Demers, Land for Maine’s Future Program Doug Denico, Maine State Forest Service Tom Doak, Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine  Mark Doty*, Weyerhaeuser, Inc Tom Duffus, The Conservation Fund Ken Elowe*, US Fish & Wildlife Service Ole Amundsen*, Maine Audubon Walter Graff, Appalachian Mountain Club Sherry Huber*, Maine TREE Foundation Alan Hutchinson*, Forest Society of Maine Don Kleiner, Maine Professional Guides Association

Marcia McKeague, Katahdin Forest Management Sarah Medina, Seven Islands Land Co. David Montague, Downeast Lakes Land Trust  Lisa Pohlmann, Natural Resources Council of Maine Rob Riley, Northern Forest Center Tom Rumpf*, The Nature Conservancy Stephen Shaler, University of Maine, School of Forest Resources and Advanced Structures & Composites Center Patrick Strauch*, Maine Forest Products Council Wolfe Tone, Trust for Public Land David Trahan, Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Peter Triandafillou, Huber Resources Walter Whitcomb, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry Robin Zinchuk, Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce      * Indicates Steering Committee member