New Battles in Maine's Timber Wars

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Long ago, battles over Maine's forests had the strategic simplicity of revolution. On one side, an empire - in Maine's case, paper companies. On the other side, rebellion - conservationists, environmentalists and ecologists.

It was simple. But today, with paper companies reeling, their vast landholdings sold off to developers and speculators and new generations of important uses emerging for Maine's forests, the next battles won't be as straightforward. In fact, what's coming has all the hallmarks of a siege.

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New Battles in Maine's Timber Wars

Forests aren't just forests anymore, harvested for timber to be burned in fireplaces, processed at pulp mills or cut at saw...

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