Into the woods

By Beth Quimby

BRUNSWICK – A group of Japanese logging professionals is looking to Maine as a model for sustainable forestry methods.

The group from Miyazaki Prefecture, on the southern island of Kyushu, is developing a program that certifies its practices as safe and environmentally sound. To learn about Maine’s [Master Logger Certification] program, it is spending part of this week touring logging operations and talking with representatives of the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands.

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