Did you know that forestry can be a family affair?
Meet Arthur & Rachel Egolf The Egolf’s story is a family affair. The husband and wife duo are both Maryland licensed professional...
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Jan 12, 20234 min read
Did you know that timberland can be managed for multiple uses?
Meet Rick & Kathy Abend, owners of Abend Hafen Tree Farm in Dorchester County, MD What started as a hunting property for Rick Abend has...
Oct 29, 20225 min read
Did you know that prescribed fire and timber harvesting can restore wildlife habitat?
Meet John Long, owner of The Hideaway Farm in Wicomico County, MD Maryland forests are home to some reclusive, elusive creatures,...
Aug 15, 20225 min read
Did you know that invasive vines can wreak havoc on forests?
Meet Jared Parks and Victoria Spice Maryland forests are diverse, dynamic systems that would not be sustainable without people like...
Jan 12, 20224 min read
Did you know that Maryland grows high quality veneer logs?
Meet Craig Laird, Co-owner of Laird Logs Laird Logs is four generations strong and still scaling and grading logs. The family affair...
Jan 11, 20224 min read
Did you know that pallets move the world, and they are being produced here in Maryland?
Meet Don Beazley, Owner of Polo Pallet and Mill Creek Lumber in Cecil County, MD When you’re picking up something you need from the...
Jan 8, 20225 min read
Did you know that the life cycle of wood doesn't end with the tree?
Meet Will Phillips, Co-owner of Sandtown Furniture in Baltimore City What started as volunteering on a Habitat for Humanity house project...
Jan 7, 20225 min read
Did you know that nature knows no boundaries political or otherwise?
Meet former United States Congressman, Wayne Gilchrest- Program Director and Founder of the Sassafras Environmental Education Center in...
Jan 5, 20224 min read
Did you know that time spent in the forest can provide skills to prepare you for life?
Meet Mike Huneke- Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 124 in Carney, MD For Mike Huneke, Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation in Harford...
Jan 3, 20225 min read
Did you know that sawmills in Maryland have evolved into efficient, zero-waste operations?
Meet Doug Wolinski, President of Edrich Lumber, Inc. located in Baltimore County, Maryland Edrich Lumber, based in Windsor Mill,...
Dec 28, 20215 min read
Did you know that forests can be managed for multiple objectives?
Meet Don Grove. Don and his wife Linda are Tree Farmers in Washington County, Maryland Don and Linda Grove acquired their 85-acre...
Dec 22, 20215 min read
Did you know that wood energy has an enormous potential to displace fossil fuels?
Meet John Ackerly. Founder & President of the Alliance for Great Heat For John Ackerly, founder and president of Alliance for Green Heat,...
Dec 16, 20214 min read
Did you know that coordinating with neighbors can benefit a timber sale?
Meet Chuck Lewis, Co-owner of Daughters Ridge Tree Farm in Carroll County Daughters Ridge Tree Farm has been in operation for 21 years...
Dec 12, 20216 min read
Did you know that logging practices have changed over the years?
Meet Danny Sines, Owner of Generation III Logging and President of the Mt. Loggers Group The name Generation III Logging “speaks for...
Dec 12, 20215 min read
Did you know that there are other products that benefit from forest management?
Meet Charles & Annetta Enlow, Sleepy Hollow Farm Charles and Annetta Enlow have been walking the woods and tapping maple trees for syrup...
Dec 10, 20214 min read
Did you know that it takes markets to make planting trees viable?
Meet Keith Ohlinger, Owner of Porch View Farm Keith Ohlinger has spent his life on the frontlines of farms and sustainable land...
Dec 1, 20216 min read
Did you know that forests can provide economic, social, and environmental benefits?
Meet Alberto Goetzl, President and Founder of Seneca Creek Associates From management of a woodlot on his family’s horse farm to...
Nov 22, 20213 min read
Did you know that there's a sawmill just 5 minutes from Annapolis?
Meet the 4th Generation of the Garman family to be in the lumber business Chris, Nick, and T.J. The Garman name and lumber have been...
Nov 17, 20214 min read
Did you know that there's a Maryland Senator that has hands-on experience working in the woods?
Meet Maryland Senator Jack Bailey Family, farm, forest…for Senator Jack Bailey, these three things are at the center of it all and have...
Nov 12, 20213 min read
Did you know that Maryland's largest forest product manufacturer doesn't produce lumber?
Meet Tom Johnson, owner of Eastern Shore Forest Products “I started out in this business at age 14, selling firewood around town. Of...
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