Forests for Maine's Future is a collaboration of the Maine Department of Conservation, the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, the Maine TREE Foundation and the Small Woodland Owners Association of Emerging ferns (Photo: The Rankin File)Maine. Our mission is to promote sustainable forestry and educate people about the forest that covers some 90 percent of our state. We hope you'll subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter for links to our monthly Fresh from the Woods feature about some aspect of the forest and interesting news stories about forests in Maine, North America and around the globe.