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last updated: February 2024

Forest Opportunity Roadmap / Maine (FOR/Maine) is a unique cross-sector collaboration between industry, communities, government, education, and non-profits, which have come together to realize the next generation of Maine’s great forest economy. The coalition was created with support from the U.S. Economic Development Agency and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

Goal 1: Sustain and strengthen Maine’s existing forest products businesses.

Goal 2: Attract capital investments and develop greater economic prosperity in the forest products sector, for both existing and new businesses across the state.

Goal 3: Support the revitalization of Maine’s rural communities as places where people want to live, work and visit

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Brianna Bowman
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Maine

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