Title

"News & Issues" piece on the sale of 8,500 acres of carefully managed timberland

Authors

Lee Burnett

Source

Maine Times

Date

6-1-2000

Pages

9

Abstract

"News & Issues" piece on the sale of 8,500 acres of carefully managed timberland owned by the Lavalley family of Sanford. Conservationists fear it will be liquidated--logged as heavily as the law permits and then sold to developers. The family--some 27 descendants of the original sawmill owner--have rejected an offer from someone who would have continued to manage the timber. Fortin & Redmond, a Maine liquidation logging company, said the asking price virtually guarantees that the buyer will heavily log the land, a prospect that Phil, one of the Lavalleys, says makes him heartsick. With details on the dubious reputation of Fortin & Redmond, whom some see as the likely buyer.

Subjects

Forests and forestry, Lumber and lumbering

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