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Baxter’s deeds of trust associated with these lands. As trustees of these trust deeds, our sole responsibility is to carry out the wishes of the donor. Below are some of the directives left to us by the donor.</p> <blockquote><p>“In my travels in foreign lands I have seen beautiful great forests that for centuries have been producing a crop of wood without depletion. In Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Chile, Russia and elsewhere what has been done by scientifically controlled forestry can be done in Maine. I now make it possible for the state to try a major experiment here at home, an experiment that can mean much for our future timber supply, which all admit is the chief natural resource of our State.”</p></blockquote> <div class="uk-accordion toggle " data-uk-accordion="{showfirst:false}"> <div class="uk-accordion-title">1955 Baxter Communications to Governor Muskie and 97th Legislature<i class="fa fa-plus" style="float:right;"></i></div> <div class="uk-accordion-content"></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">“This 3,569 area will be available both for recreation and for scientific forestry management and can be made to produce a continuing crop of timber to be harvested and sold as are potatoes or any other product of the soil.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">“It long has been my purpose to create in our forests a large area wherein the state may practice the most modern methods of forest control, reforestation and production….This new 3,569 acres is an excellent location for this purpose.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">“In my travels in foreign lands I have seen beautiful great forests that for centuries have been producing a crop of wood without depletion. In Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Chile, Russia and elsewhere what has been done by scientifically controlled forestry can be done in Maine. I now make it possible for the state to try a major experiment here at home, an experiment that can mean much for our future timber supply, which all admit is the chief natural resource of our State.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">“The terms of this gift are identical with those of the three thousand five hundred sixty-nine (3,569) acre; Public Park, Public Forest, Public Recreational and Scientific Forestry Purposes and Reforestation. I want this township to become a show place for those interested in forestry, a place where a continuing timber crop can be cultivated, harvested and sold; where reforestation and scientific cutting will be employed; an example and an inspiration to others. What is done in our forests today will help or harm the generations who follow us.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">“This township six (6) range ten (10) is what is termed by woodsmen ‘good growing land’. An area with an abundance of wildlife, especially moose. Fishing and hunting will be allowed under the general Fish and Game Laws of the State.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"></div> </div> <div class="uk-accordion toggle " data-uk-accordion="{showfirst:false}"> <div class="uk-accordion-title">Private and Special Laws 1955<i class="fa fa-plus" style="float:right;"></i></div> <div class="uk-accordion-content"></p> <p>Private and Special Laws 1955, Chapter 66</p> <p>“All harvesting of said products shall be done according to the most approved practices of Scientific forestry and all revenue derived from the sale of said products shall be used by said state for the care, management and protection of Baxter State Park as now or hereafter defined:”</p> <p>Private and Special Laws 1955, Chapter 171</p> <p>“The trees harvested may be cut and yarded on the premises but no manufacturing operations shall be carried on within said township. All revenue derived from the sale of timber shall be used by the State IN TRUST for the care, management and protection of Baxter State Park as now and hereafter defined, and the said twenty-five thousand twenty-five (25,025) acres forever shall be held by said State as Trustee in Trust…”</p> <p>Private and Special Laws 1955, Chapter 2</p> <p>“The State of Maine is authorized to clean, protect and restore areas of forest growth damaged by Acts of Nature such as blowdowns, fire, floods, slides, infestation of insects and disease or other damage caused by Acts of Nature in order that the forest growth of the Park may be protected, encouraged and restored.”</p> <p></div> </div> <p> </p> <div class="image-header image-header-normal " style="background: url('https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0760.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-attachment: fixed;">silviculture</div> <h2 style="text-align: center;">The Tenets of our Silvicultural Philosophy</h2> <div class="flex-container flex-wrap "></p> <p><div class="icon-box "> <a target="_self" href="#/"> <div class="icon-box-icon" ><i class="fa fa-tree fa-3x"></i></div> <div class="icon-box-content"></p> <h1>Sustainability</h1> <p>We strive to “produce a crop of wood without depletion”. This means we try to cultivate a heterogeneity of forest conditions on the landscape to allow the forest more options for adapting to new stresses, such as climate change or invasive species. Maintaining plant and structural diversity is paramount.</p> <p></div> </a></div></p> <p><div class="icon-box "> <a target="_self" href="#/"> <div class="icon-box-icon" ><i class="fa fa-balance-scale fa-3x"></i></div> <div class="icon-box-content"></p> <h1>Humility</h1> <p>We believe that the forest is a complex adaptive system with many interrelating and interacting parts, and that we will never have complete knowledge of these dynamic parts.<br /> Therefore, we try to approach forest management with humility and to maintain forest composition and ecosystem function within it’s natural range of variability. This may mean that we keep those potentially important components we don’t yet understand available and functioning.<br /> </div> </a></div></p> <p><div class="icon-box "> <a target="_self" href="#/"> <div class="icon-box-icon" ><i class="fa fa-link fa-3x"></i></div> <div class="icon-box-content"></p> <h1>Perpetuity</h1> <p>We have a mandate to manage this forest FOREVER. Such a long time frame also makes it important to learn from what we have tried in the past and incorporate this learning into future trials; towards this end, we strive to keep extensive notes on our forests, how we intend to manipulate them, and how our trials turned out, for better or worse.</p> <p></div> </a></div></p> <p> </p> <p></div> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;">“What is done in our forests today will help or harm the generations who follow us.”</p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><div class="image-header image-header-normal " style="background: url('https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_1140.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-attachment: fixed;">ecological monitoring</div><br /> Long-Term Monitoring is not a sexy practice, but one absolutely essential to adaptive management. We try to give our monitoring effort some context by connecting them to larger efforts across the region.<br /> <div class="flex-container flex-wrap "><div class="icon-box "> <a target="_self" href="#/"> <div class="icon-box-icon" ><i class="fa fa-heartbeat fa-3x"></i></div> <div class="icon-box-content"></p> <h1>Forest Health</h1> <p>We keeps tabs on amphibians, migratory birds, and insect populations as indicators of forest health.<br /> </div> </a></div></p> <div class="icon-box "> <a target="_self" href="#/"> <div class="icon-box-icon" ><i class="fa fa-bar-chart-o fa-3x"></i></div> <div class="icon-box-content"></p> <h1>Tree Growth</h1> <p>In addition to an operational tree inventory, we maintain one of the most extensive networks of continuous forest inventory plot systems in Maine.</p> <p></div> </a></div> <div class="icon-box "> <a target="_self" href="#/"> <div class="icon-box-icon" ><i class="fa fa-cogs fa-3x"></i></div> <div class="icon-box-content"> <h1>Ecosystem Function</h1> <p>We keep track and air and water temperatures and watch closely for any invasive pressure.<br /> </div> </a></div></div></p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;">“…practice the most modern methods of forest control, reforestation and production…”</p> </blockquote> <div class="image-header image-header-normal " style="background: url('https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0387.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-attachment: fixed;">education-recreation</div> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/trl_SFMA_29mar2017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download SFMA Trail Map.</a></p> <p><strong>Tours</strong> are a regular part of workflow here in the SFMA, in keeping with our mandate to maintain “a showplace for those interested in forestry”. Please contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8dbc0c9c6cd86c5c1c4c4cddae8cac9d0dccddadbdcc9dccdd8c9dac386c7dacf">Lands Manager Shane Miller</a> for more information if your group would like a tour or a talk.</p> <p>There is a <strong>self-guided trail</strong> for a fairly quick and family-friendly introduction to forestry and the SFMA. There are brochures available at the trailhead about a mile west of the Trout Brook Bridge. We’ve hung many tree-ID signs at kid-level on this 0.8 mile, fairly flat nature walk.</p> <p> </p> <p><img data-attachment-id="4299" data-permalink="https://baxterstatepark.org/forest-management/fitrail/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FiTrail.png?fit=791%2C611&ssl=1" data-orig-size="791,611" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="FiTrail" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FiTrail.png?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FiTrail.png?fit=791%2C611&ssl=1" class=" wp-image-4299 aligncenter" 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href="https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SFMA-Forest-Management-Plan-1998.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SFMA Forest Management Plan 1998</a><br /> <a href="https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SFMAForestManagementPlan1988.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SFMA Forest Management Plan 1988</a><br /> <a href="https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SFMA-Forest-Management-Plan-1980.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SFMA Forest Management Plan 1980</a><br /> <a href="https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Boody-Brook-Natural-Area-Mgt-Plan-2001.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Boody Brook Natural Area Mgt Plan 2001</a><br /> <a href="https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/FrostPondForest_Mgt-Protocol_2003.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Frost Pond Forest Mgt Protocol 2003</a><br /> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AO8Cna9A3XJavN5CTr_p6YAEHZvyTAmh/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Cary Forest Management Plan 2019</a></p> <p> </p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> </footer> </article> </main> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer uk-text-center" role="contentinfo"> <nav uk-navbar="offset:100"> <div class="menu-container"> <ul id="menu-footer" class="uk-navbar-nav"><li id="menu-item-2816" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2816"><a class="menu-link" title="Employment" href="https://baxterstatepark.org/employment-opportunities/">Employment</a></li> <li id="menu-item-2814" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2814"><a class="menu-link" title="Volunteer" href="https://baxterstatepark.org/employment-opportunities/volunteer/">Volunteer</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10074" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page 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