ASSOCIATED PRESS • February 14, 2021
New federal rules about forest protection could hold back conservation efforts in Maine, the state’s congressional delegation says. Maine is the most forested state in the nation. [Ed: Maine is the 19th U.S. state in acres of forest cover.] The new guidelines would regulate what constitutes nonindustrial private forest land. That’s significant because it means entities that previously used Natural Resources Conservation money might become ineligible for the funding, the delegation said.