PISCATAQUIS OBSERVER • July 28, 2021
The Maine Forestry Museum honored four Hall of Fame inductees during the recent Logging Festival Days in Rangeley. The 2021 inductees are the first women to receive this honor: Mary Dunham of Avon, Sarah Medina of Dixmont, Patricia Quinn of Norridgewock and Patty Cormier of Farmington. Dunham of Avon logged with horses for more than 10 years. Medina was the first woman to pursue a forest management degree at UMaine and the first woman employed as a field forester in Maine. Quinn of Norridgewock has over 30 years of experience in forestry in Maine and currently serves as the harvest and transportation manager for the Three Rivers District of the Weyerhauser Corporation. Cormier of Farmington is the Maine state forester, the second woman to hold this position.