PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 16, 2024
Williamsburg Forest is a remote community-owned woodland revitalized and run completely by women. The initial group that decided to rescue a down-on-its-luck demonstration forest did not plan it this way. They were just foresters and conservationists who happened to be women. And when they asked for help from their professional networks, other women in this traditionally male field answered. Now women pick which trees to cut, which rules to enforce and signs to post, and which classes to hold.