LOCAL WOOD WORKS • May 22, 2024
After nearly seven years at the helm of Local Wood WORKS, Lee Burnett announced that he will be stepping down as Project Director. Local Wood WORKS is a statewide partnership focused on promoting sustainable use of Maine wood, to help Maine landowners keep their forests as forests, and to sustain Maine communities and economies. During Burnett’s tenure, Local Wood Works developed a Maine Wood Guide, forest and forest product manufacturing tours. Jennifer Dann will be the new Project Director working closely with LWW's eight partner organizations: Kennebec Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, CEI, Maine Forest Service, Grow Smart Maine, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, and the Northern Forest Center. Dann’s professional background is in urban and community forestry and in environmental management with the U.S. Air Force. She grew up in Maine and is excited for the opportunity to work with the Local Wood WORKS partners on initiatives important to her home state.