BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 5, 2025
Loggers are a testament to resilience, ingenuity, and dedication, working tirelessly to harvest and transport timber. Today, wood remains vital — not only for construction and paper, but also for emerging fields like nanotech and biofuels. Maine’s logging industry significantly contributes to the state’s economy. Very little of this money coming into the state had anything to do with federal funding, rather it’s the result of the free market at work as intended. An implication that Maine loggers depend on government subsidies to survive is entirely untrue. The government can be most helpful if it protects its citizens and their businesses from unfair competition, not stimulate them with subsidies. ~ Brent Day, owner of Day Logging in Porter