Draft program:
Sunday
September 21
Arrival in Portland
Internal briefing for the Finnish delegation
Monday
September 22
Visit to The Ecology School (Saco) for a campus tour and to learn about their use of CLT and other wood products to meet Living Building Requirements (LBC) standards
Program to be added
Dinner and overnight in Portland
Tuesday
Septemer 23
Tour Hancock white pine mill (Casco)
Orientation to Maine forestry w/Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service and Bureau of Parks and Lands staff
Roundtable lunch discussion with Maine Forest Products Council, Maine Woodland Owners, Maine International Trade Center
Tour Maine Woodland Owner’s Chandler white pine woodlot (New Gloucester)
Dinner and overnight in Portland
Wednesday
September 24
Tour out of Augusta through Maine’s Western Mountains region focusing on mixed forests; Bigelow Preserve; SAPPI mill tour (Fairfield)
Roundtable lunch at Bolton Hill and climate resilience discussion with University of Maine, Maine Climate Council Natural & Working Lands work group chairs, Forest Carbon Task Force members, and Maine Forest Service staff
Presentations by CEOs of Whole Trees and/or Tanbark
Dinner and overnight in Portland
Thursday
September 25
Either Austin Cary woodlot (Harpswell; Barrie Brusila) or Holt Forest (Arrowsic; Maine TREE Foundation) for presentation on wildlife management in woodlands
Oceanside lunch in Harpswell (The Dolphin) or Arrowsic (The Osprey)
CLT buildings tour in Brunswick and/or Portland
Departure from Portland in the evening