Treegonometry Scholteachers Scramble Through Woods in Pursuit of Forestry Education

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If an 80-foot-high sugar maple falls in the forest ... will a group of teachers be able to predict its trajectory?

Twenty teachers from all over the state accepted the challenge Wednesday as part of their Forests of Maine Teachers' Tour, sponsored by various nonprofit forestry groups.

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Treegonometry Scholteachers Scramble Through Woods in Pursuit of Forestry Education

They toured a computerized sawmill, learned about forest ecology and saw hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of heavy machinery slicing trunks, stripping branches and stacking logs.

Despite armies of skidders, feller bunchers and all manner of equipment used by loggers,...

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