The Natural and Working Lands Working Group will evaluate and recommend short- and long-term mitigation strategies to reduce gross and net annual greenhouse gas emissions from Maine's natural and working lands sectors, as well as evaluate and recommend short- and long-term strategies and actions for adaptation and resiliency to climate change. For meeting details, agendas, minutes, and handouts, please visit our meeting calendar and search for this working group.

Working Group Members

Co-chairs

  • Amanda Beal, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
  • Tom Abello, Governor's Office

Members

Bethany Atkins, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 

Russell Black, Maine State Legislature

Chris Cabot, Maine Farmland Trust

Dick Campbell, Maine State Legislature

Hannah Carter, University of Maine 

Andy Cutko, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 

Norm Daigle, Hannaford Supermarkets 

Phillip DeMaynadier, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 

Molly Docherty, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 

Dana Doran, Professional Logging Contractors of Maine 

Vicki Doudera, Maine State Legislature

Maureen Drouin, Maine Conservation Voters 

Erica Dubois, Forest Society of Maine

Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine

Ellen Griswold, Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment 

Francesca (Ches) Gundrum, Maine Audubon 

Bethany Humphrey, The Climate Initiative

Craig Lapine, Maine Department of Agriculture 

Melissa Law, Bumbleroot Organic Farm 

John Naylor, Rosemont Market 

Darren Ranco, University of Maine 

Kaethe Rice, Maine Youth for Climate Justice 

Jeff Romano, Maine Coast Heritage Trust 

Johnny Sanchez, Food AND Medicine 

Silvan Shawe, Cultivating Community 

Heather Spalding, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association 

Patrick Strauch, Maine Forest Products Council 

Rachel Talbot Ross, Maine State Legislature

David Trahan, Sportsman's Alliance of Maine 

Matt Walker, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 

Carol Weymouth, Maine Association of Conservation Districts