‘There is still something to lose,’ one Indigenous forester says.
State officials have proposed ending a ban on the transport of firewood and ash products across much of Maine — a restriction meant to slow the spread of an invasive, tree-killing beetle — because they say people are not following the rules.
That’s prompted pushback from a number of Wabanaki tribes, their members and researchers concerned about the impacts on brown ash, a culturally significant species to the Indigenous nations in Maine.
