Presenter: Roger Greene

Consulting Forester and Author

The Castine Garden Club and the Wilson Museum welcome consulting forester Roger H. Greene, author of In the Company of Trees: The Empirical Forest (Maine Authors Publishing, 2021). Greene will talk about the book, and about “domestic forestry” in his own backyard.

In the Company of Trees is a story of a certain place in the Northern Forest. A bit of history, a bit of humor, and events in the lives of working people who are part of the multiple dimensions of a rural village all dependent on a local natural resource.

In a relatively undisturbed part of this large forest with many owners sits a tract of land containing Geezer Pond, a moderately-sized, deep body of water near the base of a rugged mountain. A short history of early exploration shifts to more recent times and the stories of Sage Duff and Oracle Cambium, professional foresters working for a variety of interesting clients and developing a relationship with Geezer Pond. The story follows a thread of managing several forests, intertwined with amusing vignettes about the people and things that happen in the woods to Duff and Cambium – yielding a glimpse of what it takes to grow and nurture a forest. Completing the cycle are the rehabilitation of the lodges at Geezer Pond and the transition (not inconsiderable) from life in the small town of Spar Creek, with their wives, to the solitude of this special place in a Northern Forest.

Roger H. Green has been a consulting forester for over 50 years, and received his training at various institutions, including Paul Smiths College, The University of Maien at Orono, the University of New Hampshire, Yale University, Purdue University, and Duke University. He is a specialist in forest mensuration and biometrics, silviculture, remote sensing, and forest planning. He has practiced forest management on large private and industrial ownerships and has supplied advise and counsel to public agencies, as well as industrial, financial, and private landowners in the Northeast, Great Lakes, Southern, and Western U.S. He was Chief Forester for the Northern Timberlands Division of St. Regis Corporation, and later a silviculturist and business developer with Mason, Bruce & Girard. Retired in 2014, he currently manages a 5,100-acre forest in Maine for a local land trust.

This presentation is free of charge and can be attended in-person or virtually. For in-person attendance, please reserve a place by contacting Gail Winkler by phone (207-326-8999) or email (winkler@winklerandmoss.com). To attend virtually, register via the registration link below.

Program cosponsored by the Castine Garden Club and Wilson Museum.