Nearly half of Maine’s 17.5 million acres of forest are birch trees — a pioneer species ... But the line of sight is extended with no leaves on the trees, and chaga is easier to spot ...

Since the paper makers commenced to build big sulphite mills in the Maine woods the price of spruce ... greatest demand is clean and thrifty white birch, which is sawed into bars and sent by ...

“He came across this field in Dresden, Maine, and loved it so much ... the Fields family has to weed largely by hand. “Birch trees are constantly trying to propagate in the field, as well ...