MAINE PUBLIC • December 22, 2020
Maine loggers are cheering the inclusion of $200 million for the industry in the new COVID-19 relief package Congress passed Monday night. Dana Doran, president of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, estimates that the state’s harvest has dropped by as much as 40% this year, putting an estimated 900 loggers and truckers out of work. The aid package, he says, should help the industry stay afloat until spring, when it’s hoped that pulp and paper markets damaged by the pandemic will open back up.