MAINE PUBLIC • June 14, 2022
Sherry Huber died earlier this month at the age of 84. Huber, a moderate Republican from Falmouth, focused on environmental issues during her time as a state representative from 1976 to 1982. She then made two unsuccessful bids for governor, first as a Republican in 1982, then as an independent four years later. In 1989, she was appointed to run the Maine Waste Management Agency. Throughout her life, she was also an active member of some of the state’s biggest conservation groups, including Maine Audubon, the Nature Conservancy and the Forest Society of Maine. She helped launch the Keeping Maine's Forests conservation initiative, and led the Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education Foundation for over 25 years.