BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 19, 2023
A Wisconsin company plans to reopen the former MooseWood Millworks flooring plant in Ashland as Maine’s first manufacturing plant for a natural log product known as structural round timber. The timber venture would bring a new product to the state. For the small town of Ashland, it will create new opportunities for employment and reignite the former mill that has been closed since 2017. The project has received $650,000 in grants from the Northern Maine Forest Center and Maine Development Foundation, and is awaiting federal funding of $500,000. Seven Islands will retain ownership of the mill. Original Mass Timber will hire people to staff the mill and work with WholeTrees to run the operation.