PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 2, 2026
A rugged, nearly 6-foot, 230-pound professional logger, Greg Drummond doesn’t tolerate bullies or those who take advantage of the vulnerable. For two decades, I guided birdwatchers at Claybrook Mountain Lodge, an outdoor recreation resort owned by Greg and Pat Drummond from the late 1970s until their retirement in 2019. Greg, now 73, works multiple jobs to help make ends meet in retirement. He cuts and sells sawlogs and dimension lumber from his portable sawmill. As a registered Maine Guide, he leads hunters in autumn and fishermen in spring. For a decade, Drummond earned extra income overseeing a few thousand acres as Pierce Pond Watershed Trust’s easement manager. Somehow he also found time to serve as chief of the Highland Plantation Volunteer Fire Department while building and selling 33 Grand Laker canoes from cedars he harvested primarily from his woodlot. He’s the most humble, generous and compassionate person I’ve ever known. ~ Ron Joseph