Small Farm a Big Job Among the Tall Trees Series: About This Series Sunday Chat Is a Weekly Conversation with Maine People Pursuing Pastimes and Vocations with Unusual Passion, Resourcefulness and Ingenuity.

Portland Press Herald › January 25, 2005

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Martin Morse is a modern-day lumberjack.

But he prefers the term "self-employed tree farmer."

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Small Farm a Big Job Among the Tall Trees Series: About This Series Sunday Chat Is a Weekly Conversation with Maine People Pursuing Pastimes and Vocations with Unusual Passion, Resourcefulness and Ingenuity.

Morse, 56, makes his living by growing trees, cutting them down, and selling the wood as lumber and firewood.

He owns more than 1,000 acres of woodlands in Wells and Waterboro, some of which has been in his family for 100 years.

Though he manages the land as a tree farmer, he's also a l...

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