Timber
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The Weston's manage over one thousand acres of timberland in the Fryeburg area, a family tradition since the 1800's. 
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       Sustainability can apply to many areas.  For the Weston family it not only applies to agriculture but to forest management as well.  The Weston's forestland is under the supervision of a licensed forester and a written management plan.
       

       Forest stands are selectively cut as needed to capture marketable wood while maintaining a healthy forest.  
   
       Certified Professional Loggers are used for harvests.  The entire fallen tree is utilized.  Tops and unmarketable wood are chipped and used for power generation.
      
       White Pine seedlings are transplanted after harvests to ensure that future generations can continue to benefit from this important commodity. 

6 year old White Pine transplant.

White Pine stand 3 years after a selective harvest.

Trusted loggers R.H. Wales & Son.

Nordic ski trails at Stark's Hill. Trail passes through an area selectively harvested 10 years ago.
      

       Over 900 acres of the Weston's timberland is located at Stark's Hill in Fryeburg. Portions of this tract have been in the Weston family since the early 1800's. 
 

Since the 1940's the Stark's Hill property has been the home of the Fryeburg Academy Ski Team. www.faskiteam.org
 

View of Stark's Hill in Fryeburg. Weston's Farm cropland in foreground, Fryeburg village on left, Saco river on right.