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Meet MOFGA Volunteer Tim Libby<\/h3>

March 2020
\nBy Holli Cederholm\n

\n\nTim Libby spends most of his time in the woods: from the off-the-grid cabin he calls home in Union, Maine, to the thousands of acres of protected land he stewards as the forest and facilities manager at Midcoast Conservancy in Edgecomb. Most days he can be found at the conservancy\u2019s Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. Here an active forest management plan is in place to balance the recreational use of a mix of pine, red and white oak, maple and birch \u2013 including miles of trails along with rustic camping sites \u2013 with the long-term health and economic viability of the forest. \u201cWe strive to manage up to 30 acres a year,\u201d says Libby. With the direction of certified forester Barrie Brusila of Mid-Maine Forestry and cost-share funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the center offers a working model of low-impact forestry. The ongoing timber stand improvement yields \u201cfunky\u201d curved slab benches and tables, lumber and firewood, which are used on-site or sold as a fundraiser for the conservancy.\n

\nLibby credits his professional role in the woods to MOFGA\u2019s Low-Impact Forestry (LIF) program. \u201cWithout my involvement with MOFGA, I wouldn\u2019t be doing the work I\u2019m doing today.\u201d His experience gained with LIF, he feels, makes him a suitable caretaker for Midcoast Conservancy. He was first introduced to LIF in 2010 when he enrolled in a chainsaw safety course. An organic vegetable farmer, Libby had turned to the woods in pursuit of winter work that would complement his role cultivating tons of produce for hunger relief within the community. At the time he was a MOFGA journeyperson and the manager of Veggies for All, a food bank farm project he co-founded in 2008 and oversaw for nine years. Libby found that using a chainsaw and working in the woods came naturally to him. Born and raised in Maine, he was already acquainted with a whole host of hands-on skills, from carpentry to machinery maintenance. \u201cFarmers tend to do a little bit of everything.\u201d\n

\nHe joined LIF\u2019s Steering Committee in 2012, becoming the committee chair in 2014. Libby also volunteers as the Woodlot Area coordinator for the Common Ground Country Fair. Whether instructing a chainsaw safety workshop or hosting a demonstration in MOFGA\u2019s woodlot, he notices that \u201cpeople go away feeling empowered and convey that message.\u201d He likes the way that sharing how to do something safely and efficiently can elicit excitement. In that regard, nothing compares to dropping a tree using the directional felling technique. Without fail, when exhibited at the fair, this technique results in astonishment among new and seasoned loggers alike. \u201cThey don\u2019t know how they ever got a tree down before,\u201d said Libby.\n

\nLibby can relate to the revelatory power of learning low-impact forestry. \u201cOne of the philosophies of the MOFGA community is the concept that we are trying to manage the land in a way that is respectful.\u201d Before LIF, Libby had been applying this ethos through his work as a vegetable grower and has since expanded it to the forest. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be destructive. I want to be constructive \u2026 that\u2019s the type of management that LIF advocates.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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