WHEREAS, the logging industry has served as an economic driver and cultural tradition in Maine for centuries; and

WHEREAS, the logging industry creates rural jobs and provides revenue for local communities, contributing $534 million to the state’s economy annually; and

WHEREAS, loggers provide renewable material for products used by people in Maine every day; and

WHEREAS, loggers are the root of Maine’s $8.3 billion forest economy; and

WHEREAS, loggers are the means by which healthy and responsible forest management plans are accomplished; and

WHEREAS, logging helps keep Maine’s forests healthy, which support vital animal habitats, protect watersheds, sequester carbon, provide recreational opportunities, and limit wildfires; and

WHEREAS, logging provides for healthy forests through regeneration to ensure the sustainability of the industry for future generations of Maine people;

NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that I, Janet T. Mills, Governor of the State of Maine, do hereby proclaim October 12, 2026 as 

Maine Logger’s Day

throughout the State of Maine, and I urge all citizens to recognize this observance. 

In testimony whereof, I have caused

the Great Seal of the State to be

hereunto affixed GIVEN under my

hand at Augusta this tenth day 
of September Two Thousand Twenty-Six