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When Thereâs No Heat: âYou Need Wood, You Get Woodâ
Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need. Climate change is shaping their role.
High-piled logs at the Waldo County Woodshed, a wood bank in Searsmont, Maine.Credit.
Photographs by George Etheredge
Marguerite Holloway and George Etheredge traveled to Maine to see how climate change is affecting wood banks there.
Published Feb. 19, 2021Updated Feb. 20, 2021
ORLAND, MAINE â The cluster of a dozen or so houses in rural Maine could be a summer camp closed for the winter. The compound has an eclectic, informal feel, with colorful hand-painted signs and stained glass, pottery, and woodworking studios. It was quiet on a bright, cold winter morning. Except for the line outside the food pantry, and the cars pulling in to leave small passengers at child care.