Project Canopy director is Kennebec Historical Society speaker March 17

PHOTO: Jan Santerre with former state and national champion yellow birch in Deer Isle. (Submitted photo)

AUGUSTA — Jan Santerre, Project Canopy director for the Maine Forest Service, will be the guest speaker at the Kennebec Historical Society March 17 Facebook Live presentation.
Project Canopy is a federally funded program that supports urban forestry in Maine cities and towns. Santerre works with municipalities statewide, as the program provides grant money to support street and shade tree planting and assistance and training in topics related to shade tree management and forestry in general to municipal staff, commissions and volunteers.
Santerre has also managed the Maine Register of Big Trees for the Maine Forest Service for more than 20 years, has a bachelor of science in forestry from the University of Vermont.
To view the presentation, visit the KHS Facebook page [1] at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, where the video will air live. Questions may be submittted in the comments during the live video presentation.
Since 1968, the Maine Forest Service has compiled a list of the largest known specimens of native and naturalized trees in Maine. The 2020 Register contains 146 trees, representing 138 species. Of these, the Maine Forest Service has several existing, and a few more nominations to the Nation Register of Champion Trees.
Direct questions to Scott Wood, KHS executive director, at 207-622-7718.