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Peer support hits the road — The Aroostook Mental Health Center’s Community Recovery Support Services is bringing substance use disorder help on the road through May. Staff and volunteers will be out in local communities promoting services as well as distributing naloxone. Local support sessions include the following in Houlton: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12 to 4 p.m., Aroostook County Jail booking parking lot; and Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 to 11 a.m., Aroostook Recovery Center of Hope, 36 North St., or Houlton outpatient, 11 Mill St.
Woodlot sessions — Maine Woodland Owners will host several Virtual Forestry Information programs in May on forest management, planning for a woodlot’s future, updates on invasive forest pests, the benefits of donating land, how forests play a role in addressing climate change, and a question and answer session with a landowner relations officer from the Maine Forest Service. All events are open to the public and free for MWO members, with a suggested $10 donation for non-members. To register for any event visit www.mainewoodlandowners.org.
