Leahy and Vivian Inspiration for Bucksport Wood Bank, Ellsworth

The Ellsworth American reported Paul Hansen, a Bucksport real estate agent, and several volunteers have secured the town’s permission to start a wood bank at the municipal transfer station. The wood bank would work similar to a food pantry by providing firewood to those who can’t afford or chop it themselves, according to the article. Hansen said he decided to create the bank after reading a report on the subject by Jessica Leahy, an associate professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, and Sabrina Vivian, a UMaine senior studying ecology and environmental sciences.