University of Maine economist Todd Gabe’s 2014 study on the maple industry’s financial impact on the state was cited in the Mainebiz article “Gov. LePage vies to make Maine No. 1 in maple production.” Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Walt Whitcomb said in a release that Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s desire to see Maine become the read more Mainebiz cites Gabe’s study in report on state’s maple production