The Irland Group is a private consulting firm specializing in timber supply analysis, timberland investment, and carbon in forestry. The firm's principal, Lloyd Irland, has decades of experience in forest policy including REDD, sustainability analysis, policy evaluation, wood products market and price trends.
Working in partnership with Mr. Irland, the Maine State Library has compiled the following online archive of some of his work.
Submissions from 2015
Recommendations Concerning Administration of the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund and Timber Harvest Practices on Public Lands, Richard E. Barringer, Richard Anderson, C. Edwin Meadows Jr., Ronald Lovaglio, and Patrick McGowan
Maine’s Public Lands -- How Can the Revenues Be Used? How Much Timber Should Be Cut? Do We Need to Change How They Are Managed?, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 2007
Maine's Forest Industries : Essays in Economic History (Working Draft), Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 2005
Challenges Facing the US Solid Wood and Timberland Sector : A Lending Institution's Perspective, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 2004
H2B Program Impact Assessment, Maine 2004, Lloyd C. Irland and David Field
Submissions from 2001
Liquidation Cutting, Lloyd C. Irland
Northeastern Paper Mill Towns Economic Trends and Economic Development Responses, Lloyd C. Irland
Notes on the Liquidation Issue : Coming to Grips with the Problem, Lloyd C. Irland
Rangeley Region’s Economy: Current Situation and Future Outlook, Lloyd C. Irland
Stuff We Need to Know About Liquidation Harvesting (DRAFT), Lloyd C. Irland
The Liquidators : "The Devil Made Me Do It!", Lloyd C. Irland
Hardwood Pulpwood Stumpage Price Trends in the Northeast, United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, Lloyd C. Irland, Paul E. Sendak, and Richard H. Widmann
Submissions from 1999
Wood Flows in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, 1997 with Recommended Monitoring System
Role of Northeastern Forests and Wood Products in Carbon Sequestration, Lloyd C. Irland and Mike Cline
Maine Logging Industry and the Bonded Labor Program: An Economic Analysis, 1999, Maine Department of Labor, Maine Bureau of Labor Standards, Pan Atlantic Consultants, and The Irland Group
Submissions from 1998
Are Maine's Budget Woes Over? : Thinking About the Coming Century, Lloyd C. Irland
Policies for Maine’s Public Lands: A Long-Term View, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1997
Maine’s Forest Industries: Essays in Economic History (Working Draft), Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1996
Evaluating the Impacts of Forest Practices Acts : An Initial Research Agenda for Forest Economists, Lloyd C. Irland
Outlook for Wood Products in the 21st Century, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1994
Economic Development Business Assistance Technology Transfer and Other Programs Supporting Secondary Wood Products Manufacturing in Maine, Lloyd C. Irland and James F. Connors
Submissions from 1993
Assessment of Pricemaking Forces in US Softwood Lumber Markets, Lloyd C. Irland and Joel Popkin and Company
Submissions from 1990
The Northern Forest Lands Study of New England and New York ; Appendix D : Case Studies in Land Use Change : Overview of the Northern Forest Lands, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1989
Case Studies of Wildland Subdivision Activity, 1980-1989; Report to USDA Forest Service Northern Forest Land Study, Lloyd C. Irland
Northern Forest Lands Study ; Case Study : Franklin County, Maine, Lloyd C. Irland
Northern Forest Lands Study ; Case Study : Washington County, Maine, Lloyd C. Irland
Northern Forest Lands Study Real Estate Market Survey, Lloyd C. Irland
Maine's Economic Heritage, The Irland Group and Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1988
Maine's Land Boom : Land Use Trends, Causes, Concerns, and Policy Issues, Lloyd C. Irland
The Spruce Budworm Outbreak in Maine in the 1970's : Assessment and Directions for the Future, Lloyd C. Irland, John B. Dimond, Judy L. Stone, Jonathan Falk, and Ellen Baum
Submissions from 1987
State Roles in Economic Development : the Case of Forest-based Development in Maine, Lloyd C. Irland and Charles S. Colgan
The Western Mountains of Maine : Toward Balanced Growth, MaineWatch Institute, Richard E. Barringer, Charles S. Colgan, Lloyd C. Irland, John Joseph, Frank O'Hara, and Kenneth Stratton
Submissions from 1986
Streamside Protective Corridors : Techniques for Weighing Costs and Benefits, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1984
Vocational Training in Maine : Assessing Responsiveness to the Labor Market and to Economic Development Needs, Lloyd C. Irland
Submissions from 1982
Surveying Natural Areas on Maine's Public Lands, Lloyd C. Irland and Harry R. Tyler Jr.
A Just and Reasonable Price : State Cartelization of Maine's Milk Industry, State Planning Office and Lloyd C. Irland