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.

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Submissions from 2015

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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

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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 2005

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Challenges Facing the US Solid Wood and Timberland Sector : A Lending Institution's Perspective, Lloyd C. Irland

Submissions from 2001

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Northeastern Paper Mill Towns Economic Trends and Economic Development Responses, Lloyd C. Irland

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Rangeley Region’s Economy: Current Situation and Future Outlook, Lloyd C. Irland

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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

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Wood Flows in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, 1997 with Recommended Monitoring System

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Role of Northeastern Forests and Wood Products in Carbon Sequestration, Lloyd C. Irland and Mike Cline

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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 1997

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Maine’s Forest Industries: Essays in Economic History (Working Draft), Lloyd C. Irland

Submissions from 1994

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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

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Assessment of Pricemaking Forces in US Softwood Lumber Markets, Lloyd C. Irland and Joel Popkin and Company

Submissions from 1990

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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

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Case Studies of Wildland Subdivision Activity, 1980-1989; Report to USDA Forest Service Northern Forest Land Study, Lloyd C. Irland

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Northern Forest Lands Study ; Case Study : Franklin County, Maine, Lloyd C. Irland

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Northern Forest Lands Study ; Case Study : Washington County, Maine, Lloyd C. Irland

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Maine's Economic Heritage, The Irland Group and Lloyd C. Irland

Submissions from 1988

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Maine's Land Boom : Land Use Trends, Causes, Concerns, and Policy Issues, Lloyd C. Irland

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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

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State Roles in Economic Development : the Case of Forest-based Development in Maine, Lloyd C. Irland and Charles S. Colgan

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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

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Streamside Protective Corridors : Techniques for Weighing Costs and Benefits, Lloyd C. Irland

Submissions from 1984

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Vocational Training in Maine : Assessing Responsiveness to the Labor Market and to Economic Development Needs, Lloyd C. Irland

Submissions from 1982

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Surveying Natural Areas on Maine's Public Lands, Lloyd C. Irland and Harry R. Tyler Jr.

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A Just and Reasonable Price : State Cartelization of Maine's Milk Industry, State Planning Office and Lloyd C. Irland