Robbins family selling 1,380 acres of forest land in Montville
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The family that owns Robbins Lumber is selling forestland in Montville a little over month after a fiery explosion at the company’s mill in Searsmont.
The Robbins family is selling 1,380 acres of forest for $2.6 million, according to the property’s [listing](https://landvest.com/listing/me2910/montville-me/).
The land — which the family has owned for about 30 years — includes 2 miles of waterfront along a pond and bog, a small cabin, an operational sugar house and an active gravel pit.
The timber on the property — named the Robbins Family Forest — is valued at $1.2 million, according to LandVest, which is selling the property. About 93% of the land is “commercially operable for forest management activities” and there are 75 non-commercial acres that include wetlands and gravel pits, according to the listing.
Stephen Gauthier, a real estate agent, declined to comment on the property, citing concerns for the family’s privacy following the tragic explosion in Searsmont.
The fire and explosion at the sawmill on May 15 resulted in the [death](https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/14/searsmont-assistant-fire-chief-dies-from-injuries-following-sawmill-explosion/) of Searsmont’s assistant fire chief Wayne Woodbury, 76, and Morrill firefighter Andrew Cross, 27.
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[Inside the Searsmont lumber mill fire and explosion](https://www.pressherald.com/2026/05/22/inside-the-searsmont-lumber-mill-fire-and-explosion/)
Eight people who were injured in the explosion were hospitalized, including three members of the Robbins family. Co-owner Jim and Alden Robbins, as well as Alden’s daughter Lily, were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Robbins Lumber has been selling pine since 1881, and the company now owns and manages 30,000 acres of forest.
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