He is a Maine certified Forrester. Been running around the woods up there for over 40 years it said in his profile. If he tells me its a red pine, i'm inclined to believe him. None the less, i have never seen an eastern red pine bonsai, so i was wondering if there was a reason for that, or if you have seen them up in your neck of the woods used as bonsai. Short of the Larch which i cannot get, and the hemlock eastern hemlock which i have read can be done but seem to be a huge pain to work with, it seems i may end up coming home empty handed from the baxter region. No pitch pine, scots pine, or jack pine in the region anymore i've been told. Red pine, white pine, beech, chokecherry and black cherry seem to dominate the woods up in that area i have been informed. With red pine being the dominant species due to heavy timber cutting for decades in the region.