PORTLAND (AP) – A part-time Mainer who owns a tourist attraction near Mount Desert Island will be among the 16 contestants competing in the upcoming “Survivor” television series.

Tina Scheer, better known as Timber Tina, owns The Great Maine Lumberjack Show in Trenton. Beginning Feb. 2, she will appear on the latest “Survivor” show, this one on an island off Panama, competing for the $1 million grand prize.

The episodes were filmed during 39 days last fall, but Scheer is prohibited by CBS from talking to the media and from telling anyone how she did on the show. The episodes air on Thursday nights.

The Great Maine Lumberjack Show is an outdoor tourist attraction that features competitive timber sports like logrolling and ax-throwing.

When she isn’t in Maine, Scheer lives in Hayward, Wis., where she grew up. Hayward is the home of the World Lumberjack Championships, and Scheer has been competing in logging sports since she was 8.

When she filmed the “Survivor” episodes, she told people she was going to Canada on business for the World Champion Lumberjills, her touring company of female timber sports competitors.

“She hasn’t really said anything except she’s glad to be home,” said her sister, Judy Hoeschler, a competitive log roller.

Scheer was originally scheduled to compete on the “Survivor” program filmed in Guatemala last summer. But shortly before she was to leave, her 16-year-old son Charlie was killed in car accident in Wisconsin.

After the accident, CBS allowed Scheer to postpone her “Survivor” experience until the Panama episodes.

Scheer is the third person from Maine to appear on Survivor.

Julie Berry of Gorham appeared in the fall of 2004 while Zoe Zanidakis, a lobster boat captain from Monhegan, was on the show in 2002.