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The Maine Woods: A Landscape of Working Forests and Collaborative Conservation

Conference registration now open for the conference to be held in Bangor and Maine’s North Woods, October 3-5, 2017. Topics include: managing forests at a landscape scale, working forest conservation easements, aquatic connectivity, and public use of private lands. For more information click on the link below. http://www.partnersforconservation.org/tenth-annual-private-lands-partners-day/  

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Influence of Spatial Structure on Forest Growth and Stand Dynamics

NSRC researchers Aaron Weiskittel, Christian Kuehne, and Shawn Fraver examined effects of forest thinning treatments on forest stand and individual-tree growth and on changes in forest structure. Researchers also assessed how distance from forwarder (machinery that carries logs) trails influences individual-tree growth. They used measurements from six spruce-fir study locations across northern Maine that were […]

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Bangor Daily News: Experts Discuss Spruce Budworm Spread to Maine

‘It’s coming’: Maine readies for new battle with spruce budworm By John Holyoke, BDN Staff December 11, 2015 Interview with Dr. Robert Wagner, University of Maine forestry professor and director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests and the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit; Doug Denico, Maine Forest Service; Dave Struble, Maine Forest Service state […]

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Maine BPL Releases State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for 2014-2019

The Bureau of Parks and Lands has just released the Maine State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) to guide Maine’s outdoor recreation priorities for 2014-2019. The report was highly informed by an outdoor recreation survey conducted by CRSF-affiliated faculty and students in UMaine’s School of Forest Resources. For more information on the SCORP report as […]

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2014 Annual Report now available

The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has published its 2014 Annual Report. Highlights include $1.73 million in funding, several strategic partnerships with UMaine and other institutions, and highlights from new and ongoing stakeholder-driven research projects.

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Community Guide to Starting and Running a Wood Bank

A Community Guide to Starting & Running a Wood Bank, by Dr. Jessica Leahy, Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at UMaine’s School of Forest Resources, and Sabrina Vivian, senior in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program, is now available online. Spring and summer are the best times to start a wood bank, […]

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Spruce Budworm Task Force Report for Public Review and Comment

Maine’s Spruce Budworm Assessment & Preparation Plan Draft, produced by the SBW Task Force for the coming spruce budworm outbreak, has been released  for public review and comment and is accessible here: Maine SBW Assessment, Preparation, and Response Plan – DRAFT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW – 11-9-2014 The spruce budworm is the most damaging forest insect […]

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The 2012 CRSF Annual Report is here!

Today, the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests published its 2012 Annual report. Highlights include $1.5 million in funding, several strategic partnerships with UMaine and other institutions, and highlights from 29 new and ongoing stakeholder-driven research projects. Please let us know what you think of our successes this year. Be sure to subscribe to our […]

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