Authors petition for a new Blue Ribbon Panel to strengthen the USDA Forest Service FIA program for comprehensive forest monitoring, digital forest intelligence, and stronger forest-sector competitiveness ORONO, Maine – June 29, 2026 – The University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) and its Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) program are […]
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ORONO, Maine — The Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS), a national consortium of university and industry partners across the sector, has officially launched Phase IV. Following over seventeen years of growth under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) program, CAFS is evolving into a self-sustaining national entity to meet the […]
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The National Science Foundation-supported Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) completed its fifteenth year of operation and successfully graduated from the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) program in December 2025. The newly released final report highlights research efforts that closed out the third phase of NSF funding for the program, and showcases the groundwork […]
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Premer, M., Simons-Legaard, E., Daigneault, A., Hayes, D., Solarik, K., & Weiskittel, A. Some Models are Useful… for Estimating Standing Aboveground Carbon in US Forests. J. For. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44392-025-00056-7 ORONO, Maine — As forests play an increasingly critical role in climate change mitigation strategies, a comprehensive new study from faculty affiliated with the University of Maine’s Center for […]
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Maps will Guide Optimal Management and Resiliency of Forests Across the Continental United States Orono, Maine – Multi-institutional scientists led by researchers at the University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests have created the first comprehensive, medium-resolution, wall-to-wall maps of forest relative density for the entire continental United States, providing critical tools for […]
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NSRC Awards a total of $1.2M to Three Regional Projects CRSF is pleased to share that the Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) has awarded nearly $500K to Dr. John Daigle, University of Maine Professor of Forest Recreation Management at the University of Maine and leader of the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik (APCAW) Lab, in support […]
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CRSF Director Aaron Weiskittel, UMaine’s lead site as part of the Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC, https://nsrcforest.org/), organized and hosted a 2-day workshop with US Forest Service personnel at the Massabesic Experimental Forest (MEF) this week focused on future research opportunities and needs. Attendees included Cindi West, Director of the Northern Research Station (USFS NRS), […]
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Sustaining the Health of the Northern Forest Orono, ME — Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) Directors are pleased to announce 11 grants totaling nearly $2.2 million of federal funding and close to $1 million of matching funding for research that will focus on areas of concern identified by forest stakeholders in the Northern Forest region: […]
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Orono, July 8, 2025. CRSF Director Aaron Weiskittel is pleased to share the news that NSF has advanced the Northern New England Precision Forest Management and Advanced Forest Bioproducts (NNE-PROMISE) proposal to the semifinal round of the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program. NNE-PROMISE is 1 of 29 proposals to moved forward from 71 submissions from […]
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Under the auspices of the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program and World Affairs Council of Maine (WACM), UMaine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests Director Dr. Aaron Weiskittel and Shane O’Neill, Forest Industry Business Development Manager, organized and coordinated the visit by six Indonesian delegates well-versed in forest policy and environmental journalism, […]
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