The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) has released their 2024 Request for Proposals (RFP) aimed at problem-driven research that will enhance forest and community resilience in the Northern Forest Region under threat from climate change, forest pests and pathogens, and changing land use. Proposals are sought that will address forest health issues along with community […]
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University of Maine master’s student Allison Foster (MS in Forest Resources) along with School of Forestry faculty Dr. Adam Daigneault, Dr. Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, and Dr. Aaron Weiskittel have published a brief in the Maine Policy Review from the results of a survey of Maine’s largest forestland owners and managers. The survey focused on participants’ perspectives […]
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Leveraging Intelligent Informatics and Smart Data for Improved Understanding of Northern Forest Ecosystem Resilience, an NSF-supported RII Track-2 FEC project that merged expertise from the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, and Alabama A&M University to facilitate analysis of forest ecosystem integrity and resilience from multiple scientific perspectives, has issued its final project report. […]
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CRSF’s Forest Climate Change Initiative, with the Forest Stewards Guild and Maine TREE, have finalized plans for their final webinar and field tour in year 4 of their Addressing Forest Climate Change in Maine series. The season finale will provide an overview of the Piscataquis County Soil & Water District (PCSWD) and history of Williams […]
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The Northern States Resource Cooperative (NSRC) will award up to $1.5 million in 2024 to support projects with budgets ranging from $75,000 to $500,000 for one- to three-year funding terms via their Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund (IFKF). The IFKF seeks projects that will: (1) acknowledge and address structural inequities in opportunities for Indigenous youth to […]
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The 30-year Bird Study releases final report! News from the 2024 Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (CFRU) Spring Newsletter The project team for the CFRU-supported 30-Year Bird Study released their final findings in early March 2024. The study was lead by John Hagan of Our Climate Common and included a number of scientists from the original study. […]
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The Northern States Research Cooperative announced today that University of Maine and University of Maine at Presque Isle faculty and staff researchers have been awarded over $1.4M for their Northern Forest research that will commence in the spring. Principal Investigators Jeanette Allogio, Pulakesh Das, Dan Hayes, Angela Mech, Michael Premer, and Sydne Record from University […]
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Session 2: Long-term Watershed Research Dec 6, 2023 Webinar, Noon-1pm (1 Cat 1 CFE) Dec 8, 2023 Field Tour, 9am – 1:30pm (4.5 Cat 1 CFE) Webinar & Field Tour Registration Year 4 Series: Adaptation & Implementation Join us as we dig into forest health concerns due to climate impacts at new sites around the […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) has released a new report on collaborative discussion between the Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/ME) Executive Council and research leadership from CRSF and Maine EPSCoR. The discourse focused on the forest sector and rural community needs. The report highlights the discussions among attendees that the […]
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A diverse group of educators and professionals from across the state of Maine gathered at the University of Maine’s Portland Gateway in June 2023 to discuss the field of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the related areas of data science and informatics. These topics were interwoven with the future of Maine’s natural forest resources and […]
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