Forest Economic Growth Inititative
Patrick Strauch, Executive Director of the Maine Forest Products Council, discusses the next steps in the long-awaited “roadmap” for Maine’s forest economy.
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Carbon Credit Programs Among SFI Participants in Maine
Maine has 17.6 million acres of forests, 17.1 million acres (97%) of which is considered timberland. Maine forest landowners are growing more wood than they harvest, and the carbon in the state’s forests has increased in volume by almost 5% from 2004 to 2012. Over eight million acres in Maine is managed according to the […]
Read moreForests for Maine’s Future: Maine Just Wants to Be A Forest
The Eastern U.S.: Just Gotta Be a Forest? http://forestsformainesfuture.squarespace.com/fresh-from-the-woods-journal/the-eastern-us-just-gotta-be-a-forest.html By JOE RANKIN, for Forests for Maine’s Future, March 23, 2017 Maine is the most forested state in the nation. About 90 percent. It wasn’t always that way, of course. European settlers in eastern North America initially confronted what they considered a fearful wilderness of trees. […]
Read moreInfluence 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 […]
Read moreWebinar: Responses of Northern Forest Tree Species to Climate Change and Drought
Webinar: Responses of Northern Forest Tree Species to Climate Change and Drought Heidi Asbjornsen and Matt Vadeboncoeur University of New Hampshire Abstract: Climate change forecasts predict that the northeastern U.S. will see both an increase in total annual rainfall and a higher frequency of prolonged dry spells. The extreme drought that affected much of New […]
Read moreMaine’s Forest Products Industry Ready to Reinvent Itself
It’s time for Maine’s forest products industry to reinvent itself. Here’s how. By Yellow Light Breen and Patrick Strauch, Special to the BDN Posted Jan. 19, 2017, at 8:42 a.m. BDN File Workers cut logs at the American Forest Management wood yard in Passadumkeag, Jan. 18, 2017. Maine’s forest products industry finds itself in an […]
Read moreMaine Congressional Delegation Welcomes Economic Development Assessment Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2017 Maine’s Forest Economy Receives Boost to Pursue New Growth Opportunities Federal funding is announced to address shared strategies identified by a statewide coalition and the Economic Development Assessment Team PASSADUMKEAG, Maine — With newly announced federal funding, a coalition of leaders from the forest products industry, communities affected by […]
Read moreDr. Aaron Weiskittel Appointed CRSF Assistant Director
Dr. Robert G. Wagner, Director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Aaron Weiskittel as the new Assistant Director of the CRSF. Dr. Weiskittel’s expertise with forest modeling, large data, and remote sensing make him well qualified to help lead the CRSF as the information and data […]
Read moreMPBN Reports on Spruce Budworm
Maine Foresters Prepare for Spruce Budworm Infestation By A.J. HIGGINS, MPBN News Forty years ago, Maine’s forests were devastated by a cyclical spruce budworm infestation that destroyed 25 million cords of white spruce and balsam fir trees. Forestry experts say another infestation is only a couple of years away, and while Maine is better prepared […]
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