Holt Forest site of newly published study
Long-term study links tree seeds, rodent population fluctuations
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Maine Forest Dashboard Website Now Available
The University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has partnered with the Maine Forest Service to develop and release the Maine Forest Dashboard website. The website provides current information about aspects of Maine’s forest, including recreation and tourism, conservation, forest products and family forests. The website also provides interactive graphing capabilities with important […]
Read moreThe 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/
Read moreECANUSA Conference Proceedings Released
The Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference has just released the Proceedings of the 8th Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference. The conference was focused on the many stressors and agents of change converging on the region’s forests. Scientists and practitioners from a large spectrum of expertise made presentations on research, monitoring, management and outreach activities to address the many […]
Read moreForest 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.
Read moreCarbon 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 […]
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