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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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UMaine partners with Maine Forest Service, Maine Forest Products Council for disaster preparedness in advance of the next spruce budworm infestation by Elyse Kahl Maine’s Mount Katahdin is known for its challenging trails with rewarding, breathtaking views. On a clear summer day at Baxter Peak, the most northern point of the Appalachian Trail, hikers can […]
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‘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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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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The abstract for a brand new article to by published in the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism based on research by members of CRSF’s Nature-based Tourism program on climate change and tourism in Maine can be found here!
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