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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The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has published its 2014 Annual Report. Highlights include $1.73 million in funding, several strategic partnerships with UMaine and other institutions, and highlights from new and ongoing stakeholder-driven research projects.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Northeastern States Research Cooperative Announces 2015 Research Awards The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC), a competitive grant program supported by the USDA Forest Service and serving the states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont announces its 2015 research awards to advance cross-disciplinary, collaborative research in the Northern Forest […]
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Several interesting articles on spruce budworm are included in the Spring 2015 Maine Project Learning Tree newsletter.
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Additional news coverage of the ongoing Penobscot River watershed survey by Jennifer Mitchell of MPBN can be found here.
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A Community Guide to Starting & Running a Wood Bank, by Dr. Jessica Leahy, Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at UMaine’s School of Forest Resources, and Sabrina Vivian, senior in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program, is now available online. Spring and summer are the best times to start a wood bank, […]
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University of Maine professors and Center for Research on Sustainable Forests leaders Sandra De Urioste-Stone and Robert Lilieholm are conducting a survey under the Bay-to-Baxter initiative. The study seeks to identify sustainable economic development pathways for the Penobscot River corridor that protect and leverage the region’s natural resources and quality of place. De Urioste-Stone, leader […]
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Dr. Sandre De Urioste-Stone (Program Director, CRSF Nature-Based Tourism) and Dr. Robert Lilieholm (Program Director, CRSF Conservation Lands), professors in UMaine’s School of Forest Resources, are conducting a survey of residents who live along the Penobscot River to collect their perceptions of recreational use of the River and its tributaries, as well as their feelings about […]
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Maine’s Spruce Budworm Assessment & Preparation Plan Draft, produced by the SBW Task Force for the coming spruce budworm outbreak, has been released for public review and comment and is accessible here: Maine SBW Assessment, Preparation, and Response Plan – DRAFT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW – 11-9-2014 The spruce budworm is the most damaging forest insect […]
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