Nature is the Solution!?! Adam Daigneault, EL Gidding Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics, University of Maine School of Forest Resources Day 10 at COP27 was Biodiversity Day, where Ministers, delegates, and observers all championed the role that nature has in helping achieve global climate change adaptation and mitigation goals. Many noted that for many […]
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The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) announced the funding of several new Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund (IFKF) projects. The goal of the IFKF fund is to support traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) for Indigenous communities alongside other applied forest research. The University of Maine’s John Daigle will lead a team of researchers, including grad students Tyler […]
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Casmir Brown and Bryon Carroll, students of Jonathon Little, Associate Professor of Geography at SUNY-Monroe Community College (MCC), arrived in Orono over the summer for an 8-week internship focused on geographic information systems (GIS) and forestry-related fieldwork. Casmir began his studies in graphic design a few years ago, but found courses in that topic too […]
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For details and registration, visit our Maine Forest Climate Change webinar & field tour series webpage.
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A new study published in Global Environmental Change by University of Maine Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics Adam Daigneault and colleagues from seven institutions develop a first of its kind forest model intercomparison project (ForMIP) to estimate long-term futures for the world’s forests under different socioeconomic and climate mitigation pathways. Amidst growing recognition […]
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Dr. John Hagan of Our Climate Common along with fellow researchers and field crews were recently featured in Maine Public story focused on their long-term study on changes in forest practices and bird populations in Maine’s commercial forests. Funded in 2021 in part by CRSF’s Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, this study is a replicate of […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has just released its annual progress report on the NSF-funded INSPIRES project, which leverages unique expertise from the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, and Alabama A&M University to construct a digital framework to better assess, understand, and forecast this complex […]
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CRSF is pleased to announce a publication by cross-institutional members of our NSF-sponsored EPSCoR Track 2 project, Leveraging Intelligent Informatics and Smart Data for Improved Understanding of Northern Forest Ecosystem Resilience (INSPIRES). Their article, Sharing Wireless Spectrum in the Forest Ecosystems Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, has just been published in the International Journal […]
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Maine Public focuses on Howland Forest as part of their series “Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine’s response, one county at a time.” Howland Forest is a long-term research site focusing on fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, water, and energy, as well as other terrestrial processes, to better understand the forest carbon cycle, particularly […]
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NSRC Funds 12 Northern Forest Projects Research in Maine Will Address Climate Impacts on Tree Regeneration, Eastern White Pine Health, Wetland Ecology, & Forest Habitat Orono, ME — Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) Directors are pleased to announce 12 grants totaling nearly $2 million of federal funding and close to $1.1 million of matching funding […]
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