CRSF Announces Year 3 of Forest Climate Series
For details and registration, visit our Maine Forest Climate Change webinar & field tour series webpage.
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New study shows how global forests play a key role in the future global carbon balance
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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Maine Public Features 30-year “Shifting Mosaic” Bird Study on Maine’s Forest
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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CRSF Releases Year 3 EPSCoR Track-2 Annual Progress Report
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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INSPIRES: Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems using High Spatio-temporal Resolution
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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Carbon Flux at Howland Forest Focus of Maine Public Story
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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New Research Funding Will Address Health & Sustainability of Regional Forests
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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Accounting for Forest Carbon Markets: An Informed Approach
News Release Carbon Conundrums: Do United States’ Current Carbon Market Baselines Represent an Undesirable Ecological Threshold? A.W. D’Amato1, C.W. Woodall2, A.R. Weiskittel3, C.E. Littlefield1,4, L.T. Murray5 1University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources; 2USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory & Analysis; 3University of Maine, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests; 4Conservation Science Partners; […]
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NSRC Releases Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund RFP
Northeastern States Research Cooperative Knowledge to guide the future of Northern Forest communities The NSRC Announces the 2022 Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund Request for Proposals The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) recognizes and respects the deep, primary knowledge of Tribal Nations in the Northern Forest. In support of this knowledge, the NSRC announces the 2022 request […]
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Tree quality and value: Results in northern conifer stands after 65 years of silviculture and harvest by Maren Granstrom (UMaine), Mindy S. Crandall, Laura S. Kenefic (USFS), and Aaron Weiskittel (UMaine) US Forest Service and UMaine/CRSF-affiliated scientists Maren Granstrom, Laura Kenefic, Mindy Crandall, and Aaron Weiskittel assess conifer stands for quality and value of harvested […]
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