CRSF Will Co-Lead NSRC 2.0
UMaine helps relaunch Northeastern States Research Cooperative to support applied regional forest science
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CAFS: NSF-funded Effort to Better Measure, Monitor and Manage US Forests
News Release from the University of Maine…. UMaine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests to lead NSF-funded effort to better measure, monitor and manage U.S. forests
Read moreCRSF Gains Phase 3 Funding for Center for Advanced Forestry Systems
To learn more about this program, go to our CAFS webpage. CAFS awarded 5-year, $500,000 NSF grant
Read moreFCCI Releases Maine Carbon Budget Fact Sheet
A group of University of Maine faculty (many affiliated with CRSF’s Forest Climate Change Initiative) and graduate students, joined by a geology professor from Bates and a Maine Forest Service staff member, have recently compiled, synthesized, and analyzed an estimate of Maine’s carbon budget between 2006-2016 by major emissions source and land use category. This […]
Read more2019 Annual Report Released
The 2019 CRSF Annual Report has now been released; it can be accessed on our website here. In addition to project summaries based on studies being done at affiliated long-term research forest sites (Howland Research Forest, Penobscot Experimental Forest, Holt Research Forest), the report covers the development of two new key initiatives under the CRSF: […]
Read moreFCCI Science and Practice Forum
Our forests are at risk. As foresters and natural resource professionals, we are on the front lines of climate change. How do we decide what actions to take in order to make our forests more resilient? Join University of Maine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative (FCCI) for an interactive Science & Practice Forum to catalyze scientist-manager discussions about […]
Read moreNew 10-Year Holt Research Forest Strategic Plan Released
News release Oct. 14, 2019 Contact: Jack Witham, CRSF associate scientist, jwitham@maine.edu Orono, Maine — The University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has published the 2019-2029 Holt Research Forest Strategic Plan. The strategic plan grew out of a recent National Science Foundation Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories planning grant that […]
Read moreWeiskittel to Lead Regional Forest Health Research Funded by NSF
NSF grant awarded to develop framework to harness forest ecosystem integrity, resilience data
Read moreDr. Parinaz Rahimzadeh Gains NASA Grant
NASA grant funds UMaine remote sensing research for large-scale forest health assessment
Read moreRemote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Grad Assistantships Announced
Graduate Assistantships in Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME USA Graduate research assistantships are available at the School of Forest Resources in the area of Remote Sensing with a particular focus on forest health to support highly qualified MS/Ph.D. students to start in Spring 2020, Fall 2020 or as soon as […]
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