Forest-Based Research

Research Programs

Cooperative Forestry Research Unit

The CFRU serves the large, commercial forest landowners of Maine and has more than 30 members representing over 8 million acres of forestland. CFRU scientists conduct applied research that provides Maine’s forest landowners, forestry community, and policymakers with the information needed to ensure both sustainable forestry practices and science-based forest policy.

Nature-Based Tourism

The Maine-based Tourism Program conducts collaborative research, education and outreach to promote sustainable tourism in Maine.

Silviculture for Acadian Spruce-Fir Forests

In this technical series, Robert Seymour, University of Maine Professor Emeritus of Silviculture in the School of Forest Resources, summarizes the voluminous literature and research findings that have accumulated over the last five decades under seven major themes.

Bear Brook Watershed

The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM) research program is centered on two small first-order adjacent forested stream watersheds in eastern Maine. BBWM has served an array of scientific objectives that include acid deposition, climate change and carbon sequestration, nitrogen saturation, base cation depletion, and studies of the evolution of watershed biogeochemistry under prolonged experimental acidification since the 1980s.

Howland Research Forest

The Howland Research Forest attracts local, national, and international scientists interested in studying nutrient cycling, forest ecology, climate change, and carbon sequestration.