Forest-based Opportunities for Resilient Economy, Sustainability, and Technology (Maine-FOREST) NSF EPSCoR E-Rise Award #2416915 The Challenge: Lead a comprehensively integrated research, education, and outreach program that fosters diversified and robust forest-based economies and rural livelihoods. Leadership from CRSF and Maine-EPSCoR have been awarded a $7 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will help expand the