Tag: forests

30-Year Bird Study Findings Released

The 30-year Bird Study releases final report!  News from the 2024 Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (CFRU) Spring Newsletter The project team for the CFRU-supported 30-Year Bird Study released their final findings in early March 2024. The study was lead by John Hagan of Our Climate Common and included a number of scientists from the original study. […]

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UMaine secures USDA grant for forest resilience research

CRSF Director Aaron Weiskittel (Co-PI), Dr. Songlin Fein (PI, Purdue University). and Dr. Pete Bettinger (Co-PI, University of Georgia) have been awarded a $10 million USDA-NIFA grant that will use digital technology to improve the health and sustainability of forests. High-accuracy automated measurement will serve as the project core. “Maine’s landscape has created incredible recreational […]

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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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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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Forest Climate Webinar Series Resumes in February

CRSF’s Forest Climate Change Initiative will continue to partner with the Forest Stewards Guild in its ongoing Science and Practice: Addressing Forest Climate Change in Maine Webinar and Field Tour Series. The noontime webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 23, followed on February 24 with a field tour on the Schoodic Peninsula. Registration is […]

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US Forest Size-Density at Potential Tipping Point?

The number of trees that can occupy any given space—known as live tree size-density metrics—have informed the management of forest stands for many decades. Monitoring key forest attributes across time and space is vital to ensure the health and effectiveness of large-scale management efforts and policies. This just-released peer-reviewed article in Scientific Reports (www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-98244-w), co-authored […]

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