An essay written by NRT trainee Michelle de Leon has been published in the 2022 edition of Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability. The piece discusses studying and experiencing resilience in a variety of contexts and the role of storytelling in managing change. Michelle de Leon. 2022. Storytelling our way in and […]
Read more
Please join us for NRT trainee Megan Leach’s MS thesis proposal seminar at 3:00 pm on March 30, 2022 in Norman Smith Hall, Room 107, or via Zoom (link available in the flyer). Megan Leach Proposal Flyer
Read more
A new study by NRT trainee Alyssa Soucy and UMaine faculty Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Aaron Weiskittel, and Bridie McGreavy has been published in the Journal of Forestry. Using a variety of data resources, the researchers created maps to better understand the vulnerability of Maine’s forest industry to climate change. Their findings can help […]
Read more
NRT alum Lydia Horne is lead author on two recent studies of how people perceive climate change risks. Examining such perceptions is important for understanding how climate change may impact nature-based tourism, which is an important industry for Maine. One study, coauthored by UMaine faculty Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, and Laura Rickard and published […]
Read more
In a new article published in Society & Natural Resources, UMaine PhD student/NRT Trainee Alyssa Soucy and NRT faculty Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bojgiran, and Aaron Weiskittel use a survey of forest stakeholders to examine the social–psychological drivers of climate change risk perceptions. Understanding determinants of climate change risk perceptions among forest resource stakeholders is […]
Read more