UMaine Researcher Recognized for Forestry Efforts
Contact: Laura Kenefic (207) 581-2794; David Munson (207) 581-3777
ORONO, Maine – UMaine Faculty Associate Laura Kenefic of the Department of Forest Ecosystem Science was recently presented with the 2006 Mollie H. Beattie Young Forester Leadership Award by the New England Society of American Foresters.
This award is presented to a member of NESAF who is less than 40 years old and has shown leadership in a program or project that benefits the practice of forestry.
Kenefic was nominated by New England SAF Chair Ken Laustsen, with letters of support from university faculty, industrial foresters, government researchers and forestry consultants. The award was presented at the 2006 NESAF Winter Meeting in Nashua, NH. Over 300 NESAF members were present.
With a dual appointment as a U.S. Forest Service researcher and a faculty associate at UMaine, Kenefic was recognized for her important research into the practice of diameter-limit cutting, her efforts to increase the number of women participating if forestry and scientific research, and her service as associate editor for the Northern Journal of Applied Forestry and forest science coordinator for NESAF.
Kenefic also received an Early Career Scientist Award in 2005 and a Multicultural Achievement Award for the Northeastern Region in 2004 from the U.S. Forest Service.