The University of Maine’s liaison to the forest products industry testified before Congress on Wednesday about university-led programs and partnerships to develop the workforce and innovations necessary to maintain Maine’s leading role in the global forest economy and support rural jobs and opportunity. Shane O’Neill, the forestry industry business development manager at UMaine, was a […]
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Smithsonian interviewed Kate Ruskin, a University of Maine researcher and member of the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program, about the efforts to save the saltmarsh sparrow, whose habitats are rapidly shrinking along the East Coast. Ruskin spoke about the saltmarsh sparrow’s tendency to breed with multiple partners. “There’s this whole ‘free love’ thing happening […]
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In an article about how the wood producing industry has adjusted to the pandemic, KMGH (Channel 7 in Denver, CO), WTVR (Channel 6 in Richmond, VA), KSBY (Channel 6 in San Luis Obispo, CA), WKBW (Channel 7 in Buffalo, NY) and other national media outlets cited a University of Maine study showing that logging industry […]
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The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) recognizes and respects the deep, primary knowledge of Tribal Nations in the Northern Forest. In support of this knowledge, NSRC announces the 2022 request for proposals for the Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund. Proposals are welcome for: education, mentorship, and training of Indigenous youth in applied forest research and/or Traditional […]
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Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the fact that this year’s browntail moth conditions will be as bad as last year ― the worst Maine has ever experienced ― unless more rain falls in the next month and a half to help […]
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A devastating threat is bearing down on New England’s oldest documented artistic tradition. Emerald ash borer, an insect native to Asia, has barreled through ash stands in at least 35 states and three Canadian provinces since it was first documented in Michigan and Ontario in 2002. Brown ash (Fraxinus nigra), the species Wabanaki basket-tree harvesters […]
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News Center Maine featured University of Maine research that shows studying the marten habitat automatically monitors other vital Maine species with less time and money. Alessio Mortelliti, UMaine associate professor and principal investigator of the study, spoke to News Center Maine about the research and its implications. “If you put in the effort and resources […]
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Nine southern and coastal Maine counties had a three-fold increase in the ticks in 2021 compared to the same time the year before, according to the latest results of the Maine Forest Tick Survey at the University of Maine. The 2021 survey marked the second year of a multiyear, multidisciplinary study examining the link between […]
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The Maine Monitor featured research conducted by the University of Maine in an article about scientists managing browntail moth populations. Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, told the Maine Monitor that researchers are studying other ways to control the pest, including testing a variety of targeted biopesticides that could […]
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The Maine Monitor highlighted the University of Maine’s work with the group Our Climate Common in an article about carbon offset programs in Maine. UMaine works with Our Climate Common to figure out how to get commercial landowners, who account for most of Maine’s timberland owners, to participate in carbon offset programs. The Sun Journal […]
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