Forestry and the Environment

Piscataquis conservation district lauds Leahy, UMaine student volunteers

In their November cooperator’s newsletter, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) highlighted a critical partnership between the district and Jessica Leahy, a University of Maine professor in the School of Forest Resources. Leahy, a long-time cooperator with the PCSWCD, facilitates hands-on learning opportunities for UMaine students while supporting the district’s goals. Recent […]

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Mainebiz reports on NASA carbon mapping project at UMaine

Mainebiz picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting the use of lasers to map carbon deposits from space. Daniel Hayes, director of the Wheatland Geospatial Laboratory, and Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, will partner with researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Minnesota to analyze […]

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Wason discusses drought’s impact on trees

WABI (Channel 5) talked with Jay Wason, assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, about how the drought that struck Maine this summer may affect trees in the region. “The trees use a couple different sources of water, one is the surface water that we think about when we […]

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BDN advances Mitchell Center talk about timberland valuation transformation

The Bangor Daily News advanced a media release about the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions hosting a talk on how the valuation of timberland has changed over the past several decades scheduled for 3–4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. In the talk, “Waste Land to Portfolio: How Timberland Was Transformed […]

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Maine Monitor interviews Shaler about carbon footprint of wood for housing

Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources and associate director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, spoke with The Maine Monitor about comparing the carbon footprint of wood to other building materials. Shaler, also a professor of wood sciences, was featured in a “Sea Change” commentary piece […]

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Poland Spring, University of Maine to explore bio-based materials

The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) is collaborating with Poland Spring Brand 100% Natural Spring Water and its parent company, Nestlé Waters North America, to evaluate and develop bio-based solutions that could serve as alternative packaging for Poland Spring products. As part of the collaboration, UMaine will explore new possible uses of […]

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UMaine’s Natural Climate Solutions Initiative releases interim report on Maine land sector’s greenhouse gas mitigation potential 

The University of Maine Natural Climate Solutions Initiative has released an interim report that explores approaches for mitigating the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through management in forestry and agriculture. Natural climate solutions (NCS) are conservation, restoration and improved land management actions that increase carbon storage or avoid greenhouse gas emissions in landscapes and wetlands. […]

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Mainebiz references UMaine logging study in report

Mainebiz referenced a study conducted by University of Maine faculty titled “The Economic Contribution of Logging and Trucking in Maine,” in an article about the return of a 12-week certificate program in logging. According to the study, conducted by researchers from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Forest Resources, the logging and […]

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