Aaron Weiskittel, an associate professor of forest biometrics and modeling and the Irving chair of forest ecosystem management at the University of Maine, was quoted in a CBC report about faster tree growth on Crown plantations, or replanted conservation land, in New Brunswick, Canada. A recent decision was made to place conservation protection on 150,000 […]
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Helping train the next generation of interdisciplinary environmental conservation leaders is the goal of a five-year, $2.9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to the University of Maine. The interdisciplinary UMaine project led by Sandra De Urioste-Stone, a UMaine assistant professor of nature-based tourism, and involving multiple community partners statewide was one of 17 new […]
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WVII (Channel 7) quoted Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources and a cooperating professor in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, in an report on a citizens’ hearing about air quality. The hearing, “Maine Speaks on Climate and Cars,” was held by the Natural Resources Council of Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed researchers from the University of Maine about their ongoing study on the challenges and opportunities for maple syrup and honey producers. The study, “Finding the Sweet Spot: Scales, Challenges and Opportunities for Beekeeping and Maple Syrup Production in Maine,” is a collaboration between UMaine and College of the Atlantic, and […]
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Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about a study on the ineffectiveness of zoning as a means of regional habitat conservation for white-tailed deer. The study was led by Erin Simons-Legaard, a research assistant professor of forest landscape modeling at UMaine. Deer often choose wintering habitat based on the characteristics of the surrounding […]
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Maine Public quoted Suzanne Greenlaw, a doctoral student in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, in a “Maine Things Considered” report on sweetgrass research in Acadia National Park. Wabanaki tribes had unlimited access to all of Maine’s natural resources before the arrival of European settlers. Now the Wabanaki and other nations are working […]
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GeoDataPoint interviewed David Sandilands, an aerial survey pilot and remote sensing technician with the Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Analysis Laboratory in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine. Sandilands operates the university’s Cessna 172 aircraft and sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) platforms, helps develop materials for technical instruction of remote sensing applications, and […]
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The Piscataquis Observer reported Brian Roth, the acting director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit at the University of Maine, collaborated to plant an American chestnut germplasm conservation orchard at the Law Farm in Dover-Foxcroft. Germplasm are living genetic resources, like seeds. The American chestnut tree grew on more than 200 million acres of the […]
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University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members Douglas Gardner and David Neivandt, and Doughty Middle School science teacher Tracy Vassiliev will accompany seven undergraduate students from throughout the country on a weeklong trip to Chile. The trip is the culminating experience of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program, […]
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A team of University of Maine researchers has been awarded $1.17 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop and test land management practices to protect Maine forest workers from exposure to tick-borne diseases. The three-year project, “Developing adaptive forest management practices to mitigate impacts of climate change on human health,” is being led […]
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