News Center Maine interviewed William Livingston, director of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, about how wildfires in Canada could impact the price of lumber. Livingston said that burning forests have slowed timber production in Canada, leading to a decrease in supply to the U.S., which in turn would drive up […]
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Susan MacKay, senior R&D program manager at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Hemant Pendse, professor of chemical engineering and founder of the UMaine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, were featured as panelists on a segment of Maine Public’s show “Maine Calling” focusing on the emerging uses of forest products in Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jay Wason, assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology, about foamy discharge from trees caused by heavy rains. “Plants and trees produce all kinds of different chemicals they use in the biological process of being alive. Certain ones have waste products that are distributed to the [outer] bark of the tree. […]
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CNN interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of Maine, about the increased risk of wildfires in the Northeast this year. “Wherever there’s forests, there’s always a risk of forest fires,” Weiskittel said. Weiskittel also explained that climate change and milder winters in the Northeast are contributing to an influx […]
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Determining how climate change will affect spruce forests along Maine’s coastline and inspiring new ways to conserve them is the goal of a new study by University of Maine faculty and students. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $643,848 for the project, led by Jay Wason III, […]
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One of the best things about being in Maine during the summer (or any season, for that matter) is the wealth of outdoor opportunities it offers — they don’t call it “Vacationland” for nothing. Faculty at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources (SFR) enjoy recreating in the great outdoors just as much as […]
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In an article about how researchers at the Ohio State University are using notes from a 19th-century Ohio farmer to learn more about growing seasons, Smithsonian Magazine spoke to Aaron Weiskittel, professor of forest biometrics and modeling and director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine School of Forest […]
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The Maine Monitor featured research at the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute to develop alternatives to fossil fuels by using wood that might otherwise go to waste. Ian Toal, mechanical process engineer, spoke to the online publication about the project. “I’ve got a 5-year-old at home that I still can’t imagine what kind […]
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Elisa Schine, a graduate student in forestry at the University of Maine, spoke to Northern Woodlands about working in forestry professions as a woman. Although forestry has become much more inclusive of women during the past several decades, it remains a majority male profession. “There’s this incredible resource of potential employees, potential collaborators who are […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a new report written by University of Maine researchers Adam Daigneault and Aaron Weiskittel and their colleagues that describes the resilience to major economic, ecological and climate change by rural communities across northern New England and New York through qualitative and quantitative data.
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