The University of Maine has partnered with research institutions and community organizations across Northern New England to devise new forest products and management strategies using $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Coalition of Northern Forest Innovation and Research (CONFIR), led by the Northern Forest Center in Concord, New Hampshire, is among the […]
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The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District named faculty in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources Outstanding Conservation Educators of the Year. Nicole Rogers, assistant professor of silviculture; Jay Wason, assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology; Shawn Fraver, associate professor of forest ecology; Jessica Leahy, Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry; […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) will host the final event of its 2022–23 Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Research Forests Webinar and Field Tour series on May 10 and 12. The program theme will be Climate & Carbon Friendly Forest Management, with panelists from the AMC’s research team: David Publicover, […]
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The Maine Monitor featured Ivan Fernandez, professor at the School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, and Sharon Klein, associate professor at the School of Economics, in an article about the push for heat pumps and weatherization in Maine homes. “Everything we do, every increment we do, counts. I think we need to do […]
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Peter Breigenzer of Glasgow, Montana, fell in love with forestry while working in the woods with multiple crews over the past several years. When he decided to attend graduate school, he searched for a program that would marry his passion for outdoor work and research, and teach him how to sustainably manage forests. Now more […]
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Nip Impressions profiled Alia Parsons, a University of Maine senior in chemical engineering with a minor in business administration and a concentration in pulp and paper management, about her college experience and support from with the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation, which provides scholarships to engineering and forestry students pursuing careers in the […]
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Atmos interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine, for an article about whether climate change may bring wildfires to the northeastern U.S. “New England has a lot of forests that can potentially burn and create conditions similar to what we see in the western U.S. […]
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A number of University of Maine students and faculty members will present at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on March 30. UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is the lead organizer of the event. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage. Session […]
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Timber Harvesting & Forest Operations noted the University of Maine’s role in a $10 million grant to Purdue University led project called PERSEUS (Promoting Economic Resilience and Sustainability of the Eastern U.S. Forests) designed to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their forests to increasingly complicated economic and climate conditions in the Eastern U.S. Aaron […]
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In an article about the Future Logging Careers Act, which would allow family logging companies to safely train 16- and 17-year-olds, MaineBiz cited a study conducted by the University of Maine found that the total number of jobs in the logging industry in Maine declined 6% more than the national average between 2014 and 2021.
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