In an article about Sappi North America, Inc., receiving a $1 million grant from the Maine Technology Institute’s Forestry Recovery Initiative to improve productivity and reduce energy in its Somerset Mill, Business Wire noted that Sappi partners with the University of Maine for pulping and forestry research, as well as product prototyping, and UMaine will […]
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A column written for the Portland Press Herald about the potential for Maine’s forests to mitigate the effects of climate change cited modeling from University of Maine forest scientists indicates improved forestry could provide benefits in the range of the 30 Percent Solution, the New England Forestry Foundation’s aim for forests provide 30% of the […]
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In an article about Maine forests serving as carbon sinks, the Bangor Daily News interviewed the University of Maine’s Ivan Fernandez, professor at the Climate Change Institute and School of Forest Resources; Dominic Winski, research assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences; and Daniel Hayes, associate professor of […]
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Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, spoke to the Portland Press Herald about woodbanks in Maine. Leahy, who researches wood banks, said that firewood is the only heat source for as many as half of the homes in parts of Washington County. Leahy told the PPH she […]
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Ivan Fernandez, professor at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, was a panelist on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about the importance of soil in human lives and for the planet.
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Maine Public and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland, Maine) noted that the University of Maine recently received a grant for $62,500 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to encourage more communities to create wood banks. The Bangor Daily News, WLUK-TV (Green Bay, Wisconsin), WZTV-TV (Nashville, Tennessee), WHP-TV (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), WTTE-TV (Columbus, Ohio), KRNV-TV (Reno, Nevada), […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Phys.org, Canadian Biomass Magazine, Pulp and Paper Canada, Bioenergy Insight and Advanced Biofuels USA shared a University of Maine study that outlines how to recruit more women for careers in the forestry industry, particularly the bioenergy sector. The team found that attracting and retaining women in bioenergy and related-fields can be […]
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In a column about how forests can serve as a buffer against climate change, CentralMaine.com cited a study from the University of Maine that estimates Maine’s forests sequester nearly 70% of the carbon dioxide emitted in Maine every year.
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To recruit more women for careers in the forestry industry, particularly the bioenergy sector, University of Maine researchers have devised a road map. The team, led by Abigayl “Abby” Novak, a master’s student in forest resources at the BioEnergy Lab of the School of Forest Resources (SFR), found that attracting and retaining women in bioenergy […]
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A University of Maine-led delegation of students and faculty joined the 8th Forest Congress in North America from Oct. 17-20 in Minneapolis, Minn. Forest Congresses date to 1882, and are called when critical issues arise for forests and the people who steward them. Past meetings led to groundbreaking change, including the establishment of the U.S. […]
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