Imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens, according to a University of Maine-led study. The technology involves measuring the light reflected off of objects depicted in images captured by drones, satellites and other remote sensing technology to classify and gather pertinent information about the objects. According to researchers, it can precisely […]
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Casey Olechnowicz, a Ph.D. student in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, spoke with Down East magazine about using prescribed burns to reduce fire danger in Maine. Olechnowicz notes that resistance to prescribed burning often reflects a lack of trust between the public and the agency conducting the burn.
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Alexander Collins and Rakibul Hossain, bioproducts engineering master’s students at the University of Maine, won 2021 TAPPI NANO Student Poster Competition awards at the TAPPI annual conference. Both students are advised by Mehdi Tajvidi, associate professor of renewable nanomaterials with the School of Forest Resources. The annual TAPPI conference is considered the world’s largest cellulose […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported that three University of Maine faculty in the School of Forest Resources have received grants from the Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) to support forestry related research. Daniel Hayes, the Barbara Wheatland Associate Professor of Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing, will develop a carbon budget for the forest sector of Maine, […]
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Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources at the University of Maine, talked with WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) about the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Maine including earlier harvests and earlier onset of drought and arrival of pests.
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Foresters working with family forest landowners should apply contemporary approaches, including place attachment theory and addressing landowner concerns regarding biophysical and social conditions on their woodlands to advance forest stewardship, according to two researchers in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources. Jessica Leahy, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry, and former […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and the Bangor Daily News cited a University of Maine study that discovered the invasive European earthworm in two forest sites in Northern Maine. The study by research associate Joshua Puhlick, professor of soil sciences and forest resources Ivan Fernandez and assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology Jay Wason was […]
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University of Maine researchers discovered invasive earthworms in Aroostook County timberlands, one of the first reported sightings in Northern Maine forests. European earthworms have invaded forestland near the Seven Islands campsite on the St. John River and along Route 11 in Nashville Plantation, according to scientists from the UMaine School of Forest Resources. According to […]
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Griffin Dill, a pest management professional and manager of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension tick lab, and Alessio Mortelliti, a UMaine associate professor of wildlife habitat ecology, talked with the Bangor Daily News for a story about the role of the white-footed mouse in spreading Lyme disease. The Piscataquis Observer shared the BDN story.
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Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added processing of rural agricultural surplus and by-products to address food waste and food insecurity challenges. The project is funded by the University of Maine […]
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