The Bangor Daily News cited two University of Maine studies in a story about the numbers of Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River this year, which are expected to be the lowest in the last four years. One study revealed that salmon experience difficulty finding the fishway at the Milford dam, which reduces spawning success. […]
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Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, talked with WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about the recently released United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. “All of the superlatives — ‘catastrophic,’ etc. — they’re real,” said Fernandez. “We’ve heard them so many times I think people are […]
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A column about biomass published in The Bethel Citizen and The Franklin Journal cited research from the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine. According to the center, as cited in the opinion piece, “the total stored biomass is roughly constant, thus maintaining the forest-based economic sector of Maine.”
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The Portland Press Herald cited the University of Maine Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (CRFU) in a story about a long-term study of the impact of forestry on migratory songbirds in Northern Maine. CRFU will provided partial funding to researchers for a comprehensive survey planned for 2022.
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting the results of a new study of tourism and climate change in Acadia National Park led by former UMaine Ph.D. student Lydia Horne. The study revealed that communicating understanding the impacts of climate change on park visitation can help conserve natural resources, maintain […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Centralmaine.com, Technology Networks, Morning Ag Clips and Science Daily shared a University of Maine news release highlighting the use of imaging spectroscopy on images gathered via remote sensing to measure nutrient levels, chlorophyll content and other indicators of health for wild blueberries and other crops in the field.
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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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