Public News Service spoke with Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor with the Climate Change Institute and the School of Forest Resources, about President Joe Biden’s aggressive approach to addressing climate change. “It’s never more important now than now to invest every dollar as wisely as possible, based on science, that moves us towards […]
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The College Post cited a survey led by social scientists at the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources in a story about how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a greater drop in college applications among rural students compared to their urban counterparts. The Rural Youth Futures Project reported that the top barrier to college education among […]
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Jessica Leahy, a University of Maine professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, was quoted in Atlantic Forestry Review about a new project intended to establish a network of mentors and resources to empower private forest landowners in Canada. Leahy will offer an outside perspective to project partners, posing questions that might not otherwise be […]
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The Associated Press, WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and Q106.5 FM reported that a group of University of Maine students in the outdoor leadership program have created a website that teachers can use to plan outdoor lessons and learning activities for K–12 students. The San Francisco Chronicle, the Huron Daily Tribune and U.S. News […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, about the complexities of the carbon offset market and the impact of selling carbon credits on climate change. The Piscataquis Observer shared the BDN story.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Adam Daigneault, the E.L. Giddings Assistant Professor of Forest, Conservation and Recreation Policy at the University of Maine, about the growing carbon offset market and the need to actively manage forests to maximize carbon sequestration.
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In covering the state’s outdoor recreation economy, The Center Square and the Machias Valley News Observer cited a 2020 report on the impact of snowmobiling in Maine, which was co-authored by University of Maine student Ian Hathaway with Jessica Leahy and Mindy Crandall, faculty in the School of Forest Resources. The Washington Examiner shared the Center Square story.
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The Piscataquis Observer shared a media release about the Piscataquis County Extension Association’s annual meeting, which will feature a presentation by Jessica Leahy, a professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, focused on the Rural Youth Futures Project.
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In a story about regional efforts to curb vehicle emissions, the Bangor Daily News cited a University of Maine study by the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests that shows that forests offset 75% of the state’s emissions.
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The Hechinger Report talked with Jessica Leahy, a University of Maine professor of the human dimensions of natural resources, about a recently released study of rural high school student aspirations and the impact of the pandemic on school performance.
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