Shane O’Neill, forest industry business development manager in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was the future of Maine’s forests and how the state plans to develop its vital forest industry.
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Several University of Maine initiatives aimed at boosting the state’s forest economy were featured in a New Hampshire Public Radio piece looking at what’s next for New Hampshire timber. The article mentioned several UMaine School of Forest Resources projects that aim to develop new products using wood and wood scraps. The products include new kinds […]
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Soil bacterial communities influence crop success and agricultural sustainability by interacting with plants in a variety of ways, from exchanging nutrients to influencing plant susceptibility to infection. Sue Ishaq, an assistant professor of animal and veterinary sciences in the University of Maine’s School of Food and Agriculture, recently participated in a project that examines how […]
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Islam Hafez will develop a nanocellulose-based point-of-use purification system that removes arsenic from drinking water. The United States Department of Agriculture awarded the postdoctoral researcher in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine $132,403 for the two-year project. The university is contributing $67,216 toward the project. “I like my work to be […]
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A symposium on Maine’s new forest economy will be held Oct. 23 at the University of Maine, sponsored by UMaine, the Maine Forest Products Council and Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine). The 1–4:30 p.m. event in Wells Conference Center is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. It is being held during National […]
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The University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has published the 2019–2029 Holt Research Forest Strategic Plan. The strategic plan grew out of a recent National Science Foundation Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories planning grant that included an October 2017 Holt Research Forest Board of Visitors review to evaluate the research, educational […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed a symposium on Maine’s new forest economy to be held at the University of Maine from 1–4:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in Wells Conference Center during National and Maine Forest Products Week. The conference, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by UMaine, the Maine Forest Products Council and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the annual fall meeting of the Maine Division of the New England Society of American Foresters, held this year at the University of Maine on Oct. 7 and 8. The focus of the conference was the legacy and future of forest certification. Forest certification is a way to manage, label and […]
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Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, spoke with The Ellsworth American for an article looking at what Gov. Janet Mills’ carbon-neutral pledge means for Hancock and Washington counties. “Conservation [of energy] is the low-hanging fruit,” said Fernandez, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change […]
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Glen Koehler, an associate scientist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science at UMaine, were cited in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series. The article, “Climate change comes to your own backyard,” looked at what gardeners can do to keep plants healthy and […]
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