School of Forest Resources

Leahy speaks to the Guardian about wood banks

Jessica Leahy, professor of forestry at the University of Maine, spoke to the Guardian for an article about wood banks emerging as a vital source of heat as the price of gas continues to rise. “A lot of the climate change challenges actually are opportunities for wood banks,” Leahy said. Enviro360 shared the Guardian report.

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PPH column notes UMaine research about forests

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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Fernandez, Winski speak to BDN about forest carbon sinks

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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Leahy speaks to PPH about woodbanks

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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Maine Public, WGME note UMaine wood bank grant 

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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Media report on UMaine study about recruiting more women for forestry careers

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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