A webinar and field tour of research about brown ash and the emerald ash borer will be held March 1 and 3, respectively, by the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF). The webinar on March 1 will discuss species preservation goals in the context of brown ash trees in the face […]
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Aaron Weiskittel, professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, was featured as a VIP caller on a Maine Public segment about how artificial intelligence is being used in Maine, and the potential harms and benefits of AI to society.
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News Center Maine interviewed William Livingston, associate professor of forest resources at the University of Maine, about the potential impact of warming winters on Maine’s logging industry. Livingston said that it is hard to tell if the majority of climate impacts on Maine forests will be positive or negative since Maine’s forests are so diverse […]
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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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In an article about Sappi North America, Inc., receiving a $1 million grant from the Maine Technology Institute’s Forestry Recovery Initiative to improve productivity and reduce energy in its Somerset Mill, Business Wire noted that Sappi partners with the University of Maine for pulping and forestry research, as well as product prototyping, and UMaine will […]
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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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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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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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Ivan Fernandez, professor at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, was a panelist on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about the importance of soil in human lives and for the planet.
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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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