The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability

Mill Town and Statewide respondents’ views of how beneficial each product would be if produced from wood sustainably harvested from Maine’s forests, by percent of respondents. (1=not at all beneficial, and 7=very beneficial) Electricity n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mean (SD) t p Mill Town 518 4.8 4.2 6.6 12.4 14.5 20.5 […]

Mill Town and Statewide respondents’ Likert-scale rating of forest management objectives1 (1=not at all important, and 7=very important) Maintains wildlife populations1 n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mean (SD) t p Mill Town 523 0.2 1.0 1.4 5.5 13.8 25.3 58.7 6.23 (1.08) -0.202 0.840 Statewide 494 0.2 0.8 1.4 5.9 11.9 22.9 […]

Mill Town and Statewide respondents’ ranking of the importance of the following uses for Maine’s forests by percent of respondents (1=most important, and 5=least important) As a source of economic wealth n 1 2 3 4 5 Mode W p Mill Town 445 19.8 9.0 12.2 10.5 33.3  5 106225 0.001 Statewide 420 14.6 6.2 […]

Kaitlyn Abrams English Department University of Maine   To residents of Maine and broader communities, It is my immense pleasure to introduce the inaugural issue of Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability. As an environmental journal created both in and for Maine, Spire is the first of its kind. The aim of this […]

Colby Fogg   Spire Cover Artwork –  

Garrett Clare  At the center of UMaine’s Orono campus are the Roger Clapp Greenhouses. The greenhouses, pictured here in January, contain a myriad of plant life that can be found all over the world. Here, in this warm atmosphere, these plants thrive and grow. This location serves as a place of research for sustainable agriculture, […]

Family / Genus Species Number of Bees % Relative Abundance Andrenidae   Andrena bisalicis 1 0.51 Andrena bradleyi 4 2.05 Andrena carlini 62 31.79 Andrena carolina 3 1.54 Andrena frigida 1 0.51 Andrena miserabilis 2 1.03 Andrena nasonii 4 2.05 Andrena nigrihirta 1 0.51 Andrena nivalis 7 3.59 Andrena rufosignata 11 5.64 Andrena vicina 8 […]

Amanda Moline   Twilight The picture with the boat was taken at Fosters Cove on Ninigret Pond in Charlestown, RI. The surrounding area is used for conservation of wildlife in over 800 acres of land. It is in fact a salt pond, which homes many forms of sea life such as Lion’s mane jellyfish,Sea Walnut […]

Sarah Harlan-Haughey   “There’s a large bird lying on the beach with its legs broken—what can I do?” Wildlife helpline call centers in Florida routinely respond to this kind of call—the concerned caller has often encountered a stranded Common Loon, or Gavia immer. Loons have heavy bones—they haven’t the airy mesh of trussed marrow common […]