Fresh from the Woods Sustainably harvested logs are loaded in the Scientific Forest Management Area at Baxter State Park. (Photo courtesy of Baxter State Park) Keeping Maine’s Forests Part II: Exploring Options for the Maine Woods By Andrew Kekacs Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series about a landmark report on Maine woodlands issued in late 2009….
Fresh from the Woods Producing energy from woodland ‘biomass’ could — over time — add less greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than burning fossil fuels, according to a report from the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. (Photo by Andrew Kekacs) New Study Outlines Costs, Benefits Of Using Wood to Generate Power By Andrew Kekacs The…
Fresh from the Woods Sunrise at Haymock Lake in northern Maine. (Photos by Andrew Kekacs) Keeping Maine’s Forests: Part I By Andrew Kekacs After more than two decades of often-rancorous debate about forest policy, a quiet effort by the University of Maine, industry representatives, environmentalists and the Baldacci administration might finally have moved those who care…
Fresh from the Woods This map estimates a watershed’s ability to produce clean water, which is largely based on how much forestland is in the watershed. The blue areas provide the greatest amount. (Graphic courtesy of USDA Forest Service) Clean water: Over the river, through the woods By Andrew Kekacs Maine has some of the…
Fresh from the Woods Tony Madden, left, and his son, Derrick. (Photos courtesy of Forest Resources Association) Maine loggers: There are good jobs in the woods By Andrew KekacsEditor’s note: Economic turmoil, global warming and wildly fluctuating energy costs have led policy makers, scientists and investors to look more closely at the world’s forests. The…
Fresh from the Forest Maine forestland is rapidly recovering from heavy cutting associated with the spruce budworm outbreak of the 1980s. (Photos by Andrew Kekacs) Latest inventory suggests Maine forests healthy, growing By Andrew Kekacs Editor’s note: Economic turmoil, global warming and wildly fluctuating energy costs have led policy makers, scientists and investors to look…
Wabanaki ash baskets are displayed outside a tent at the Native American Festival at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. (Photo by Ethan Andrews) By Ethan Andrews Originally published on Forests For Maine Future website on October 4, 2010. Updated February 13, 2022 The expected arrival of an invasive beetle that kills ash…
Fresh from the Woods The 14th edition of “Forest Trees of Maine” was recently published by the Maine Forest Service. It contains a wealth of information about woody plants that grow in Maine. ‘Possibly … money well spent’ ‘Forest Trees of Maine’ celebrates 100th anniversary in 2008 By Andrew KekacsA century after it was first…
Fresh from the Woods To prove they are resistant, hybrid chestnut trees growing in Weeks Mills were inoculated with two strains of this fungus in late June. Nut enthusiasts attempt to breed blight-resistant American chestnut By Andrew KekacsThis is a story about staggering loss — the kind of loss that leaves a community or an…
