Hope LightJun 27, 20127 minThere’s an app for that: can technology reconnect us to nature?By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer In the video the young woman stops her car at a nature center, rummages around in the...
Hope LightDec 21, 20116 minThe modern sawmill: a high tech marvelBy Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Watching the edger-optimizer at Robbins Lumber Co.’s pine mill in Searsmont induces,...
Hope LightOct 27, 20118 minOnce and Future Uses of WoodBy Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer In the mid-’60s Eric Sloane wrote “A Reverence for Wood,” a tribute to the importance of...
Hope LightOct 18, 20105 minBiomassFresh from the Woods Producing energy from woodland ‘biomass’ could — over time — add less greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than...