Are you looking for a fun and interesting summer job that allows you to work in the woods? This summer we are hiring seasonal Research Technicians who will collect data for several existing ecosystem studies, and participate in novel applied research projects.
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Chestnut Revival
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…
Old-Growth Forests: Back to the Future?
There’s no question that old growth forests are fairly uncommon, especially in the eastern parts of North America. In a handful of generations European settlers turned tens of millions of acres of old trees into beams and boards and a thousand other things and the land that had grown them to corn and potatoes and…
UMaine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative Builds Connections for Scientists and Land Managers
At the University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, a group of scientists from academia and private institutions have come together to form the Forest Climate Change Initiative (FCCI). The purpose of FCCI is to build connections among researchers, scientists, stakeholders, legislators, and the interested public on climate change issues around forests. Despite…
Celebrating 40 Years of Holt Research Forest
Established in 1983, Holt Research Forest is celebrating 40 years of rigorous timber and ecosystem study. Written by Gavi Mallory Holt Research Forest is celebrating 40 years of long-term ecological monitoring and forestry research! In 1983, the Holt family collaborated with the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources to establish the Holt Research Forest…
Collaborating Towards Brown Ash Resilience in Maine
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Reading Trees: Are small mammals able to predict seed densities in the Maine woods?
Can small mammal seed predators predict resource abundance? Gabriela Franzoi Dri, UMaine PhD candidate, answers this research question at Holt Research Forest.