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Students and Others Prepare for the Next Spruce Budworm Outbreak

Hope Light

May 20, 20164 min read

Students and Others Prepare for the Next Spruce Budworm Outbreak

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer It’s not every educator who sees a teaching opportunity in a forest-munching nondescript...

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Hope Light

Mar 27, 20158 min read

Forestry for the birds

By JOE RANKIN, Forests for Maine’s Future Writer In 1962 Rachel Carson’s classic enviro-expose Silent Spring was published, laying out...

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Mechanical harvesting — The future is here

Hope Light

Feb 23, 20157 min read

Mechanical harvesting — The future is here

By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer You could tell where George Merrill was working by the muted growl of the machinery. We...

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The white pine, enduring symbol of the Maine woods

Hope Light

Dec 22, 20147 min read

The white pine, enduring symbol of the Maine woods

By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer What’s not to like about the eastern white pine? A majestic tree. Long-lived. Producer of...

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Bright spots in Maine’s forest products industry

Hope Light

Nov 24, 20146 min read

Bright spots in Maine’s forest products industry

New mills, investments and products help offset losses in some sectors By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer When Verso Paper...

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Hope Light

Oct 27, 20148 min read

Southern Maine’s Future Forest

Factors at play today will help create the woods of the 22nd century By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer When Verso Paper Co....

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Urban Forests — More Important Now Than Ever

Hope Light

Aug 26, 20148 min read

Urban Forests — More Important Now Than Ever

By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future writer It’s perhaps fitting that the largest city in the most forested state in the nation...

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Maine is a leader in conservation easements

Hope Light

Jul 28, 20148 min read

Maine is a leader in conservation easements

By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer On the west side of the island of Vinalhaven is a tidal inlet of great beauty, called,...

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Hope Light

Jun 18, 20147 min read

Aliens in the Maine woods

Terrestrial invasive plants can wreak havoc with forests By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Licensed forester Jeff Williams...

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Hope Light

May 23, 20148 min read

Helping map the future of Maine

By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer At one time or another we’ve all wished we could see into the future, to get just a...

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The Long View: Three studies of the Maine forest

Hope Light

Apr 26, 20148 min read

The Long View: Three studies of the Maine forest

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer In a spruce-fir forest north of Bangor tall towers rise above the treetops, studded with...

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University Forests: Research, education and income

Hope Light

Mar 20, 20147 min read

University Forests: Research, education and income

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer With not quite 14,000 acres, the University Forests aren’t in the big leagues of Maine...

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Educating educators about the Maine woods

Hope Light

Feb 24, 20147 min read

Educating educators about the Maine woods

Teachers’ Tours provide a close up view of the forest and the forest economy By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Wayne...

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Hope Light

Jan 24, 20147 min read

Maine Moose: How are they doing?

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Most visitors to Maine probably have a list of things they want to do and see. They want...

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Hope Light

Dec 18, 20137 min read

CFRU: Real world forestry research

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer The research topics are varied. From what types of forest Canada lynx need to how well...

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Emerald ash borer: a voracious pest nears Maine

Hope Light

Nov 21, 20139 min read

Emerald ash borer: a voracious pest nears Maine

By Joe Ranki, Forests for Maine’s Future writer November 2013 When the emerald ash borer arrives in Maine everyone will lose, but the...

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Hope Light

Oct 26, 20136 min read

Maine’s Forest Economy: a new report

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Stand on almost any hill in Maine, any mountaintop, and you’ll see forest, a blanket of...

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Hope Light

Sep 25, 20138 min read

Carbon offsets: A new forest ‘product’?

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Over the centuries the only way to make money if you owned a woodland was cut down the...

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Hope Light

Aug 21, 20137 min read

The Maine Forest Products Council

Educating lawmakers and public about one of Maine’s biggest industries When the Maine Legislature is in session Patrick J. Strauch spends...

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Hope Light

Jul 25, 20137 min read

Bringing back the giants

The effort to restore the American chestnut tree to Maine’s forest By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer The crew moves across...

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