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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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Trail cameras give you a new window on the woods

Hope Light

Jun 26, 20137 min read

Trail cameras give you a new window on the woods

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Everyone who walks in the Maine woods has a story about wildlife — the deer that bounded...

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Maine Land Trust Network: It’s all about connection

Hope Light

May 23, 20137 min read

Maine Land Trust Network: It’s all about connection

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer A few years ago the Greater Lovell Land Trust in the Kezar Lakes region of western Maine...

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Hope Light

Apr 26, 20137 min read

The St. John Forest experiment

The Nature Conservancy blends conservation, logging in northern Maine The Nature Conservancy owns a lot of land in Maine: some 75...

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Hope Light

Mar 25, 201310 min read

The Forest Society of Maine

Protecting Maine’s forest landscape through conservation easements By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Next year the Forest...

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Good reviews for online forestry program

Hope Light

Feb 24, 20136 min read

Good reviews for online forestry program

Woodland Steward Program’s creators ponder how to boost enrollment By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Cory Gardiner’s...

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Hope Light

Jan 26, 20138 min read

Spruce budworm: Coming again soon?

By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer It was a hot July day in the 1970s. Dave Struble was back home in Island Falls, on a day...

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