Hope LightJun 27, 20127 min readThere’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 min readThe 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 min readOnce 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 min readBiomassFresh from the Woods Producing energy from woodland ‘biomass’ could — over time — add less greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than...