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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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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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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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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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Hope Light
Dec 17, 20126 min read
Nature photography: A new way of seeing the woods
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Pam Wells has patience. When she’s in search of the perfect photo she can wait hours, in...
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Hope Light
Nov 28, 20128 min read
The Future of Forest Products in Maine Tour
New composites, nanocellulose coatings, liquid fuels are on the horizon By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Dwane Hutto is...
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