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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...
Hope Light
Mar 20, 20147 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Feb 24, 20147 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Jan 24, 20147 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Dec 18, 20137 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Nov 21, 20139 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Oct 26, 20136 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Sep 25, 20138 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Aug 21, 20137 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Jul 25, 20137 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Jun 26, 20137 min read
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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...
Hope Light
May 23, 20137 min read
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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...
Hope Light
Apr 26, 20137 min read
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