Climate Change, Beetles, and Fire at the Waterboro Barrens Preserve
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Climate Change, Beetles, and Fire at the Waterboro Barrens Preserve

FCCI visits the Waterboro Barrens Preserve Written by: Gavriela Mallory The fourth year of Maine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative (FCCI) kicked off this fall with a field tour of the Waterboro Barrens Preserve. The FCCI webinar and field trip series is a collaborative effort between Maine TREE Foundation, the Forest Stewards Guild, and UMaine’s Center…

Climate Change, Science, and Practice at Pleasant River Headwaters Forest

Climate Change, Science, and Practice at Pleasant River Headwaters Forest

At AMC’s Pleasant River Headwater Forest, science and stewardship generate community impact Written By: Gavriela Mallory Last month, Maine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative (FCCI) wrapped up its third year of community learning with a field tour at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Pleasant River Headwaters Forest. FCCI is a collaborative effort between Maine TREE Foundation, the…

Edna Drinkwater School Climate Activity Follow Up

Edna Drinkwater School Climate Activity Follow Up

As highlighted in previous seedlings and OverSTORY articles, Maine TREE Programs and Outreach Coordinator Kelly French worked on a research investigation during the spring semester with the 6th-grade science class at Edna Drinkwater School in Northport. First, the students collected tree cores from trees found on their school’s campus. They then looked at the ring widths and local climate…

UMaine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative Builds Connections for  Scientists and Land Managers
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UMaine’s Forest Climate Change Initiative Builds Connections for Scientists and Land Managers

At the University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, a group of scientists from academia and private institutions have come together to form the Forest Climate Change Initiative (FCCI). The purpose of FCCI is to build connections among researchers, scientists, stakeholders, legislators, and the interested public on climate change issues around forests. Despite…

Forestry for the Future: A film introduces forestry to landowners with a 65-year study

Forestry for the Future: A film introduces forestry to landowners with a 65-year study

By Maren Granstrom *Editor’s note: Forester Maren Granstrom voluntarily submitted this article to Forests for Maine’s Future and Maine TREE to highlight the “Forestry for the Future” video she produced as part of her Master’s of Science work at the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources. Maine TREE claims no ownership of the video and…

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Climate Change, Drought, and the Northern Forest

By Joe Rankin, published August 2016 Much of the southern half of Maine is dry. Really dry. Lawns brown. Gardens struggling. Wells drying up. Things are bad on the rainfall front and in early August the forecasts weren’t looking good for rain. The U.S. Drought Monitor for Aug. 9 said the southern tip of Maine…

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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. announced the impending closure of its faltering Bucksport paper mill and the loss of 500 jobs, workers were stunned and a collective groan of dismay rippled through Maine’s forest products…

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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 should be nicknamed the Forest City. Of course, when Portland acquired that sobriquet, back in the 1800s, Maine and New England had a lot less forest. Portland has thousands of trees. Large…