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

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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…

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Forest Fires in Maine: History and Outlook

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This was the year the West burned. The numbers are mind-boggling: By the end of November alone more than 56,000 wildfires had burned 9.1 million acres in the west. Thousands of homes and other buildings destroyed. Scores killed. Losses in the billions. And the flames roared into December. Huge fires ripped across California, including several…