Continuation of business-as-usual forestry will likely lead to Maine’s forest sector being a net carbon sink for the foreseeable future – meaning that when you add up all the carbon stored in the forest and also consider all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with harvesting trees and making products such...
As the morning sky is filled with the elegant song of our feathered friends and the buds on the tips of trees are starting to explode, I think that it is safe to say that Spring is finally here, and we are free from the grip of old man winter. Spring is a great time to witness the behavior of flora and fauna as the plants are starting to come alive again, migratory birds are making their way back, wildlife is active, and giving birth to their young. It is also a very interesting time to...
I am a first-year master’s student with the Natural Resources department at UNH. My research is assessing the invasion patterns and impacts of terrestrial invasive plants...
For a while now, I have been collecting the annual data provided by the Maine Forest Service on timber harvest activities in a spreadsheet to try to understand what’s been going on in the nearly 17 million acres of forest in the state of Maine. I recently...
A recent commentary I wrote emphasized the need to “do the math” to figure out if switching energy pathways from fossil to woody biomass will have the climate benefits that many assume it will. I have been working on this issue since the 2010...
Continuation of business-as-usual forestry will likely lead to Maine’s forest sector being a net carbon sink for the foreseeable future – meaning that when you add up all the carbon stored in the forest and also consider all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with harvesting trees and making products such...
