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Students and Others Prepare for the Next Spruce Budworm Outbreak
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer It’s not every educator who sees a teaching opportunity in a forest-munching nondescript...
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May 20, 20164 min read
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Forestry for the birds
By JOE RANKIN, Forests for Maine’s Future Writer In 1962 Rachel Carson’s classic enviro-expose Silent Spring was published, laying out...
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Mar 27, 20158 min read
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Mechanical harvesting — The future is here
By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer You could tell where George Merrill was working by the muted growl of the machinery. We...
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Feb 23, 20157 min read
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The white pine, enduring symbol of the Maine woods
By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer What’s not to like about the eastern white pine? A majestic tree. Long-lived. Producer of...
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Dec 22, 20147 min read
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Bright spots in Maine’s forest products industry
New mills, investments and products help offset losses in some sectors By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer When Verso Paper...
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Nov 24, 20146 min read
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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....
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Oct 27, 20148 min read
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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...
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Aug 26, 20148 min read
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Maine is a leader in conservation easements
By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer On the west side of the island of Vinalhaven is a tidal inlet of great beauty, called,...
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Jul 28, 20148 min read
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Aliens in the Maine woods
Terrestrial invasive plants can wreak havoc with forests By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Licensed forester Jeff Williams...
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Jun 18, 20147 min read
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Helping map the future of Maine
By JOE RANKIN Forests for Maine’s Future Writer At one time or another we’ve all wished we could see into the future, to get just a...
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May 23, 20148 min read
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The Long View: Three studies of the Maine forest
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer In a spruce-fir forest north of Bangor tall towers rise above the treetops, studded with...
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Apr 26, 20148 min read
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jul 25, 20137 min read
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