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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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The Forest Society of Maine
Protecting Maine’s forest landscape through conservation easements By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Next year the Forest...
Hope Light
Mar 25, 201310 min read
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Good reviews for online forestry program
Woodland Steward Program’s creators ponder how to boost enrollment By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Cory Gardiner’s...
Hope Light
Feb 24, 20136 min read
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Spruce budworm: Coming again soon?
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer It was a hot July day in the 1970s. Dave Struble was back home in Island Falls, on a day...
Hope Light
Jan 26, 20138 min read
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Nature photography: A new way of seeing the woods
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Pam Wells has patience. When she’s in search of the perfect photo she can wait hours, in...
Hope Light
Dec 17, 20126 min read
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The Future of Forest Products in Maine Tour
New composites, nanocellulose coatings, liquid fuels are on the horizon By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer Dwane Hutto is...
Hope Light
Nov 28, 20128 min read
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Maine’s forests: past, present and future . . .
A talk with the author of “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods” Andrew Barton grew up Asheville, in the mountains of North Carolina,...
Hope Light
Oct 24, 20129 min read
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The Woodland Steward Program
A new online course can help you enjoy and manage your woodland By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer Picture this: Three...
Hope Light
Sep 19, 20125 min read
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The Maine Woods (plural)
There are many forest types in the Pine Tree State By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer The Maine Woods. Writers use the...
Hope Light
Aug 27, 20127 min read
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The fascinating process of tree decay
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer For trees, the forest is truly a jungle. First there’s the Olympic-scale intense...
Hope Light
Jul 28, 20126 min read
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There’s an app for that: can technology reconnect us to nature?
By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future Writer In the video the young woman stops her car at a nature center, rummages around in the...
Hope Light
Jun 27, 20127 min read
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Sappi Westbrook: Papermaking on the fashion frontier
A venerable paper mill is the world leader in release papers By Joe Rankin Forests for Maine’s Future writer The names paper...
Hope Light
May 24, 20128 min read
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