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Movement of Mercury through Wildlife Food Webs in the Northern Forest Region

Scientists found that songbirds inhabiting sensitive coastal and wetland ecosystems of the northeastern U.S. contain mercury levels elevated to concentrations that can impair reproductive success. Read More

Interest Areas: Atmospheric Pollution, Water & Watersheds, Wildlife
Timber Productivity of Natural Disturbance-Based Forest Management

Researchers in Maine determined that grouping forest harvest removals into small gaps creates significant interior edges, allowing in more sunlight to increase growth of remaining trees and promote regeneration by seedlings. Read More

Interest Areas: Conservation & Biodiversity, Forest Management & Productivity
Using Genetics to Evaluate Re-colonization by Moose in the Northeastern U.S.

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society in northern New York State found distinct genetic differences between moose north of the St. Lawrence Seaway and moose south of the Seaway, suggesting that extensive development and roads around the Seaway may present a barrier to gene flow. Read More

Interest Areas: Climate Change, Conservation & Biodiversity, Ecology, Land Use Planning & Development, Wildlife
Satellite Imagery 1984-2009 Shows Stable Forest Health but Declining Spruce-Fir and Paper Birch

Researchers report that health of forests in the northeastern United States has remained relatively stable over the past 25 years, except for declining health of high-elevation spruce-fir and paper birch forests. Read More

Interest Areas: Atmospheric Pollution, Climate Change, Forest Health & Invasive Species
Sustainable Tapping Guidelines for Modern Maple Syrup Production

Scientists in Vermont observed that average growth rates for maples tapped with high-yield sap collection practices were well over the minimum rates required for tapping to be sustainable using the traditional, conservative guidelines. Read More

Interest Areas: Economy of the Northern Forest, Forest Health & Invasive Species, Forest Management & Productivity, Forest Products
Role of Older Forests in Atmospheric Carbon Reduction

Investigators at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences documented that forest carbon stored in living and dead trees of older forests (late-successional and old-growth) is about 2.5 times greater than average forest carbon stocks for the Northern Forest region. Read More

Interest Areas: Energy & Carbon, Forest Management & Productivity

The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) is a competitive grant program funded by the USDA Forest Service and supporting cross-disciplinary, collaborative research in the Northern Forest — a 26-million acre working landscape that is home to over a million residents and stretches from eastern Maine through New Hampshire and Vermont and into northern New York. The NSRC addresses the importance of the Northern Forest to society and the need for research to have relevance and benefit to the people who live there, work with its resources, use its products, visit it, and care about it.

What Would You Like to Learn About?

Atmospheric Pollution

Climate Change

Community & Landowner Engagement

Conservation & Biodiversity

Ecology

Economy of the Northern Forest

Energy & Carbon

Forest Health & Invasive Species

Forest Management & Productivity

Forest Products

Land Use Planning & Development

Recreation & Tourism

Water & Watersheds

Wildlife

NSRC Researcher Profile

Steve Sader

Applying remote sensing and large landscape monitoring methods to natural resource management in the Northern Forest.

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NSRC Video

NSRC Webinar: T'an key uto monen: Native American Plant Knowledge, Stewardship and Conservation in the Northern Forest

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NSRC Webinar: Working in partnership with Maliseet and Micmac tribes of northern Maine, researchers developed management guidelines for four key culturally important plant species. This methodology for creating guidelines and exploring bio-cultural diversity can be adapted to the needs of other tribes, landowners, and cultural groups.