In 2024, NSRC funded 24 research projects totaling over $6 million
A predictive scaling framework of forest structure and functional diversity in a non-equilibrial world.
Principal Investigator: Sydne Record, University of Maine
Assessing eDNA as a monitoring tool for forest arthropod biodiversity and pests.
Principal Investigator: Jason Johnston, University of Maine
Assessing fire-dependency in natural red pine forests of the Northeast.
Principal Investigator: Simon Pendleton, Plymouth State University.
Assessing the future Northern Forest through the lens of seedling survival and sapling recruitment.
Principal Investigator: Lucas Harris, University of Vermont
Climate-smart biodiversity conservation practices for managed forest landscapes.
Principal Investigator: Andrew Whittman, Manomet
Decadal-scale trends in northern forest carbon storage in relation to nutrient availability and rising carbon dioxide.
Principal Investigator: Scott Ollinger, University of New Hampshire
Digital species-site-suitability systems for regenerating northern forests.
Principal Investigator: Michael Premer, University of Maine
Ecosystem Responses to the Interacting Forces of Bridge Improvements and Beavers
Principal Investigator: Benjamin Simpson, Penobscot Nation
Integrating Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Indigenous Forest Knowledge for Protecting Ash Species
Principal Investigator: Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, University of Maine
Long-term monitoring of rare plant populations in the Adirondack alpine.
Principal Investigator: Kayla White, Adirondack Mountain Club
Managing for Tomorrow’s Panawahpskek Forests Today: An Integrative Approach to Submerchantable Competition Control
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Ziegra, Appalachian Mountain Club
Mapping Canopy Height Model and Aboveground Biomass of Northeastern Forests
Principal Investigator: Bahram Salehi , SUNY–ESF
Northern Forest Historical Atlas Project
Principal Investigator: Daniel Hayes, University of Maine
Partnership with Abenaki for Conservation and Restoration of the Threatened, Declining Butternut Tree, an Ecologically and Culturally Important Hardwood
Principal Investigator: Sean Hoban, The Morton Arboretum
Post-release non-target impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid biocontrol
Principal Investigator: Angela Mech, University of Maine
Private forest landowner engagement in forest management programs for carbon sequestration.
Principal Investigator: Danielle Kloster, SUNY–ESF
Restoring Tribal Relations and Forest Knowledge
Principal Investigator: Jessica Raspitha, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Satellite monitoring of eastern white pine (EWP) health through assessing the forest structure.
Principal Investigator(s): Pari Rahimzadeh, University of Maine
Social, economic, and ecological dimensions of forest management for climate change adaptation and resilience.
Principal Investigator : Erin Simons-Legaard, University of Maine
Sustainable co-production of bioplastics and hydrochar from forest residue biomass.
Principal Investigator: Ankita Juneja, SUNY–ESF
The effects of seed dispersal and seedling establishment limitations on climate-driven tree species range shifts in the northeastern U.S.
Principal Investigator: Martin Dovciak, SUNY–ESF
Tools for rehabilitative silviculture to enrich habitat and restore productivity in degraded hardwood stands.
Principal Investigator: John Foppert, Paul Smiths College
Using a functional trait approach to inform assisted migration for climate adaptation in the Northern Forest region.
Principal Investigator: Heidi Asbjornsen, University of New Hampshire
WaYS to Utilize Indigenous Knowledge and Technology.
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Galipeau, Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS)