ABOUT FEMC:
The Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative is a partnership of the University of Vermont, northeastern state agencies, and the USDA Forest Service. Their goal is to provide and expand knowledge and technology in the northeastern forest region. FEMC will host their annual conference on November 13, 2026. Eight NSRC researchers will share their work, and we invite all who are interested in joining us and many other students, researchers, and stakeholders interested in the northern forest ecosystem. See below for information (including topics, times, and more) on NSRC-affiliated researcher’s presentations at FEMC.
Registration is available online.
NSRC Speakers (in order of presentations):
Bahram Salehi,
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
NSRC 1 SESSION | 1:10-1:30
“Mapping forest structure and biomass across the Northeast.”
Martin Dovciak,
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
NSRC 1 SESSION | 1:35-1:55
“Forest regeneration along elevational gradients: Insights from a multistate forest monitoring network in the northeastern United States.”
Jianheng Zhao,
University of Maine
NSRC 1 SESSION | 2:00-2:20
“From monitoring to management: a spatial decision-support framework for spruce budworm in Maine.”
Andrew Cortese,
SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry
NSRC 1 SESSION | 2:25-2:45
“A belowground perspective on using forest management to mitigate the effects of Hemlock Wooly Adelgid invasion.”
Kim Coleman,
University of Vermont
NSRC 2 SESSION | 3:00-3:20
“Mountain biking and environmental justice: What can ‘The Bike Boom’ teach us about recreation equity.”
Christina Murphy,
University of Maine
NSRC 2 SESSION | 3:25-3:45
“Maine’s secret clam flats: Microtopography influences leaf litter decay rates in managed forest wetlands”
Scott Ollinger,
University of New Hampshire
NSRC 2 SESSION | 3:50-4:10
“20+ years of change in the carbon cycle at the Bartlett Experimental Forest, New Hampshire.”
Benjamin Simpson,
Penobscot Indian Nation
NSRC 2 SESSION | 4:15-4:35
“Beavers, bridges, and connectivity: monitoring ecosystem responses to road-crossing reconstruction in a beaver-influenced forested wetland.”