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, [email protected]
Co-Principal
Assessing eDNA as a monitoring tool for forest arthropod biodiversity and pests.
Principal Investigator:
Jason Johnston, University of Maine, [email protected]
Co
Assessing fire-dependency in natural red pine forests of the Northeast.
Principal Investigator:
Simon Pendleton, Plymouth State University, Simon.Pendleton@plymouth
Assessing the future Northern Forest through the lens of seedling survival and sapling recruitment.
Principal Investigator:
Lucas Harris, University of Vermont, [email protected]
Co-Principal
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, [email protected]
Digital species-site-suitability systems for regenerating northern forests.
Principal Investigator:
Michael Premer, University of Maine, [email protected]
Ecosystem Responses to the Interacting Forces of Bridge Improvements and Beavers
Principal Investigator:
Benjamin Simpson, Penobscot Nation, [email protected]
Co
Integrating Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Indigenous Forest Knowledge for Protecting Ash Species
Principal Investigator:
Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, University of Maine, parinaz.rahimzadeh.
Long-term monitoring of rare plant populations in the Adirondack alpine.
Principal Investigator:
Kayla White, Adirondack Mountain Club, [email protected]
Co-Principal
Managing for Tomorrow’s Panawahpskek Forests Today: An Integrative Approach to Submerchantable Competition Control
Principal Investigator:
Carolyn Ziegra, Appalachian Mountain Club, [email protected]
Mapping Canopy Height Model and Aboveground Biomass of Northeastern Forests
Principal Investigator:
Bahram Salehi, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry,@
Northern Forest Historical Atlas Project
Principal Investigator:
Daniel Hayes, University of Maine, [email protected]
Co
Partnership with Abenaki for Conservation and Restoration of the Threatened, Declining Butternut Tree, an Ecologically and Culturally Important Hardwood
Principal Investigator:
Sean Hoban, Morton Arboretum, [email protected]
Post-release non-target impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid biocontrol
Principal Investigator:
Angela Mech, University of Maine, [email protected]
Private forest landowner engagement in forest management programs for carbon sequestration.
Principal Investigator:
Danielle Kloster, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry,
Restoring Tribal Relations and Forest Knowledge
Principal Investigator:
Jessica Raspitha, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, [email protected]
Satellite monitoring of eastern white pine (EWP) health through assessing the forest structure.
Principal Investigator:
Pari Rahimzadeh, University of Maine, [email protected]
Social, economic, and ecological dimensions (SEED) of forest management for climate change adaptation and resilience
Principal Investigator:
Erin Simons-Legaard, University of Maine, [email protected]
Sustainable co-production of bioplastics and hydrochar from forest residue biomass.
Principal Investigator:
Ankita Juneja, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry,@
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 College of Environmental Science and Forestry,
Tools for rehabilitative silviculture to enrich habitat and restore productivity in degraded hardwood stands.
Principal Investigator:
John Foppert, Paul Smiths College, [email protected]
Co
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, heidi.asbjornsen@unh
WaYS to Utilize Indigenous Knowledge and Technology.
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Galipeau, Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS), waysprogram