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Forest Management & Productivity
20-Year Results from Ecologically-Based Silviculture Studies in Maine
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2015
65-Year Forest Study Provides Pros and Cons of Alternative Management Practices
Principal Investigator:
Laura Kenefic
Project Award Year:
2016
A Decision-Support System for Management of Sugar Maple Defoliated by Forest Tent Caterpillar
Principal Investigator:
Ruth Yanai
Project Award Year:
2007
A New Silvicultural Guide for Northern Conifers in the Northeastern U.S.
Principal Investigator:
Laura Kenefic
Project Award Year:
2021
A New Way to Assess Biodiversity, Forest Condition, and Effects of Tree Harvest
Principal Investigator:
David Patrick
Project Award Year:
2009
A Spatial Management Tool for Predicting Effects of Air Pollution on Forest Health
Principal Investigator:
Linda Pardo
Project Award Year:
2016
A Toolkit to Visualize How Forest Ecological Services Fare in Response to Timber Harvesting
Principal Investigator:
Colin Beier
Project Award Year:
2011
Aboveground Forest Biomass Change in Northeastern U.S.
Principal Investigator:
Eddie Bevilacqua
Project Award Year:
2013
Adaptation of Northern Forest Trees Species to a Warmer, Drier Future World
Principal Investigator:
Heidi Asbjornsen
Project Award Year:
2021
An Improved Mathematical Model to Predict Changes in Northern Forest Ecosystems
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Ouimette
Project Award Year:
2012
Assessing Maine’s Certified Sustainable Timber Harvest
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2013
Balancing Bat Conservation with Forest Management
Principal Investigator:
Shannon Farrell
Project Award Year:
2016
Balancing Preservation of Forest Habitat Structure with Sustainable Production of Forest Products
Principal Investigator:
Gregory McGee
Project Award Year:
2003
Balancing Sustainable Wood Production and Carbon Sequestration in Northern Hardwood Forests
Principal Investigator:
Eddie Bevilacqua
Project Award Year:
2008
Beaver Impacts on Adirondack Forest and Bird Communities
Principal Investigator:
John Stella
Project Award Year:
2012
Biochemical Responses of Northern Forest Trees to Thinning Treatments
Principal Investigator:
Rakesh Minocha
Project Award Year:
2007
Bioenergy Fuel Harvesting Impacts on Forest Habitat and Carbon Emissions
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2009
Carbon & Nitrogen Dynamics in Soil Organic Matter of Forests Regrowing After Harvest
Principal Investigator:
Gary Lovett
Project Award Year:
2016
Carbon Consequences of Silvicultural Management in Response to Pest Outbreaks
Principal Investigator:
Mark Ducey
Project Award Year:
2016
Carbon Impacts of Switching from Oil to Wood Fuel across the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Friedland
Project Award Year:
2008
Climate Change, Acid Rain, and Insect Defoliation Interact to Decrease Sugar Maple Growth
Principal Investigator:
Colin Beier
Project Award Year:
2013
Commercial Thinning Can Reduce Spruce-Fir Recovery from Budworm Defoliation
Principal Investigator:
MIchael Day
Project Award Year:
2013
Commercial Thinning Increases Regeneration in Spruce-Fir Forests of the Northeast
Principal Investigator:
Matthew Olson
Project Award Year:
2010
Comparing Growth Response of Red Spruce and Balsam Fir Seedlings
Principal Investigator:
Michael Day
Project Award Year:
2006
Comparison of Whole-Tree and Stem-Only Harvests: No Difference in Productivity 50 Years Later
Principal Investigator:
Laura Kenefic
Project Award Year:
2014
Consequences of Forest Management Practices on Climate Change
Principal Investigator:
David Hollinger
Project Award Year:
2007
Costs of Best Management Practices for Loggers on Family Forests in the Northeast
Principal Investigator:
René Germain
Project Award Year:
2013
Current Use Taxation of Forest Land: Measures of Success
Principal Investigator:
Paul Sendak
Project Award Year:
2002
Demonstration of Sustainable Forest Management Alternatives
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2004
Despite Some Winter Injury American Chestnut Shows Growth Potential for Restoration in the North
Principal Investigator:
Gary Hawley
Project Award Year:
2012
Developing a Spruce Budworm-Forest Landscape Model to Predict Future Outbreaks
Principal Investigator:
Brian Sturtevant
Project Award Year:
2015
Developing Management Guidelines to Conserve Old Forests
Principal Investigator:
John Hagan
Project Award Year:
2005
Developing Methods for Testing Weevil-Resistance in White Pine
Principal Investigator:
Michael Greenwood
Project Award Year:
2007
Different Is Good: Differentiating Wood Products Benefits Local Economy
Principal Investigator:
Mark Lorenzo
Project Award Year:
2003
Do Conservation Easements Promote Sustainable Management of the Northern Forest?
Principal Investigator:
David Capen
Project Award Year:
2003
Drone-Based LiDAR to Predict Density and Occurrence of Snowshoe Hare and American Marten
Principal Investigator:
Alexej Sirén
Project Award Year:
2021
Ecological Reserves and a Sustainable Forest Economy Can Work Together in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
David Capen
Project Award Year:
2002
Effectiveness of Zoning to Protect Deer Wintering Areas
Principal Investigator:
Daniel Harrison
Project Award Year:
2008
Effects of Biomass Energy Production on Northern Forest Sustainability and Wildlife
Principal Investigator:
Therese Donovan
Project Award Year:
2012
Effects of Partial Harvesting in Maine’s Working Forests
Principal Investigator:
Ben Rice
Project Award Year:
2010
Effects of Partial Harvesting on Forests Owned by Stable and Changing Landowners in Maine
Principal Investigator:
Steven Sader
Project Award Year:
2007
Effects of Timber Harvesting on the Wetland Ecology of Northeastern Lowland Forests
Principal Investigator:
Christina Murphy
Project Award Year:
2022
Emerging Use of Silvopastures in the Northeastern U.S. for Forage and Livestock Production
Principal Investigator:
Joseph Orefice
Project Award Year:
2014
Estimates of Carbon Stocks in Old Growth Northern Forests
Principal Investigator:
Coeli Hoover
Project Award Year:
2006
Estimating Wood Volume in Northern Forest Streams
Principal Investigator:
Clifford Kraft
Project Award Year:
2006
Evaluating Creation of a Working Forest and Preserve
Principal Investigator:
Steven Wolf
Project Award Year:
2008
Evaluating Partial Harvests and Their Impact on Future Wood Supply in Northern Maine
Principal Investigator:
Christian Kuehne
Project Award Year:
2015
Evaluating Supply and Demand of Northern Forest Branded Carbon Credits
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2010
Evaluating the Efficacy of Audubon Vermont’s Bird-Friendly Maple Project in Sugarbushes
Principal Investigator:
Steven Faccio
Project Award Year:
2021
Evaluating Use of a Harvester and a Feller-Buncher in 40-Year-Old Forest Stands in Maine
Principal Investigator:
Jeffrey Benjamin
Project Award Year:
2013
Evaluation of Northern Hardwood Forest Structure Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Principal Investigator:
Mark Ducey
Project Award Year:
2008
Examining Patterns of Tree Regeneration in the Acadian Forest of East-Central Maine
Principal Investigator:
Matthew Olson
Project Award Year:
2006
Experimental Ice Glazing in a Northern Hardwood Forest to Understand Ecological Impacts of Ice Storms
Principal Investigator:
Lindsey Rustad
Project Award Year:
2009
Factors Affecting Sugar Maple Regeneration Across the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Anthony D'Amato
Project Award Year:
2015
Fine-tuning Predictions of Forest Tree Growth Response to Thinning and Climate Change
Principal Investigator:
Aaron Weiskittel
Project Award Year:
2008
Fire as a Tool in Northern Red Oak Regeneration and Management
Principal Investigator:
Matthew Vadeboncoeur
Project Award Year:
2022
Forecasting Effects of Uneven-Aged Silviculture on Wildlife Habitat and Sawtimber Production
Principal Investigator:
Ralph Nyland
Project Award Year:
2004
Forest Certification: Its Role in Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Deane Wang
Project Award Year:
2003
Forest Disturbance Patterns Mapped Across the Northern Forest 2000-2016
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2016
Forest Ecosystem Management Demonstration Project: Carbon and Methane Responses One Decade Later
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2013
Forest Habitat Type Affects Abundance of Invertebrate Food for Birds
Principal Investigator:
Jason Johnston
Project Award Year:
2009
Forest Management to Increase Northern Forest Climate and Pest Adaptation
Principal Investigator:
Anthony D'Amato
Project Award Year:
2022
Forest Throughfall Removal Study Suggests Red Maple More Resistant to Drought than White Pine or Red Oak
Principal Investigator:
Heidi Asbjornsen
Project Award Year:
2014
Future Distribution and Productivity of Spruce-Fir Under Climate Change
Principal Investigator:
Erin Simons-Legaard
Project Award Year:
2013
Genetic Impacts of Forest Management Strategies on Sugar Maple in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Danilo Fernando
Project Award Year:
2021
Growth, Lumber Yields, and Financial Maturity of Isolated Eastern White Pine Crop Trees
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2007
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Hemlock Forests Affects Small Mammal Communities
Principal Investigator:
Nicholas Gotelli
Project Award Year:
2013
High Site Quality and Pruning Improve White Pine Lumber Yield and Quality
Principal Investigator:
René Germain
Project Award Year:
2013
Historic Studies Generate New Findings about Northern Conifer Growth and Yield
Principal Investigator:
Aaron Weiskittel
Project Award Year:
2009
How Forest Evapotranspiration May Be Affected by Climate Change
Principal Investigator:
Heidi Asbjornsen
Project Award Year:
2012
How Forest Management Treatments Affect Carbon Storage in a Northern Conifer Forest
Principal Investigator:
Aaron Weiskittel
Project Award Year:
2011
Hundred Year Predicted Benefits of Including Clearcutting in Management of Maine's Forests
Principal Investigator:
Erin Simons-Legaard
Project Award Year:
2010
Identification of Eastern White Pine Seed Sources Better Adapted to Climate Change
Principal Investigator:
Ronald Zalesny
Project Award Year:
2010
Impacts and Future Projections From 30 Years of Forest Conversion in the Northeast
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Pontius
Project Award Year:
2014
Impacts of Climate Change on Forests of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada
Principal Investigator:
Lindsey Rustad
Project Award Year:
2005
Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Tree Regeneration in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Jay Wason
Project Award Year:
2022
Impacts of Future Development on Forest Management and Wood Supply in Maine
Principal Investigator:
Spencer Meyer
Project Award Year:
2012
Impacts of Spruce Budworm and Forest Management on Future Wood Supply
Principal Investigator:
Kasey Legaard
Project Award Year:
2010
Impacts of Windstorm and Salvage Harvest on Regeneration and Biodiversity in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Jon Erickson
Project Award Year:
2015
Impacts of Wood Procurement Pressure and Landowner Engagement on Sustainable Forest Management
Principal Investigator:
René Germain
Project Award Year:
2009
Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Ouimette
Project Award Year:
2012
Improving Carbon Storage in Managed Northern Hardwood-Conifer Forests
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2006
Improving Estimates of Carbon Storage in Northeastern Forests
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Pontius
Project Award Year:
2015
Improving Guidelines for Spruce-Fir Management
Principal Investigator:
Mark Ducey
Project Award Year:
2006
Improving Methods to Measure Forest Productivity in the Northeast
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Jenkins
Project Award Year:
2003
Improving Predictions of Forest Response to Thinning Treatments
Principal Investigator:
Jeremy Wilson
Project Award Year:
2012
Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund: Haudenosaunee Forest Principles
Principal Investigator:
Robin Kimmerer
Project Award Year:
2021
Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund: Protecting the Brown Ash of the Northern Forest With Indigenous Communities
Principal Investigator:
John Daigle
Project Award Year:
2022
Influence of Age on Productivity and Carbon Sequestration of Eastern White Pine
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2011
Influence of American Beech Thickets on Biodiversity in Northern Hardwood Forests
Principal Investigator:
Stacy McNulty
Project Award Year:
2009
Influence of Forest Structure on Stream Ecosystems across the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Emma Rosi-Marshall
Project Award Year:
2010
Influence of Forest Succession on Insect Biodiversity and Brook Trout Diets
Principal Investigator:
Winsor Lowe
Project Award Year:
2008
Influence of Neighboring Trees on Growth and Yield in Red Oak – White Pine Stands
Principal Investigator:
Justin Waskiewicz
Project Award Year:
2007
Influence of Spatial Structure on Forest Growth and Stand Dynamics
Principal Investigator:
Aaron Weiskittel
Project Award Year:
2013
Influence of Tree Form on Commercial Hardwood Growth, Survival, Volume and Biomass
Principal Investigator:
Aaron Weiskittel
Project Award Year:
2014
Integrating Genetic and Ecological Data to Measure and Map Wildlife Connectivity Across the Northeast
Principal Investigator:
James Murdoch
Project Award Year:
2021
Internet Site Brings Together Non-industrial Private Forest Owners
Principal Investigator:
David Kittredge
Project Award Year:
2003
Invasive Pest Effects on Tree Demographics Across the Northeastern US
Principal Investigator:
Jeff Garnas
Project Award Year:
2022
Inventory of Town Forests in Vermont
Principal Investigator:
David Capen
Project Award Year:
2007
Inventory of U.S. Federal and State Forest Biomass Electricity and Heat Policies
Principal Investigator:
Robert Malmsheimer
Project Award Year:
2012
Investigating Genes Associated with Age-Related Productivity in Red Spruce
Principal Investigator:
Michael Day
Project Award Year:
2009
Investigating Wetland Foraging Sites of the Rusty Blackbird, a Declining Species
Principal Investigator:
Stacy McNulty
Project Award Year:
2013
Landscape-Level Factors Influencing Spruce Budworm Outbreaks in Maine and Forecasting Future Risk
Principal Investigator:
Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran
Project Award Year:
2016
LiDAR Data Describe Northern Forest Structure and Habitat But Not Biomass
Principal Investigator:
Coeli Hoover
Project Award Year:
2012
Low-Density Crop-Tree vs. Conventional Management of Eastern White Pine
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2006
Management Guidelines for Culturally Important Plant Species of the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Karim-Aly S. Kassam
Project Award Year:
2009
Managing for Diversity in Tree Species and Canopy Structure Produces Higher Sustained Yield
Principal Investigator:
Charles Canham
Project Award Year:
2006
Mapping Forest Sensitivity to Sulfur and Nitrogen Deposition in Northeastern North America
Principal Investigator:
Eric Miller
Project Award Year:
2001
Measuring Disturbance to Forests with New Remote Sensing Technologies
Principal Investigator:
Nathan Torbick
Project Award Year:
2010
Modeling Spruce Budworm Impacts to Project Changes in Wood Supply and Forest Health
Principal Investigator:
Mohammad Bataineh
Project Award Year:
2014
Monitoring Changes in Soil Carbon and Mercury in Managed Northern Forests
Principal Investigator:
Donald Ross
Project Award Year:
2007
Monitoring Forest Sustainability across Large Landscapes
Principal Investigator:
Steven Sader
Project Award Year:
2006
Montane Tree Species Distributions Not Yet Shifting Upslope in Response to Changes in Climate
Principal Investigator:
Martin Dovciak
Project Award Year:
2011
More Tree Species Diversity in Sugarbushes Reduces Maple Pest Levels
Principal Investigator:
Bruce Parker
Project Award Year:
2008
Multiple Stressors Play Role in Beech Bark Disease
Principal Investigator:
John Castello
Project Award Year:
2013
No Difference in Regeneration Productivity Between Whole Tree and Conventional Harvest 14 Years Later
Principal Investigator:
Theodore Howard
Project Award Year:
2010
Parasitic Wasps Show Tentative Promise as Biological Control for Emerald Ash Borer
Principal Investigator:
Melissa Fierke
Project Award Year:
2013
Partial Timber Harvesting Alone Not Enough to Change Regenerating Tree Species
Principal Investigator:
Mohammad Bataineh
Project Award Year:
2012
Phosphorus Contributions from Forested Watersheds in Vermont
Principal Investigator:
Donald Ross
Project Award Year:
2015
Powerline Rights-of-Way Provide Habitat for Declining Bird Species
Principal Investigator:
Allan Strong
Project Award Year:
2013
Predatory Wasp Used for Detecting Emerald Ash Borer
Principal Investigator:
Donald Chandler
Project Award Year:
2013
Predicting Effects of Even-aged Forest Management on Timber and Carbon
Principal Investigator:
Ralph Nyland
Project Award Year:
2011
Predicting Stand Development and Structure in Multi-Aged Northern Conifer Forests
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2005
Public Attitudes toward Forest Management in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Paul Karczmarczyk
Project Award Year:
2004
Quantifying Changes in Northeast Forest Condition, Connectivity for Wildlife, and Climate Resilience
Principal Investigator:
Melissa Clark
Project Award Year:
2022
Recommendations for Using Shelterwood Silviculture to Regenerate Eastern White Pine
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2010
Recovering Second Growth Northeastern Forests Achieve High Level of Carbon Storage
Principal Investigator:
William Keeton
Project Award Year:
2011
Redefining a "Productive" Forest Based on Ecological, Social, and Economic Uses
Principal Investigator:
Joshua Farley
Project Award Year:
2003
Rehabilitation of Cutover Mixedwood Stands: A Silvicultural and Economic Assessment of Alternatives
Principal Investigator:
Jeremy Wilson
Project Award Year:
2007
Relationships between Nonnative Invasive Plant Distribution and Land Use History
Principal Investigator:
Laura Kenefic
Project Award Year:
2005
Repeated Forest Soil Sampling Helps to Monitor Changes in Soil Chemistry
Principal Investigator:
Gregory Lawrence
Project Award Year:
2008
Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in New England Forest Management
Principal Investigator:
Caitlin Hicks Pries
Project Award Year:
2022
Role of Older Forests in Atmospheric Carbon Reduction
Principal Investigator:
John Gunn
Project Award Year:
2009
Role of Silvicultural Intensity and Tree Species Composition on Biomass Yield of Early Successional Forests in Maine
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Nelson
Project Award Year:
2009
Role of Tree Species and Nitrogen Deposition in Stabilizing Forest Soil Carbon
Principal Investigator:
Gary Lovett
Project Award Year:
2011
Selection Cuttings Sustain Uneven-aged Northern Forest Stands but Not Even-aged
Principal Investigator:
Ralph Nyland
Project Award Year:
2015
Silvicultural and Tree Species Effects on Leaf Light Capture and Carbon Production
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Nelson
Project Award Year:
2010
Soil Nutrients Affect the Sweetness of Maple Sap
Principal Investigator:
Ruth Yanai
Project Award Year:
2013
Soil-Site Influences on Northern White-Cedar Stem Quality and Growth
Principal Investigator:
Ivan Fernandez
Project Award Year:
2006
Surprising Growth Resurgence of Red Spruce in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Shelly Rayback
Project Award Year:
2013
Sustainable Management of Northern Forests for Timber, Carbon, and Biodiversity
Principal Investigator:
Therese Donovan
Project Award Year:
2006
Sustainable Tapping Guidelines for Birch Syrup Production in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Abby van den Berg
Project Award Year:
2014
Sustainable Tapping Guidelines for Modern Maple Syrup Production
Principal Investigator:
Abby van den Berg
Project Award Year:
2010
Taxation and Sustainable Forest Management in the Four Northern Forest States
Principal Investigator:
David Newman
Project Award Year:
2009
Terrestrial Buffer Requirements for Amphibians Inhabiting Vernal Pools in Forested Landscapes
Principal Investigator:
Kimberly Babbitt
Project Award Year:
2005
Testing Cold Hardiness of American Chestnut for Restoration in the Northern Forest
Principal Investigator:
Gary Hawley
Project Award Year:
2008
Timber Productivity of Natural Disturbance-Based Forest Management
Principal Investigator:
Michael Saunders
Project Award Year:
2007
Town Forest Health Check: A Forest Steward's Guide to Forest Health Assessment
Principal Investigator:
David Brynn
Project Award Year:
2006
Tracking Land Parcelization Over Time to Inform Planning and Policy in Vermont
Principal Investigator:
Jamey Fidel
Project Award Year:
2015
U.S. and Canadian Conference Provides Exchange of Forest Science
Principal Investigator:
Theodore Howard
Project Award Year:
2012
Understanding Public Comment and Appeal of National Forest Projects
Principal Investigator:
Robert Malmsheimer
Project Award Year:
2004
Unmanaged Forest Reserves as Benchmarks to Refine Disturbance-based Ecological Forest Management
Principal Investigator:
Robert Seymour
Project Award Year:
2009
Updated Inventory and Maps of Vermont Town Forests
Principal Investigator:
Cecilia Danks
Project Award Year:
2021
Using Satellite Imagery to Map Forest Vulnerability to Spruce Budworm Outbreaks
Principal Investigator:
Steven Sader
Project Award Year:
2009
Watershed Decision-Making Process Balances Community and Forest Landowner Values
Principal Investigator:
Jon Erickson
Project Award Year:
2003
Webcams Monitor Changing Climate Effects on Leaf Phenology and Forest Productivity
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Richardson
Project Award Year:
2009
Wood Resource Availability in the Northeastern United States
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Hushaw
Project Award Year:
2013
