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Measuring the Effects of Freezing Injury on Red Spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) Needles

Problem Addressed: Freezing foliage leading to a decline of Red spruce in northeastern North America
Goal(s)/Objective(s): The effect of thawing rate on freezing injury, relation of mass exchange and chlorophyll loss to electrolyte leakage, and Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii Bubák interacts with freeze-injured needles.
Key Findings: Photosynthesis most sensitive measure, Faster thaw rates increase damage.
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An Analysis of Inconsistencies in Environmental Protection Standards Pertaining to Forest Management Activities in Maine

Problem Addressed: Environmental protection standards inconsistencies pertaining to forest management activities in Maine.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Provide an overview of the legislative process in Maine, identify a process for analyzing comparable laws and regulations, present the findings of the analysis, and suggest future courses of action.
Key Findings: ) a brief history of the evolution of this paper, 2) a literature review of policy formulation processes, 3) a procedural look at how laws move through the Maine Legislature, 4) a summary of how policy formulation and the legislative process combine to result in incremental growth of regulatory inconsistencies, and finally, 5) a review of the state laws and agencies.
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An Alternative Model of Beech Bark Disease

Problem Addressed: Lack of evidence supporting beech bark disease model proposed in 1934
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Develop a new model of BBD highlighting biotic and abiotic factors
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Birds and the Conservation Reserve Program: A Retrospective Study

Problem Addressed: U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program on bird populations.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Investigate the U.S. Department of Agriculture's CRP on bird populations.
Key Findings: Four species, Western Meadowlark, Ring-necked Pheasant, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Northern Bobwhite showed evidence of positive population responses after the introduction of the CRP.
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