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.
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.