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Financial Report and Progress Report on Spruce Budworm Programs (1977)

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm programs
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Summarize progress in Maine Forest Service spruce budworm programs from summer 1976 to summer 1977.
Key Findings: Includes the financial report to the legislature required by a 1977 amendment to the 1976 Budworm Suppression Act.
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Impacts of Air Pollution on Forest Ecosystems (1980)

Problem Addressed: Air pollution
Key Findings: Air pollutants induce changes that do not produce visible injury symptoms but adversely affect growth, yield and quality of plants and plant products. A better understanding is needed of the nature of pollutants and variations in their amounts at given sites.
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Economic Impact of the Forest Products Industry in Maine

Problem Addressed: Economic impact of the forest products industry in Maine
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine what the current economic impact of the forest products industry in Maine and how it has changed since the las estimate as well as answering if we can adjust that for the known closures that have occurred since the most available data (2014)
Key Findings: 1. FPI is still an important and integrated part of Maine's economy; 2. $8.5B in total output impact; 3. The share of FPI as part of the total state GDP has slightly declined; 4. 1 out of every 24 jobs in Maine is associated with the FPI.
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Economic Impact of the Spruce Budworm Outbreak in Newfoundland

Problem Addressed: Economic cost of spruce budworm issues
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Assess cost of spruce budworm
Key Findings: It is difficult to quantify the long-term impact of the outbreak on wood supplies and the forest environment and thus more research is required
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Spreading Prosperity to the “Other Maines” (2005)

Problem Addressed: Discrepancies within Maine
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Expose readers to creative thinking about Maine's persistent regional disparities and to help frame an agenda for deeper analysis of strategies to turn problems into challenges and opportunities for rim county development.
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