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Applying a Spruce Budworm Decision Support System to Maine: Projecting Spruce-Fir Volume Impacts under Alternative Management and Outbreak Scenarios

Problem Addressed: Antipated Spruce Budworm outbreak on timber supply
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Apply SBWDSS framework and use USDA FIA data to assess potential spruce-for losses from a SBW outbreak
Key Findings: Projections of moderate and severe intensity outbreaks could reduce statewide invtories by 20-30% over next 10 years.
Recommendation: Forestland owners and managers would benefit from conducting a spatially explicit township-by-township analysis of potential SBW impacts
Views: 1713
Downloads: 2
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Nineteen percent of Maine in conservation

Problem Addressed: Describes history of public lands policy in Maine and relation to waters
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Describe ubique aspects of Maine's public lands history and current issues
Key Findings: Can't summarize in 10 words.
Recommendation: People concerned about conservation have to get active. Our political situation is a mess.
Views: 985
Downloads: 3
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References on Forest Taxation and Tree Growth Tax (Maine)

Problem Addressed: Provides a list of readings on subject of forest taxation, especially Maine's tree growth tax
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Make available a range of information on the subject, including analysis in other states and mopre theoretical literature.
Key Findings: None
Recommendation: Hope to keep this up to date from time to time.
Views: 2011
Downloads: 7
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Irland relics on Budworm

Problem Addressed: Various aspects of the spruce budworm challenge to Maine's forests
Goal(s)/Objective(s): This is a reading list of obscure items for anyone interested. Few are on Web.
Key Findings: Various summaries of the last budworm outbreak and lessons learned.
Views: 2191
Downloads: 9
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Brown needles Lessons from SBW Outbreak of 70’s and 80’s

Problem Addressed: Lessons learned.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Informal summary on issues.
Key Findings: Forest, industry, and pest control options have all changed. WE have one well observed outbreak but next one may be different.
Recommendation: Continue the march already begun by State with intense early monitoring, and industry and University with planning, education, and information.
Views: 2106
Downloads: 5
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Maine public estate and conservation lands

Problem Addressed: History of public and conservation lands in Maine, and comparisons to other states
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Assemble data describing these lands to make them more widely available.
Key Findings: Maine came very late to creating a Public Estate; private initiative was critical.
Recommendation: Use more easements; round out units in North, emphasize needs in Southern Maine
Views: 2049
Downloads: 3
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Northeastern forests and global climate change: searching for a forest footprint

Problem Addressed: Attempting to find footprint of climate change in forest measurements
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Short note discusses difficulties of identifying climate change impacts from forest data
Key Findings: Mane's climate has changed. Identifying effects on forests is difficult.
Recommendation: Be careful making claims one way or the other.
Views: 2207
Downloads: 1
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