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Forest Insect Manager Report (Program Year 1982)

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Summarize financial support for the 1982 Spruce Budworm Management Program.
Key Findings: Total expenditures for the 1982 Budworm Management Program were $8,484,410
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Economic Analysis of Proposed 1978 Maine Spruce Budworm Cooperative Suppression Project

Problem Addressed: Economic cost of spruce budworm issues
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Summarize the economic analysis conducted by the Maine Bureau of Forestry to determine the economic justification for the proposed 1978 cooperative spruce budworm spray project.
Key Findings: The prospective supply-demand balance for spruce and fir in Maine does not show a large surplus.
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Matacil: A Summary of Literature on Environmental Hazard, Human Health Hazard, and Efficacy in Spruce Budworm Control (1979)

Problem Addressed: The insecticide Matacil
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Summarize the available knowledge and provide a complete bibliography on Matacil.
Key Findings: Discusses the biological performance and environmental impact of Matacil although some attention will first be given to its chemistry and methods of analysis.
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Forest Products Utilization and Marketing Research and its Application in the Northeast (March 1982)

Problem Addressed: Concern for forest products utilization and marketing research and its application in the Northeast.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Provide background information and rationale to substantiate this concern.
Key Findings: Shows that the initial concern, as expressed in the Introduction was too simplistic.
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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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Environmental Monitoring of the 1982 Spruce Budworm Spraying Program in Newfoundland

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine the impact of the aerial application of the pesticide Matacil on terrestrial insect, songbird and aquatic invertebrate communities over the course of one biological season
Key Findings: Matacil levels on balsam fir in the sprayed areas were low thoughout the study. Six of the 29 samples of balsam fir had Matacil levels over 1.0 ppm (maximum of 5.8 ppm). Levels following the second spray were somewhat higher than following the first. This is attributed to rainfall shortly after the first spray undoubtedly washed some of the pesticie away and a cumulative effect.
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A Study of the Cost of Strip Cutting Black Spruce Stands in Northern Ontario

Problem Addressed: Cost of strip cutting black spruce stands
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Deals with impact of strip cutting on planning, layout and supervision, in-strip operations, roadside processing, movement of mean and materials, and roads.
Key Findings: Results combine the low and high estimates for each activity for which cost estimates were made.
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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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