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The Proposed Park in Maine’s Woods: Preferences of Out-of-State Visitors

Problem Addressed: Out-of-state visitors' preferences and willingness to play for the proposed park

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A Maine Woods National Monument

Problem Addressed: Benefits of a national monument status

Key Findings: Nationally significant, suitable, and feasible for the area

Recommendation: National monument would create jobs and spur investment

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The Battle of the Budworm, An Expirement in Forest Management

Problem Addressed: Spread of the SBW in New Brunswick during the 1950s

Goal(s)/Objective(s): 1950s Forest management to stop the budworm

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Effects of multiple interacting disturbances and salvage logging on forest carbon stocks

Problem Addressed: Multiple disturbances or post-disturbance forest management activities on ecosystem carbon stocks.

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Quantify how forest carbon stocks respond to stand-replacing blowdown and wildfire

Key Findings: Potential increases in multiple disturbance events may represent a challenge for sustaining ecosystem carbon stocks

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Baxter State Park 2015 Research Summary Report

Problem Addressed: Visitor characteristics, travel behavior, and perceptions of tourism

Goal(s)/Objective(s): To understand how changing weather and climate could impact visitors in the Katahdin region by conducting visitor surveys.

Key Findings: Approximately 50% of respondents for both surveys ranked the expected weather as either very important or important in selecting BSP or the Katahdin region as their destination

Recommendation: Visitors to Baxter State Park and the Katahdin region may be receptive to climate change information, studies conducted in the park, or management actions taken to address the impacts that climate change may have in the area

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Acadia National Park 2015 Research Summary Report

Problem Addressed: Visitor characteristics and perceptions of the impact of weather and climate change on tourism

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Better understand how changing weather and climate could impact visitors on Mount Desert Island by conducting visitor surveys

Key Findings: The importance of expected weather, particularly if climate predictions hold true, could deter visitors to MDI.

Recommendation: Visitors may be accepting of management actions taken to address impacts of climate change.

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Maine Forest and Forest Products Survey – Preliminary Findings

Problem Addressed: How do Maine residents view forests, forestry, and the emerging bioproducts industry.

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Explore Maine resident views toward forest conditions, practices, and new forest uses for bioenergy and other products.

Key Findings: Forest sustainability is a key concern both state-wide and in mill towns.

Recommendation: Maine residents express strong support for forestry and forest products. Sustainable harvesting is a precondition, as is stakeholder engagement in the development of new forest-based processing technologies.

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CRSF Family Forest Program Overview 2015

Problem Addressed: Describes active research projects in the CRSF Family Forest Program

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Provide relevant research for current issues facing family forests: forest pests, timber harvesting, recreation access, intergenerational transfer, etc.

Key Findings: CRSF is actively engaged in research and outreach that benefits Maine's non-industrial private landowners (also called family forest or small woodland owners). Mainers owning small parcels of land (10-1,000 acres) comprise 34% of the forests in Maine.

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