News from the Woodshttp://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012-04-30T11:58:33ZSquarespacehttp://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/4/30/news-from-the-woods-april-27-2012.htmlFMF2012-04-30T11:53:52Z2012-04-30T11:53:52ZMaine's public lands -- nearly 600,000 acres -- are much less visited, and much less well known than its state parks, but no less gorgeous. Perfect for remote and primitive recreation, they are becoming better known by hikers, kayakers, campers, and wildlife photographers. These lands, which are managed for recreation, wildlife and timber, include such gems as the Bigelow Preserve and Nahmakanta; the Cutler Coast and Scraggly Lake. Find out more about them by clicking here for the newsletter or here to go directly to the story.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/4/30/news-from-the-woods-april-18-2012.htmlFMF2012-04-30T11:47:02Z2012-04-30T11:47:02ZIn this edition of the Forests for Maine's Future newsletter, you'll find links to articles about bringing the American chestnut back to the Bronx, where the fungus that nearly wiped out the species was firest discovered in North America, how forest pests ride in on imported plants (and there are a lot of imported plants!), and a technique for producing gas from slash. For all that and more, click here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/4/30/news-from-the-woods-april-3-2012.htmlFMF2012-04-30T11:45:22Z2012-04-30T11:45:22ZIn this edition of the Forests for Maine's Future newsletter you'll find articles about how cloning may help bring back the American elm, awards for a Northeast forest pest group, and about the super lonely life of a Rocky Mountain forest fire lookout. Plus, wildlife photographer Pam Wells' wallpaper worthy shot of a bobcat, taken after weeks sitting in a blind. For all that and more, click here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/3/29/news-from-the-woods-march-27-2012.htmlFMF2012-03-29T12:59:23Z2012-03-29T12:59:23ZIn this edition of our e-newsletter we highlight our latest Fresh from the Woods feature on the numerous places in Maine you can learn about the state's forests and its long and storied logging and lumbering history. Places like the Viles Arboretum, L.C. Bates Museum, Leonard's Mills living history center, Maine State Museum and nearly a dozen more. Just in time for vacation season. Check out these learning experiences by clicking here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/3/29/news-from-the-woods-march-20-2012.htmlFMF2012-03-29T12:56:01Z2012-03-29T12:56:01ZIn this editiion of the Forests for Maine's Future e-newsletter you can find links to stories about how Maine's beeches are getting ganged up on by pests and a warming climate, the state Supreme Court's approval of the Plum Creek development plan, how sturdy Scandinavian conifers survived the last ice age, and the dates for this year's Forests of Maine Teachers' Tours. Just click here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/3/29/news-from-the-woods-march-7-2012.htmlFMF2012-03-29T12:52:22Z2012-03-29T12:52:22ZIn this latest edition of our e-newsletter, Forests for Maine's Future brings you links to stories about timber theft in Maine, the state's hardwood inventory (looking good!), Tim Wessels and how he teaches the stories of the forest, and what it's like to walk among the fossilized remains of the world's oldest forest. You can see this edition by clicking here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/3/29/news-from-the-woods-feb-27-2012.htmlFMF2012-03-29T12:46:19Z2012-03-29T12:46:19ZIn this week's newsletter we highlight our latest Fresh from the Woods feature. Have you heard the comic's routine about meeting the loaded logging truck coming toward him on the highway, then, looking in his rearview mirror, seeing one coming up behind him and thinking . . . if they needed logs over there, and they needed logs back there, you think they'd get together to work it out . . . Join us this week as we look at where, how and why wood "flows" in, out of and into Maine, and why it isn't a simple question by clicking here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/2/26/news-from-the-woods-feb-23-2012.htmlFMF2012-02-26T19:52:08Z2012-02-26T19:52:08ZIn this weeks' News from the Woods, find out about where wood pellet makers think the future of their industry is, about a neat color-coded map of the height of the world's trees, and a million-year-old forest preserved in ash. For the latest edition of the Forests for Maine's Future newsletter, click here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/2/26/news-from-the-woods-feb-8-2012.htmlFMF2012-02-26T19:50:07Z2012-02-26T19:50:07ZIn this issue of News from the Woods, find out about black bears' reality TV, new national forest rules, a bark-peeling check for emerald ash borer, and what's killing Alaska's yellow cedars. For the latest edition of the Forests for Maine's Future newsletter, click here.

]]>http://www.forestsformainesfuture.org/new-from-the-woods/2012/1/26/news-from-the-woods-jan-25-2012.htmlFMF2012-01-26T14:25:36Z2012-01-26T14:25:36ZIn this week's edition of Forests for Maine's Future's e-newsletter, read about the state of the land conservation movement in Maine and the U.S. in these troubled economic times. (No, it won't depress you..) Also, find out about a donation to help build a new lab at the University of Maine, the growing popularity of wood stoves, and Forest Legacy money to conserve forestlands in the High Peaks area of western Maine. To access this latest edition of our e-newsletter, click here.

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