College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the beginning of Maine’s maple season while visiting the University of Maine’s Thomas J. Corcoran Sugar House. Keith Kanoti, a forest manager at UMaine, said students, staff and faculty tap about 350 trees to make syrup every spring. The recent weather has been perfect for harvesting sap, WABI reported. “If […]

The Associated Press reported on recent research by a group of scientists that found beech trees are dominating the woodlands of the northeastern United States as the climate changes. The scientists said the move toward beech-heavy forests is associated with higher temperatures and precipitation. They said their 30-year study, published in the Journal of Applied […]

Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for The Piscataquis Observer titled, “Declining public access to private land is a key issue in 2018.” Leahy also is a sportswoman, landowner in Sebec and member of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Landowners […]

WABI (Channel 5) reported men and women from colleges around New England will test their skills at the University of Maine on Feb. 24. The UMaine Woodsmen Team will host the meet beginning at 8 a.m. behind the Bryand Global Sciences Center. Events will include axe throwing, pole climbing and crosscut sawing, WABI reported. One […]

University of Maine initiatives were included in the Mainebiz article, “Commercial drone use is taking off, as more Maine companies use them on the job.” The Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Analysis Laboratory in UMaine’s School of Forest Resources is introducing drone technology to various industry professionals, according to the article. “We’ve worked with Verso at their […]

The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and Woodworking Network reported the nation’s first manufacturer of cross-laminated timber plans to set up shop in Maine, with a goal of creating 100 jobs at a $22 million mill. SmartLam, LLC of Montana still seeks a mill site, but has committed to building a factory in Maine […]

Mainebiz and Maine Public mentioned the University of Maine in reports of a new tenant at the site of Millinocket’s shuttered paper mill. LignaCLT Maine LLC announced it is expecting to bring 100 jobs to the Katahdin region in the next five years. LignaCLT Maine will build a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on the site now […]

Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Kennebec Journal for the article, “Firewood in short supply across Maine in wake of cold spell.” According to Maine firewood dealers, many customers procrastinated getting their orders in because of the mild fall, and pre-order demand […]

The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported OTM Holdings, LLC announced it had purchased a former pulp mill in Old Town to redevelop it into a wood fiber complex housing multiple tenants. The Press Herald reported the sale will save the complex from demolition by the liquidation […]