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Policy Tools For Smart Growth In New England, New England Environmental Finance Center
Policy Tools For Smart Growth In New England, New England Environmental Finance Center
Smart Growth
Across New England communities have been experiencing a rapid outward surge of development away from our community and downtown centers. Effects of sprawl include a loss of wildlife habitat, farm and timber lands; increased costs of community services and higher taxes; auto-dependency, longer commutes, and increased congestion; increases in air and water pollution; a sedentary lifestyle and increased obesity; and losses to one’s sense of place and social ties.
State-level responses to sprawl have surfaced throughout New England in recent years. This report describes 11 examples of these responses, representing all six New England states and a diversity of recent …
Maine's Endangered And Threatened Plants, Maine State Planning Office
Maine's Endangered And Threatened Plants, Maine State Planning Office
Maine Collection
Maine's Endangered and Threatened Plants
Executive Department, Maine State Planning Office, Critical Areas Program, 1990.
Clearcutting As A Management Practice In Maine Forests, Irland Group
Clearcutting As A Management Practice In Maine Forests, Irland Group
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Clearcutting As A Management Practice in Maine Forests : Report to the Maine Department of Conservation, Forests for the Future Program.
by The Irland Group
Maine Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine. 1988.
Contents:( Part I ) Introduction / What is Clearcutting? / Environmental Effects of Clearcutting / Conclusions / Recommendations
Contents:(Part II) Introduction / Public Policy / Definition / Spruce-Fir Siviculture / Northern Hardwood Silviculture / White Pine Silviculture / Aspen-Birch Silviculture / Regeneration / The Brush Stage / Artificial Regeneration / Budworm / Aesthetics / Water Resources / Wildlife / Nutrients and Soil / Naturalistic Silviculture / Logging / …
Proceedings : A Forest Based Economy - Carrying A Tradition Into The Future, Blaine House Conference On Forestry (December 6-7, 1984)
Proceedings : A Forest Based Economy - Carrying A Tradition Into The Future, Blaine House Conference On Forestry (December 6-7, 1984)
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Proceedings : A Forest Based Economy - Carrying A Tradition Into the Future
Blaine House Conference on Forestry (December 6-7, 1984)
Department of Conservation, State House Station 22, Augusta, Maine 04333, August 1986.
Contents: Table of Contents / Letter of Transmittal / The Forest 2020--Visions Of A Sustainable Forest / Forestry Resurvey: What Does It Say? How Can We Use It? / Can We Improve Maine's Timber Supply? / Atmospheric Deposition And Forests Of The Northeast / A National Perspective: What Is Maine's Competitive Niche? / The Future of Hardwood Markets / The Future of Softwood Markets / The State …