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2007

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The University of Maine

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Minerva 2007, The Honors College Dec 2007

Minerva 2007, The Honors College

Minerva

This issue of Minerva includes an article on the hiring of first-ever full-time Honors faculty members, Mimi Killinger and Mark Haggerty; an article on Honors alumna Molly Barker '00; and a reflection by former Honors Program Director Sam Schuman.

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Research Note: The Hazardous Search For Ancestors, Gordon W. Stuart Jan 2007

Research Note: The Hazardous Search For Ancestors, Gordon W. Stuart

Maine History

The following is an account of the search for an old family cemetery and the events that impacted the farm on which it was located over a 250 year period. Gordon Stuart, who recorded these events as a way of illustrating the perils and triumphs of genealogical research, is a retired hydrologist with national experience in water quality issues on forest and agriculture land. He volunteers with a lake association, a river watch group, and participates in woodlot education programs in Southern Maine.

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The Maine Woods: A Legacy Of Controversy, Richard W. Judd Jan 2007

The Maine Woods: A Legacy Of Controversy, Richard W. Judd

Maine Policy Review

In the Margaret Chase Smith Essay, Richard Judd reflects on the history of Maine’s North Woods. He discusses the divergent interests with a stake on the North Woods over the centuries, but notes that there has been a long-standing interest in conservation and in the heritage represented by this vast region.

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Are The Economics Of A Sustainable Maine Forest Sustainable?, Mike Levert, Charles S. Colgan, Charles Lawton Jan 2007

Are The Economics Of A Sustainable Maine Forest Sustainable?, Mike Levert, Charles S. Colgan, Charles Lawton

Maine Policy Review

Mike LeVert, Charles Colgan and Charles Lawton discuss the transformation of the economic environment of Maine’s forests over the past two decades. Paper companies have sold most of their holdings; residential and conservation demand for land has increased; forestland prices have skyrocketed; and new classes of landowners have different strategies, objectives, and time horizons than the old industrial landowners. The authors believe that management of Maine’s forests must now address changes in the economic environment with the same intensity as threats such as the spruce budworm were addressed if we are to keep Maine’s forests as forests.

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Forging A Common Vision For Maine’S North Woods, Robert J. Lilieholm Jan 2007

Forging A Common Vision For Maine’S North Woods, Robert J. Lilieholm

Maine Policy Review

Robert Lilieholm takes stock of the challenges and opportunities facing Maine’s North Woods, the largest undeveloped forested block in the eastern United States. In the face of changing ownership patterns and development pressures, there is lively debate over current land use policies and trends. Lilieholm suggests that a broader, regional vision for the North Woods might better serve the long-term interests of both the area’s forests and its struggling communities.

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The Importance Of Maine For Ecoregional Conservation Planning, Robert F. Baldwin, Stephen C. Trombulak, Karen Beazley, Conrad Reining, Gillian Woolmer, John R. Nordgren, Mark Anderson Jan 2007

The Importance Of Maine For Ecoregional Conservation Planning, Robert F. Baldwin, Stephen C. Trombulak, Karen Beazley, Conrad Reining, Gillian Woolmer, John R. Nordgren, Mark Anderson

Maine Policy Review

Ecoregional conservation planning aims at protecting biodiversity within a realistic social and economic framework. The authors of this article suggest that Maine’s forests are the ecological core of the entire Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion, which spans four states and five Canadian provinces. Using mapping and mathematical models of the “human footprint,” they note that Maine has a large, contiguous, undeveloped and unfragmented forest compared with neighboring states and provinces. However, compared with its neighbors Maine also has the largest proportion of unprotected forest. The authors conclude with the hope that land use policy and planning can be better informed through the …

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Seeing The Forest For The Trees: The Future Of Timber Investing In The North Woods -- A Conversation With Clark S. Binkley, Peter Howell Jan 2007

Seeing The Forest For The Trees: The Future Of Timber Investing In The North Woods -- A Conversation With Clark S. Binkley, Peter Howell

Maine Policy Review

In this conversation with Peter Howell, Clark Binkley draws on his long-term experience as a timberland investment manager to give his analysis of and forecast for timber markets and timber investing in the Northern Forest. While he is not optimistic about the current prospects for such investments, he does believe that there are some opportunities in conservation easements, residential development, and possibly biofuels and carbon credits.

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Ecotourism Potential In Maine’S North Woods: A Roundtable Commentary, Ann Czerwonka Jan 2007

Ecotourism Potential In Maine’S North Woods: A Roundtable Commentary, Ann Czerwonka

Maine Policy Review

No abstract provided.

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From Diamond International To Plum Creek: The Era Of Large Landscape Conservation In The Northern Forest, Sara A. Clark, Peter Howell Jan 2007

From Diamond International To Plum Creek: The Era Of Large Landscape Conservation In The Northern Forest, Sara A. Clark, Peter Howell

Maine Policy Review

The last two decades have seen dramatic, unprecedented growth in conservation lands in the Northern Forest, stretching from upstate New York through Maine. The conservation community, in coordination with public agencies, has been able to take advantage of changing forest ownership structure and a significant expansion of public and private funding to support this increase in protected lands. As Sara Clark and Peter Howell discuss, Maine has been a laboratory for some of the largest and most innovative land transactions. Maine is unique in having land conservation strategies focused almost entirely on permanent protection of privately owned land rather than …

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