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The Biltmore Forest School And The Establishment Of Forestry Education In America, Dan Barry Croom

Journal of Research in Technical Careers

The Biltmore Forest School, despite its unusual existence within the affluent Biltmore Estate, played a crucial role in the early 20th-century American forestry movement. Founded by Carl A. Schenck and supported by George Vanderbilt II, the school aimed to educate foresters and promote sustainable forest management. However, many aspects of the Biltmore experiment failed due to the new and untested nature of forestry science in America. This experiment exposed a fundamental divide in forestry education, with Gifford Pinchot advocating for conservation-centered teaching while Schenck believed in the economic viability of lumber production. Ultimately, the Biltmore Forest School offered valuable vocational …

Bonding Performance Of The Ten Species In The Spruce-Pine-Fir (South) Lumber Grouping For Cross-Laminated Timber, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Jake Snow, Benjamin Herzog, Russell Edgar

General University of Maine Publications

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is an engineered wood product made of three or more orthogonally bonded layers of lumber that are glued together with structural adhesives to form a panel intended for roofs, floors, or walls.

Currently, there are no CLT manufacturers in the Northeastern U.S. despite the region having vast forestlands of commercial softwood timber. Sitting atop one of the planet’s largest population centers, Maine is the region’s primary wood basket, the most heavily forested state in the nation (as a percentage of land area) containing over 27 billion cubic feet of wood, i.e., live trees, on its forest land …

Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center Final Report, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Russell Edgar, Benjamin Herzog, Stephen Shaler

General University of Maine Publications

This final report covers activities of the EDA-funded Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center (MMTCC) during the award period October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2020. Further information can be found in the six biennial reports submitted to EDA during execution of the grant.

Covid-19_School Of Economics_Malacarne And Colleagues Address The Impacts Of Covid- 19 On Maine's Food System, University Of Maine School Of Economics

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Screenshot of a University of Maine School of Economics news release webpage regarding Jonathan Malacarne (SOE Assistant Professor), Jason Lilley (University of Maine Cooperative Extension Professional), and Tora Jackson (Maine Farmer Resource Network) presenting a summary of the impacts of COVID-19 on Maine's food system at the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's (DACF) 2021 virtual Maine Ag Trades Show.

Life And Work Of Roger F. Taylor: Superintendent Of The University Of Maine Forest From 1946 To 1983, Roger F. Taylor

Maine History Documents

Memoirs of Roger Taylor, covering his early years growing up in Massachusetts through to his time as superintendent of the University of Maine Forest from 1946 to 1983.

Conceptual Design, Engineering & Pricing Of A Clt Addition To Umaine’S Composites Center To House The Gem Factory Of The Future, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Russell Edgar, Benjamin Herzog

General University of Maine Publications

In October 2019, the Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine (UMaine) was awarded one of ten University Mass Timber Grants, meant to support demonstration projects showcasing mass timber technologies on university campuses. Two of the ten awards were given to Maine colleges and universities, the one described herein focused on a CLT addition to the ASCC to (1) demonstrate to regional stakeholders the viability of CLT as a structural building material, (2) demonstrate cost-effective use of CLT in large, warehouse-style buildings, (3) show Maine’s support for mass timber technologies to further encourage investment in CLT …

Oxen Hauling Logs

Farming in Arkansas

This is a black and white photograph of a team of oxen hauling timber into town across railroad tracks.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Covid Related Teaching Materials Email, Pauline L. Kamath

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Email thread featuring messages between Jeffrey St. John, Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs University of Maine and Pauline Kamath, Assistant Professor of Animal Health Animal and Veterinary Sciences School of Food & Agriculture regarding Professor Kamath's submission of course material to the Provost Office on subjects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Sms 563 Fisheries Policy Covid-19 Response Email, Joshua Stoll

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Email from Joshua Stoll, Assistant Professor of Marine Policy, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine to the Provost Office regarding Professor Stoll including in his class SMS 563 Fisheries Policy a focus on the impacts of the pandemic on the seafood economy.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Wle 220 Ecological Statistics Description, Stephen M. Coghlan, Jr.

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Email from Stephen M. Coghlan, Jr., Associate Professor of Freshwater Fisheries, Ecology Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of Maine to the Provost Office describing how he incorporated the COVID-19 pandemic into his class WLE 220 Ecological Statistics in the Spring 2020 Semester

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Bio 431 Emerging Infectious Diseases Covid-19 Response Email, Allison Gardner

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Email from Allison Gardner, Assistant Professor, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine to the Provost Office regarding Professor Gardner's teaching BIO 431 Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Spring 2020 Semester and the incorporation of updates and discussion of COVID-19 into the course. Also, includes submission of interest in teaching a course on the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2022.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Avs 249_Laboratory And Companion Animal Science Slides, Pauline L. Kamath

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Lecture slides from Pauline L. Kamath Class, Assistant Professor of Animal Health Animal and Veterinary Sciences School of Food & Agriculture Class AVS 249 Laboratory and Companion Animal Science.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Cropping Systems Course Pse 101 Lecture Slides, Rachel E. Schattman

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Lecture slide deck for Cropping Systems course PSE 101, taught by Rachel E. Schattman, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, School of Food and Agriculture Associate and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine. Also includes cover email from Professor Schattman to the Provost Office regarding the inclusion of the COVID-19 pandemic into the lecture on the Food Safety Modernization Act.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Bio433 Mammalogy Slides, Pauline Kamath

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Lecture slides from Pauline L. Kamath, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Animal Health Animal and Veterinary Sciences School of Food & Agriculture Class BIO433 Mammalogy.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Avs 401: Senior Paper In Animal Science I, Suzanne Ishaq

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Syllabus for Capstone experience in Fall (and spring) this year for Animal and Veterinary Sciences for a class taught by Suzanne (Sue) Ishaq, Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine. Also, includes cover email from Professor Ishaq to Jonathon Jue-Wong, Administrative Coordinator, The Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost regarding the submission of material.

College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture_Covid-19 Courses For Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, University Of Maine College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

List of adapted course design for Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 to include COVID-19 pandemic content.

Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology_Draft Recommendations For Field Work During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Brian J. Olsen

School of Biology & Ecology

Draft copy of recommendations for field work during the COVID-19 pandemic, authored by Brian J. Olsen, Chair, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Conservation Biology, Interim Director of the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program, and Associate Professor of Ornithology. In developing the recommendations Professor Olsen queried 100 University of Maine faculty members who conduct field research and collected comments from over two dozen.

The guidelines were sent for review to Frederick Servello, Dean of the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and Director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, Christopher Gerbi, Associate Dean for Research …

Campana, (Richard J.) Papers, 1937-1989, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

Finding Aids

Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Richard J. Campana (1918-2005) received a BSF from the University of Idaho in 1943. Campana then served as a surgical technician in the U.S. Army, and earned a Bronze Star award during WWII after being held as a prisoner of war (1943-1946). After the war, Campana earned an MS in Forestry from Yale University in 1974 and a Ph.D. in Forest Pathology in 1952. Soon after, Campana began his professional study and observation of Dutch Elm Disease

In 1958, Campana came to the University of Maine as the head of the Department of Botany and Plant …

The Case For Clt Manufacturing In Maine, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center

General University of Maine Publications

The Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center (MMTCC) was founded in 2017 in direct response to a 2017 Department of Commerce federal interagency Economic Development Assessment Team (EDAT) report on the Maine forest-based economy, specifically Priority “E” of the EDAT report stating: “Invest in the research, development and commercialization of emerging wood technologies”. In particular, the EDAT report singled out the unique opportunity that exists for development of Mass Timber (e.g. cross laminated timber) production in Maine:

“Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) research at the University of Maine is linked to several potential manufacturing facilities seeking east coast locations. Immediately form a …

Tennessee Valley Authority, Division Of Forestry (Sc 3100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3100. Report on the forestry reconnaissance of the proposed Gilbertsville, Kentucky, reservoir area. Prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Division of Forestry, November, 1936. Contains black and white photographs.

Korbel Sawmill Report, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

No abstract provided.

Farms To Forests In Blue Hill Bay: Long Island, Maine, Kristen Hoffman

Maine History

Disturbance histories are important factors in determining the composition and structure of today’s forests, and not least among these disturbances is the human use of the land. Land clearing in Maine peaked in 1880 at six and a half million acres, beginning on the coast and lower river valleys and spreading northward and eastward. The forests of Maine’s coastal islands have endured a longer period of clearing than any other in the state. Long Island, located in Blue Hill Bay, was first settled in 1779, primarily by farmers. Sheep-herding, lumbering, fishing, and granite quarrying provided supplemental livelihoods. By 1920 all …

Changing Maine, 1960-2010: Teaching Guide, Richard Barringer, New England Environmental Finance Center

Maine History & Policy Development

Unlike forty years ago, none of us is now certain what the future holds for Maine – except that it will be different. Maine has been transformed by the events of the recent decades. We have come into a new world, a new time – a new historical era, if you will. This new era, like previous eras in Maine history, will require of us new ways of thinking, new ways of understanding, new ways of organizing ourselves as a community of people, if the values and culture we share and cherish are to endure and flourish.

Wooden Politics: Bernhard Fernow And The Quest For A National Forest Policy, 1876-1898, Char Miller

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Explorations, Vol. 4, No. 3, Carole J. Bombard, Mauri Pelto, Nancy E. Coverstone, William D. Lilley, Charles Gregory, Marcia Gauvin, Caellaigh Bennett Derosiers, Steven R. Dudgeon, Ian R. Davison, Robert L. Vadas

Explorations — A Journal of Research

Articles include:

Cover: Trophy: MooseHorn, from the Trophy Series, by Caellaigh B. Desrosiers.

"Editorial Reflections," by Carole J. Bombard

"North Cascade Glacier Climate Project," by Mauri Pelto

"Stained Glass Molecules," by Anne P. Sherblom

"Lobsters Inside-Out: A Guide to the Maine Lobster"

"Community Forestry: UMaine Cooperative Extension Service," by Nancy E. Coverstone and William D. Lilley

"Where Are They Now? — Robert F. LaPrade, M.D. ’81"

"Little Critters with a Big Job: Ciliated Protozoa and the Gulf of Maine Food Chain," by Marcia Gauvin from a paper by Charles Gregory

"The Innovation of Tradition: Low-Cost, Low-Input Alternatives for Maine …

Explorations, Vol. 3, No. 3, Tim Lyden, John Muth, James Leiby, Kevin Scully, Jayalakshmi "Jaya" Krishnagopalan, Ivar H. Stockel, Peter Wagner, Luanne L. Peters, Mark W. Anderson, Judy C. Gates, Cheryl Waltz, Paula Quatromoni, Douglas Kellogg, Kimberly Dagher, James Linehan

Explorations — A Journal of Research

Cover: Artwork by Marcia Spencer, University of Maine art student.

Articles include: "Characterization of Normal and Carcinogen Induced Neoplastic Cells of Teleost Origin," by Tim Lyden

"Attitutdes and Opinions of Maine Dairy Farmers," by John Muth and James Leiby

"Background: the quest for the eighteen month oyster," by Kevin Scully

"The Quest for the Eighteen Month Oyster," by Kevin Scully

"Measurement of Surface Tension of Kraft Black Liquor," by Jayalakshmi "Jaya" Krishnagopalan

"From the former student," by Jayalakshmi Krishnagopalan

"From the faculty advisor," by Ivar H. Stockel

"Aquatic Fungal Decomposers in Two Adjacent Maine Lakes of Different Acidity," by Peter …

Thesis On Log Haulers, Vaughan Jones

Maine History Documents

It has always been the aim of man to procure some new and more efficient means of doing a certain work. This holds as true in lumbering as in anything else; though perhaps no branch of the very important industry of obtaining a manufacturing lumber has received less attention than the cutting and hauling of the raw material.