Resources

• The Environmental Consequences of FOREST FRAGMENTATION in the Western Maine Mountains by
  Janet McMahon, M.S.  (Should you have difficulty printing this PDF, a larger PDF file size is available upon request.)
• Shaping the Next Generation of Land Conservation in Maine Final Report from the Land Conservation Task Force 2019.
• Diversity, Continuity, and Resilience – The Ecological Values of the Western Maine Mountains by Janet McMahon, M.S.
• Video: Experts at the University of Maine, Maine Forest Service, Maine Audubon, and others around the state show and explain the range of timber management strategies and their long term impact on the forest. Using the Penobscot Experimental Forest, the long term results of decades-old timber management practices can be seen on the forest today. Forest management practices that consider timber production, habitat needs, climate change, pests, and disease are thoughtfully explained.
• Guide to Sustainable Forest Management: The Maine Mountain Collaborative is actively exploring new conservation investment strategies that result in long-term “Exemplary Forest” management that benefit climate, wildlife habitat, and forest value. The New England Forestry Foundation has created this one-page document briefly explaining how Exemplary Forestry would be implemented in the Acadian Forest Region and lists the standards and metrics specific to this landscape.
• Natural Climate Solutions: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oct. 2017: Natural Climate Solutions including conservation, restoration, and improved management can provide over one-third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to stabilize warming to below 2 °C.
• The Exceptional Value of Intact Forest Ecosystems: Nature Ecology and Evolution, January 2018: The remaining intact forest supports an exceptional confluence of globally significant environmental values relative to degraded forests, including imperiled biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and storage.