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Natural History

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Two Fishers Meet in the Winter Woods Fishers (Pekania pennanti) have a reputation as the northern forests’ ultimate misanthropes. These mesocarnivores are so territorial that… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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A Flight Year for Winter Finches On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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A Master Class in the Outdoors | Spring 2025 Features Dawna Blackstone might be forgiven for feeling a little – well, intimidated – after driving nearly two hours to Orono for the first… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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Climate

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Help in a Hard Time | Autumn 2024 Features In September 2023 – after nearly 10 years of planning, clearing, and construction – Darin Schwartz, his wife Dawn Elliott, and their… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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Technology

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Heritage Industries

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Lessons in Wood- An Innovative Program Prepares a New Generation of Loggers | Winter 2023 Features It has been raining all summer in northern Maine, the 10th wettest summer on record, and this Wednesday in August dawns overcast, the low gray… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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Ask an Aquaculturist: Growing shellfish was a ‘trial by fire’ - Island Institute Stonington native Abby Barrows owns and operates the Deer Isle Oyster Company, a small-scale aquaculture farm where she raises oysters, sugar kelp, and—experimentally for now—dulse and scallops. While she was born and raised on Deer Isle, Barrows’ journey—fueled by a restless, wandering spirit—has been anything but short, straight, and narrow. She earned her bachelor’s degree… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.islandinstitute.org/island-journal/ask-an-aquaculturist-growing-shellfish-was-a-trial-by-fire/" title="Read Ask an Aquaculturist: Growing shellfish was a ‘trial by fire’">Read more »</a> www.islandinstitute.org⁠

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Old Mill, New Market: TimberHP Brings a… | Summer 2024 Features Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca (C. 4 BC–AD 65) For many observers of Maine’s forest products… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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A Novel Use for Eastern Hemlock | Winter 2024 Features Most days, Jesup Memorial Library Director Matt DeLaney toils in a tiny Harry Potter-esque office tucked beneath the stairs leading to the… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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Strengthening the Field: How Women are Making… | Spring 2023 Features Elisa Schine, a graduate student in forestry at the University of Maine, is accustomed to being in predominantly male academic and professional… northernwoodlands.org⁠

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Forest Bio-Products Series

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