âThe Maine Questionâ asks whatâs Mainers relationship with the forest
Maine is the most forested state in the country, and its residents interact with forests regularly in many different ways. They provide supplies for various products, which fuels industry and job creation, and space for outdoor recreation.
These interactions, which help define Maineâs identity, are the subject of Jessica Leahyâs research. As a professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, she studies the human dimensions of forestry and other natural resources.
In Episode Two of Season Four of âThe Maine Question,â host Ron Lisnet speaks with Leahy about her work, the ways forests impact our lives and how our actions affect them.
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What happened in Texas is a warning for the rest of America
Feb. 24, 2021
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By Christopher Flavelle
When extreme weather knocked out power and water in Texas last week, it represented a profound warning for the rest of the country: The nation’s vital infrastructure remains fundamentally unprepared for the shocks of climate change.
The problem isn’t just underinvestment, experts said, but the assumption that it’s good enough to design and build infrastructure to meet the environmental conditions of the past. Climate change is upending that assumption.
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When Thereâs No Heat: âYou Need Wood, You Get Woodâ
Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need. Climate change is shaping their role.
High-piled logs at the Waldo County Woodshed, a wood bank in Searsmont, Maine.Credit.
Photographs by George Etheredge
Marguerite Holloway and George Etheredge traveled to Maine to see how climate change is affecting wood banks there.
Published Feb. 19, 2021Updated Feb. 20, 2021
ORLAND, MAINE â The cluster of a dozen or so houses in rural Maine could be a summer camp closed for the winter. The compound has an eclectic, informal feel, with colorful hand-painted signs and stained glass, pottery, and woodworking studios. It was quiet on a bright, cold winter morning. Except for the line outside the food pantry, and the cars pulling in to leave small passengers at child care.
Leahy cited in Atlantic Forestry Review
Jessica Leahy, a University of Maine professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, was quoted in Atlantic Forestry Review about a new project intended to establish a network of mentors and resources to empower private forest landowners in Canada. Leahy will offer an outside perspective to project partners, posing questions that might not otherwise be addressed.
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