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Branching Out: Novel Tree Syrups Could Make Forests, Farmers More Resilient


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At the tail end of maple sugaring season, other kinds of sap were still flowing freely in the woods of Lee. UNH researcher David Moore had sensors plugged into a stand of beech trees to measure that sap and the conditions helping produce it. 
Sap flow sensors gather data from a beech tree in Lee.
Credit Annie Ropeik / NHPR
“You can see I have three trees with sensors here that are all tied back to one data logger, Moore said, pointing to the tubes and wires running from the beech trunks. Nearby, a bucket collected the resulting sap, while other equipment gathered weather data. ....

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Awards Benefit the Northern Forest in 2021


ESF Researchers Receive Grants from Northeastern States Research Cooperative
Awards Benefit the Northern Forest in 2021
5/11/2021
Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) Directors announced 13 grants totaling $1.6 million of federal funding and $0.8 million of matching funding for research that will address priority issues facing forest stakeholders in the Northern Forest region. The projects cover a broad range of concerns related to land use and sustainable forestry, rural communities and economic development, climate change, biodiversity, recreation and tourism, invasive pests and diseases, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Federal funding comes from Congressional appropriations through a partnership with the research and development arm of the USDA Forest Service for research on the Northern Forest and its 26 million acres in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. The private sector, states, and other organizations offered matching funding ....

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