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- Research in Maine OverviewA source of innovative science and hands-on technology, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Northern Research Station (NRS) addresses important natural resource management issues and provides solutions that inform land management decisions. This work improves the health of the nation’s public and private forests, and supports industries ranging from timber to recreation, protects water and air quality, and enhances wildlife habitat.
- The Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) is a comprehensive way to survey, map, and track all groups that work to conserve, manage, monitor, transform, advocate for, or educate the public about their local environments. STEW-MAP methodology provides a common platform where a wide range of stakeholders who are interested in shared stewardship activities can support natural resource management and community development. It can also serve as a way for managers and communities to better understand and support stewardship in their area. The STEW-MAP data are represented in a web ma...Keywords
- Stewardship Salons are collaborative, place-based co-learning spaces for the "stewards of stewardship". Salons are a place where participants are able to bring their expertise that they carry from all lived experiences, both personal and professional, into conversation with other distinct perspectives and ways of knowing. Salons provide a space for professional development where individuals feel validated in their experiences in natural resources management, building individual capacity that can lead to greater organizational and institutional sustainability. This guide provides an introductio...
- Learn more about the Argonne Experimental Forest.
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- Learn more about the Coulee Experimental Forest.
- Learn more about the Cutfoot Sioux Experimental Forest.
- Learn more about the Dukes Experimental Forest.
- Learn more about the Fernow Experimental Forest.
- Learn more about the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.