Maine's forests 2008

George L. McCaskill; William McWilliams; Charles Barnett; Brett J. Butler; Mark A. Hatfield; Cassandra Kurtz; Randall Morin; W. Keith Moser; Charles H. (Hobie) Perry; Christopher W. W. Woodall

doi:10.2737/NRS-RB-48

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Maine's forests 2008

Informally Refereed

Authors:

George L. McCaskill, William McWilliams, Charles Barnett, Brett J. Butler, Mark A. Hatfield, Cassandra Kurtz, Randall Morin, W. Keith Moser, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Christopher W. W. Woodall

Year:

2011

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-RB-48

Source:

Resour. Bull. NRS- 48. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 62 p. [DVD included].

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Abstract

The second annual inventory of Maine's forests was completed in 2008 after more than 3,160 forested plots were measured. Forest land occupies almost 17.7 million acres, which represents 82 percent of the total land area of Maine. The dominant forest-type groups are maple/beech/yellow birch, spruce/fir, white/red/jack pine, and aspen/white birch. Statewide volume equals 25.5 billion ft³, resulting from nearly 590 million ft³ of live-tree volume grown each year. The report also contains additional information on sustainability, biomass, carbon, forest health, land-use change, and timber products. The DVD includes detailed information on forest inventory methods, quality of estimates found, and tables forest statistics.

Keywords

inventory, forest statistics, forest land, volume, biomass, carbon, growth, removals, mortality, biomass, carbon, forest health

Citation

McCaskill, George L.; McWilliams, William H.; Barnett, Charles J.; Butler, Brett J.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Morin, Randall S.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles H.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2011. Maine's forests 2008. Resour. Bull. NRS- 48. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 62 p. [DVD included].