Problem Addressed: Biological assumptions underlying management and regulation of deer winter habitat are increasingly challenged by forest user groups
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Conference to bring together diverse opinions and concerns regarding the management of deer habitat in Maine.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Design and implement a system of integrated pest management through a balanced program of research, population monitoring, silviculture, salvage, reduced reliance on spraying, and development, where possible, of ecologically safe biological agents.
Key Findings: The announcement of an accelerated, multi-year research and development effort by the USDA Forest Service.
Problem Addressed: Preprint of a technical report under final preparation; Green Woods Project is dedicated to the development and implementation of an integrated protection management system for spruce budworm
Key Findings: Confirm that the protection program is necessary to ensure the very existence of the forest in the future.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Detect an eventual impact on the forest bird populations of aminocarb formulated in vegetable oil and sprayed twice at52g A.I./ha.
Key Findings: No short-term impact was detected on the forest birds due to insecticide.