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Lumbering
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:33

To make a living, many settlers turned to lumbering. By the 1630s and 40s, Maine was known as the best source of timber.

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Barrels
Lumbering
Settlements
Barrels
Forest products -- Economic aspects
Forests/Forestry

Moving Image
NH-Farming and Logging Business
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:00:48

Jennifer Ohler and Bob Bower in Warner, New Hampshire see climate change from a different point of view.

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Climatic changes
Crops and climate
Agriculture -- Climate
Horticulture -- Climate
Forests and forestry -- Climate
Forests/Forestry

Moving Image
The Natural History of Maine
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:06

The history of the native people dates back nearly 12 thousand years. Geological evidence shows that the diverse forest and the jagged coastline of Maine were created when the one-mile thick ice retreated 14-thousand years ago.

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Earth Sciences
Forest -- Maine
Glacier -- Maine
Forests/Forestry

Moving Image
Woodsmen and Riverdrivers
Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image

Unforgettable individuals who worked for the Machias Lumber Company; interviews with people who remembered the days of from stump to ship.

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Loggers
Logging
Forests/Forestry
Lumbering

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Dataset
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Publications Database
Science, Dataset

A database focused on ecology, economics, and the growth and management of Maine forests. Contains the full-text of the University of Maine's Copperative Forest Research Unit's reports as well as other publications resulting from research by CFRU staff and associates.

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Forests and forestry -- Research -- Maine
Forest management -- Research -- Maine
Forests/Forestry

Text
Court case regarding obstruction of river
Maine State Archives, Text

Court case Crocker vs. Ellis et al regarding a dam across the Machias River preventing the passage of logs.

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Dams
Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation
Forests/Forestry
Judicial proceedings
Waterways
Lumbering

Service
Eastern Forest Insects and Disease Leaflets
Science, Service

A site containing links to various leaflets on the topics of eastern forest insects and disease.

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Forests/Forestry
Trees -- Diseases and pests
Insect pests
Forest insects

Text
Glossary of Forestry Terminology
Science, Text

A resource of forestry terminology and definitions.

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Lumbering
Forests/Forestry
Forests and forestry -- Dictionaries
Forests and forestry -- Terminology

Sound
Interview with Irving Bangs
Maine Folklife Center, Sound

Selection from an interview with Irving Bangs about his experience working in the woods along the Machias River, conducted by Edward D. Ives. In the selection, Bangs talks about the difference between earlier loggers, who he sees as conservationists, and the modern practices of clear-cutting.

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Clearcutting
Environmentalism
Forests/Forestry
Lumbering
Lumbering

Dataset
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
Science, Dataset

Searchable database of species and their distributions.

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Earth Sciences
Invasive plants -- New England
Forest management -- New England
Forests/Forestry

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