Forest Bioproducts Research Institute

A revolutionary research project at the University of Maine will help breathe new life into Old Town’s former Georgia-Pacific mill and, according to projections, bring more than 1,000 jobs to the area over the next two years. A group of investors calling itself Red Shield Environmental plans to use the mill and its biomass boiler […]

“Fresh From the Woods” Newsletter- Forests for Maine’s Future “The time will come, in two or three decades, when we will look at the days of only sawing boards and making paper as the Dark Ages,” says Robert G. Wagner, a professor of forestry at the University of Maine. “The chemical versatility of wood is […]