Silviculture and Management of Maine Forests is a repository for Dr. Robert S. Seymour’s writings and analyses on this subject from the publication “Maine Woodlands” (the monthly magazine of the Maine Woodland Owners organization) and other sources not published in the refereed literature. Dr. Seymour is the Curtis Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Silviculture on the School of Forest Resources faculty. He served 39 years on the University of Maine forestry faculty and maintains a YouTube channel on applied silviculture (https://www.youtube.com/@tmimotf). Many of Dr. Seymour’s publications and book chapters can be found on his ResearchGate page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Seymour. A separate series on this subject that focuses on the Acadian spruce-fir forest can be found at Digital Commons here: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/crsf_acadian_forests/ Jennifer Hicks, editor of Maine Woodlands formatted these articles for publication.

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Submissions from 2025

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Beech Leaf Disease on American beech (Fagus grandifolia): History, Ecology, and Control, Robert S. Seymour

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Can Silviculture Influence Height Growth?, Robert Seymour

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Growth and Harvest in Maine’s Forest: 2000-2025 Dynamics, Robert Seymour

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Silviculture and Wood Quality, Robert Seymour

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Silviculture for Climate Resilience, Robert S. Seymour

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Silviculture of Diseased American Beech (Revised; NHRI Leaflet), Robert Seymour

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The Larches: Native and Exotic, Robert Seymour

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The Triad - History and Experience, Robert Seymour

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The Weymouth Point Watershed Study, Robert S. Seymour

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Wicopy Woods - a 55-year Record of Growth, Harvest, Financial Returns, and Carbon Storage, Robert Seymour

Submissions from 2024

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Blacks Grove: Eight-Year Case Study of a Managed Woodlot in Mariaville, Maine, Robert S. Seymour and Jessica E. Leahy

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Drill and Fill - Goodbye, Hack-and-Squirt, Robert Seymour

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Understanding Patch Cutting in Silviculture, Robert Seymour

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Yellow Birch, Robert Seymour

Submissions from 2023

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Managing Silvicultural Impacts of Harvest Trails, Robert S. Seymour

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Silviculture of Diseased American beech (Fagus grandifolia), Robert S. Seymour

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Tree Rings, Robert Seymour

Submissions from 2022

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Comparative Analysis of Forest Management Approaches: Carbon Dynamics and Economic Returns, Robert S. Seymour

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Managing Damage from the White Pine Weevil, Robert Seymour

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Rehabilitation Silviculture for Degraded Forests: Management Plans and Practices, Robert S. Seymour

Submissions from 2021

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Does Maine Have a White Pine Regeneration Crisis?, Robert Seymour

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Measuring and Monitoring Tree and Stand Growth, Robert S. Seymour

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Silviculture and Carbon in Maine’s Forest: Stands vs. Landscapes, Robert S. Seymour

Submissions from 2020

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Natural Regeneration in Silviculture: Methods and Ecological Considerations in Maine Forests, Robert Seymour