Title
The Importance of Maine for Ecoregional Conservation Planning
Author(s)
Baldwin R.F., Trombulak, S.C., Beazley, K., Reining, C., Woolmer, G., Nordgren, J. and Anderson, M.
Published
2008
Publisher
Marine Policy Review
Abstract
This highlights the importance of the Maine’s forests as the ecological core of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion. Using mapping and mathematical models of the “human footprint,” the authors note that Maine has a large, contiguous, undeveloped and unfragmented forest compared with neighboring states and provinces. However, compared with its neighbors Maine also has the largest proportion of unprotected forest. The authors conclude with the hope that land use policy and planning can be better informed through the active integration of recent ecoregional conservation mapping models.
Keywords
Maine; Ecoregional Planning; Conservation; Appalachian
Full Citation
The Importance of Maine for Ecoregional Conservation Planning. Baldwin R.F., Trombulak, S.C., Beazley, K., Reining, C., Woolmer, G., Nordgren, J. and Anderson, M. 2008. Maine Policy Review, Volume 16, Issue 2. p 66-77.
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