The Maine Forest Management Lab started up in the fall of 2022. We are housed within the School of Forest Resources and Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine, located in Orono. We work directly with private and public entities, industrial forest operations and research cooperatives, and provide leading edge data analytics and applied forest management research.
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Get in touch to learn more and discuss potential consulting opportunities.
OUR TEAM
Mike Premer, PhD
Lab Director - Assistant Professor of Forest Management
Mike holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Northeastern Illinois University, a Master of Forestry and PhD in Forest Science from Michigan Technological University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He completed a postdoctoral appointment with the U.S. Forest Service and Michigan State University in the Lassen and Plumas National Forests in California. Most recently, he worked as Research and Development Coordinator, and Manager of Silviculture Research for Rayonier Inc. in the Pacific Northwest. He has extensive training and experience in silviculture, biometrics, and forest planning. His work focuses on quantifying site-vegetation dynamics and precision forest management. His specific research interests include digital soil, site, and vegetation mapping, strategic diversification of forested landscapes, and planted-forest silviculture.
Lila Beck
Lab Member, M.Sc. Student
B.A. Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College
Project: Density management strategies for enhancing Carbon sequestration in U.S. Working Forests
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Before coming to Maine, Lila served an AmeriCorps term with Climate Impact Corps MN and completed a forestry and natural resource management internship with the City of Eden Prairie, MN. She loves to run, read, and spend time outside.
Ashley Carter
Lab Member, M.Sc. Student
B.Sc. Forestry, State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry
A.A.S. Environmental and Natural Resources Conservation - State University of New York, Ranger School
Project: Silvicultural Systems for Adaptive Planted Spruce Forests
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Ashley started working in the Forest Management Lab in August 2023. In her free time she enjoys hiking, camping, and reading
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Tyler Locke
Lab Member, Summer Field Technician
Tyler will be a senior Forestry and Wildlife Ecology student this upcoming fall at the University of Maine. Before working for the Forest Management Lab, Tyler completed an internship in northeast Washington measuring LiDAR calibration plots for Native American Lands. In his free time, Tyler enjoys hiking, camping, and backpacking.
Sam Curry
Lab Member, Summer Field technician
Sam will be a senior this coming fall and is from Barrington, Rhode Island. Research in the forestry field has always been of interest to him. He enjoys all things outdoors from fishing and hunting to canoeing and hiking.