Alan J. Kimball

241 Nutting Hall
(207) 581-2849
e-mail: kimball@umenfa.maine.edu

Title:

Associate Professor of Forest Resources

Degrees:

B.S., University of Maine, 1972, Wildlife Management

M.S., University of Maine, 1978, Forestry

Professional Licenses Held:

Licensed Professional Forester -- State of Maine

Current Research Interests:

Integrated Management of Small, Non-industrial, Private Forests
Factors That Limit the Growth and Regeneration of Northern Red Oak and Eastern White Pine

Holt Research Forest

Brown Ash Study

Red Oak Study

Selected Publications:

Briggs, R.D., A.J. Kimball, and J. Cormier. 1996. Assessing compliance with BMP's on harvested sites in Maine: final report. CFRU Res. Bull. 11 and Maine Agric. For. Expt. Stn., Misc. Rep. 400. 35pp.
Kimball, A.J. and M.L. Hunter, Jr. 1990. Intensive silviculture. Pages 200-234 in Hunter, M.L., Jr. Wildlife, Forests, and Forestry: Principles of managing forests for biological diversity. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 370pp.
Kimball, A.J., J.W. Witham, J.L. Rudnicky, A.S. White, M.L. Hunter, Jr. 1995. Harvest-created and natural canopy gaps in an oak-pine forest in Maine. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 122:115-123.
Witham, Jack W. and Alan J. Kimball. 1996. Use of a geographic information system to facilitate analysis of spot mapping data. Journal of Field Ornithology 67(3):367-375.

Courses Taught:

        FTY105 - Forest Measurements
        FTY107 - Forest Vegetation
        FTY210 - Wildland Fire Management
        FTY241 - Forestry Summer Camp
        FTY349 - Principles of Forest Management
        FTY476L - Woodlot Management

Links:

Holt Research Forest
Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment Station

Land-use history and forest dynamics of Long Island, ME

Baxter Fire Project

Prof. Kimball working sawmill with student

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