Established in 1986 through a partnership between the 91±¬ΑΟ and International Paper Company, the Howland Research Forest is a forest ecosystem research site in central Maine, representing a low-elevation conifer/northern hardwood transitional forest dominated by spruce and hemlock. In 2007, the Howland Research Forest was purchased by the Northeast Wilderness Trust. Home to read more Forty years of forest ecology research from canopy to floor