Spencer R. Meyer
Highstead Foundation
P.O. Box 1097, Redding, CT 06875
smeyer@highstead.net | (C) 207.852.3171
Education
Ph.D. University of Maine, Forest Resources, with Sustainability Science Concentration (2010 – 2014)
M.S. University of Maine, Forestry (2002 – 2004)
A.B. Dartmouth College, Environmental Studies (1997 – 2002)
Professional Experience
Senior Conservationist, Conservation Finance (Feb 2016 - )
Highstead Foundation
Associate Research Scientist (Feb 2016 - )
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
NatureNet Science Fellow (2014 - )
Office of the Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Post-doctoral Associate (2014 - 2016)
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
Associate Scientist for Forest Stewardship (2010 - 2014)
Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, University of Maine.
National Science Foundation Ph.D. Research Fellow (2010 - 2014)
EPSCoR Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine.
Associate Director (2008 - 2010)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, University of Maine.
Research and Communications Coordinator (2005 - 2008)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, University of Maine.
Graduate Research Assistant (September 2002 - December 2004)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, University of Maine.
Field Research Supervisor (June 2002 - September 2002)
Forest Ecosystem Research Project, University of Maine
Research Assistant (September 2001 - January 2002)
Harvard Forest, Harvard University
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (June 2001 - August 2001)
Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Research Assistant (June 2000 - January 2001)
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
Honors and Awards
(* indicates a financial award)
The Nature Conservancy NatureNet Fellowship at Yale University School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies (2014 - 2016) *
President’s Research Impact Award, University of Maine (2014) *
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award. University of
Maine (2014) *
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School of Forest Resources, Outstanding Graduate Student Award. University of Maine (2014)
University of Maine Foster Innovation Award (2014) *
National Science Foundation EPSCoR Ph.D. Fellowship. University of Maine (2010 - 2014) *
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, Outstanding Service Award. University of
Maine (2013)
NASA-Michigan State University Professional Enhancement Award (2012) *
Charles E. Schomaker Memorial Scholarship, University of Maine, School of Forest Resources (2012) *
New England Society of American Foresters, Molly Beattie Young Forester Leadership Award (2010)
Leadership and Management Development
Yale Conservation Finance Camp, Yale Center for Business and the Environment.
New Haven, CT. (June 2011 and June 2015)
Designing and Managing Conservation Projects, joint program with The Nature Conservancy and
University of Maine to learn conservation planning with Miradi. Orono, ME. (January 2011)
LEAD21, Fanning Institute, University of Georgia.
Included three modules in Indianapolis, IN; Kansas City, MO; and Washington, DC. (2009 - 2010)
Society of American Foresters Leadership Academy. Washington, DC. (2008)
Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Gilstad-Hayden, K., L.R. Wallace, A. Carroll-Scott, S.R. Meyer, S. Barbo, C. Murphy-Dunning, J.
Ickovics. 2015. Greater tree canopy cover is associated with lower rates of both violent and property
crime rates in New Haven, CT. Landscape and Urban Planning 143:248-253. DOI:
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.08.005
Meyer, S.R., V. Levesque, K.H. Bieluch, M.L. Johnson, B. McGreavy, S. Dreyer, and H. Smith. In
Press. Sustainability Science Graduate Students as Boundary Spanners. Journal of Environmental
Studies and Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s13412-015-0313-1
Meyer, S.R., M.K. Beard, C.S. Cronan, and R.J. Lilieholm. 2015. An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal
Landscape Patterns for Protected Areas in Northern New England: 1900-2010. Landscape Ecology
30:1291-1305. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0184-6.
Lilieholm, R.J., C.S. Cronan, M.L. Johnson, S.R. Meyer, and D. Owen. 2014. Alternative Futures
Modeling in Maine’s Penobscot River Watershed: Forging a Regional Identity for River Restoration.
Pg 171-204 in: Levitt, J.N. (ed) Conservation Catalysts: The Academy as Nature’s Agent. Lincoln
Institute of Land Policy. ISBN 978-1-55844-301-3. 350 p.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2014. Development of a stakeholderdriven spatial modeling framework for strategic landscape planning using Bayesian networks across
two urban-rural gradients in Maine, USA. Ecological Modelling 291:42-57.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.023.
Meyer, S.R., C.S. Cronan, R.J. Lilieholm, M.L. Johnson, and D.R. Foster. 2014. Land conservation in
northern New England: Historic trends and alternative conservation futures. Biological Conservation
174: 152-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.016.
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Olson, M.G., S.R. Meyer, R.G. Wagner, and R.S. Seymour. 2014. Commercial thinning stimulates
natural regeneration in spruce–fir stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 44(3): 173-181. DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2013-0227.
Seymour, R.S., S.R. Meyer, and R.G. Wagner. 2014. The Cooperative Forestry Research Unit
Commercial Thinning Research Network: 9-year Results. In: Kenefic, Laura S.; Brissette, John C.,
compilers. 2014. Penobscot Experimental Forest: 60 years of research and demonstration in Maine,
1950-2010. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-123. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 185 p.
Russell, M.B., S.R. Meyer, J.C. Brissette, and L.S. Kenefic. 2014. Sixty Years of Research, 60 Years of
Data: Long-term U.S. Forest Service Data Management on the Penobscot Experimental Forest. In:
Kenefic, Laura S.; Brissette, John C., compilers. 2014. Penobscot Experimental Forest: 60 years of
research and demonstration in Maine, 1950-2010. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-123. Newtown Square, PA:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 185 p.
Lilieholm, R.J., S.R. Meyer , M.L. Johnson, and C.S. Cronan. 2013. Land Conservation in the
Northeastern United States: An Assessment of Historic Trends and Current Conditions, Environment:
Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 55:4:3-14. DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2013.803882.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, and R.J. Lilieholm. 2012. Landscape Conservation in the United States:
Evolution and Innovation Across the Urban–Rural Interface. Pg. 225–258 in W. Zipper, D.N. Laband,
and B.G. Lockaby, eds., Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking People and Nature (American Society of
Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Madison,
Wisconsin, 2012). ISBN: 978-0-89118-615-1. 332 p.
Lilieholm, R.J., C.S. Cronan, M.L. Johnson, S.R. Meyer, and D. Owen. 2012. Alternative Futures
Modeling in Maine’s Penobscot River Watershed: Forging a Regional Identity for River Restoration.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Working Paper 12RL1.
Larouche, C., R.G. Wagner, S.R. Meyer, and S. Wyatt. 2009. Promoting Communications Across the
Border. The Forestry Chronicle 85(1):16.
Meyer, S.R., R. Wagner, J. Witham, S. Norton, I. Fernandez, G.B. Wiersma, E. Small, J. Wilson, and
A. Kimball. 2006. In: Irland et al., eds. 2006. Long-term Silvicultural and Ecological Studies: Results
for Science and Management. Yale GISF, Res. Paper 005. 245 p.
Articles in Review
Berry, K., J. Bayham, S.R. Meyer, E.P. Fenichel. The allocation of time and risk of Lyme: A case of
ecosystem service income and substitution effects. In review, Environmental and Resource Economics.
Ickovics, J., K. Gilstad-Hayden, C. Muprhy-Dunning, Meyer, S.R., J.E. Anderson. Pathways to
understanding: Association between access to parks and recreational facilities with multiple health
outcomes. In review, Landscape and Urban Planning.
Meyer, S.R., J.E. Anderson, K. Gilstad-Hayden, C. Muprhy-Dunning, J. Ickovics. Access to Protected
Open Space Mitigates Health Care Costs of Chronic Diseases across Urban-Rural Gradient.
Meyer, S.R., J.L Molnar, and P. Wheeler. Can Impact Capital Save Conservation? In review, Nature
Communications.
Johnson, M.L., S.R. Meyer, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan. Development and Application of a PatchScale Bayesian Network – Cellular Automata Model for Exploratory Land Use Scenarios at a Regional
Extent. In review, Landscape and Urban Planning.
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Mallampalli, V.R., G. Mavrommati, J. Thompson, M. Duveneck, S.R. Meyer, A. Ligmann-Zielinska, C.
Gottschealk Druschke, K. Hychka, M.A. Kenney, K. Kok, M.E. Borsuk. Methods for Translating
Narrative Scenarios into Quantitative Assessments of Land Use Change. In review, Environmental
Modelling and Software.
Journal Articles in Preparation
Marsters, E. and S.R. Meyer. A Survey of Trends in Natural Infrastructure.
Conference Proceedings
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2012. IUFRO 3.08.00 Small-Scale Forestry Conference 2012. Science for Solutions.
Proceedings published by UMaine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, USDA Forest Service
and UMass-Amherst. 227 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2008. Conference Proceedings: ECANUSA Forest Science Conference. Orono, ME.
October 17-18, 2008. 105 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2004. Leaf Area as a Growth Predictor for Picea Rubens and Abies Balsamea in Managed
Stands in Maine. Abstract. Proceedings of the Student Research and Creative Achievement Week,
University of Maine.
Research Reports, Theses, and Miscellaneous Publications
Meyer, S.R. 2014. A Social-Ecological System of Land Use in New England: The Integration of Land
Conservation and Economic Development across Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales. Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Maine. 211 p.
Olson, M.G., S.R. Meyer, R.G. Wagner, and R.S. Seymour. 2012. Response of Tree Regeneration to
Commercial Thinning in Spruce-fir Forests of the Northeast. Progress report to U.S. Forest Service,
Northeastern States Research Cooperative. 5 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2012. Center for Research on Sustainable Forests Annual Report – 2011. University
of Maine. Orono, Maine. 107 p.
Johnson, M.L. and S.R. Meyer. 2011. New Tool for Involving Stakeholders in Regional Scenario
Planning. Planning and Technology Today. American Planning Association. Issue 101:3. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2011. Center for Research on Sustainable Forests Annual Report – 2011. University
of Maine. Orono, Maine. 91 p.
Meyer, S.R., R.G. Wagner, R.S. Seymour, A.R. Weiskittel, and W.J. Mercier. 2011. Commercial
Thinning Research Network. In: Mercier, W.J. and Nelson, A.S., ed. Cooperative Forestry Research
Unit: 2010 annual report. Orono, ME: University of Maine: P. 25-26.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2010. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report – 2009. University of
Maine. Orono, Maine. 82 p.
Meyer, S.R., R.G. Wagner, R.S. Seymour, and M. Russell. 2010. Commercial Thinning Research
Network. In: Meyer, Spencer R., ed. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: 2009 annual report. Orono,
ME: University of Maine: p. 21-22.
Meyer, S.R. and M. Russell. 2009. Do You Tend Data as Well as You Tend Your Forest? New England
Society of American Foresters: (NESAF) News Quarterly, 70(4): p 3-4.
Russell, M.B., S.R. Meyer, and R.G. Wagner. 2009. Capturing the Value of 30 Years of Research:
Long-term Data Management and the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. CFRU Res. Rep. 09-03.
32 p.
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Meyer, S.R., R.G. Wagner, R.S. Seymour, and M. Russell. 2009. Commercial Thinning Research
Network. In: Meyer, Spencer R., ed. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: 2008 annual report. Orono,
ME: University of Maine: p. 25-26.
Russell, M.B. and S.R. Meyer. 2009. Penobscot Experimental Forest: A Guide for Data Management
and the Microsoft Access Database. 61 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2009. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report – 2008. University of
Maine. 90 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2008. We Found the Sweet Spot: 2nd Year Results Confirm Beech Can Be Controlled.
CFRU Results #6. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2008. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report – 2006-2007. MAFES
Misc. Report 444. 83 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2008. Control the Beech, Grow the Maple. CFRU Results Series #5. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2007. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report – 2005-2006. MAFES
Misc. Report 440. 89 p.
Meyer, S.R., R.G. Wagner, and R.S. Seymour. 2007. Commercial Thinning Research Network. In:
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: 2006-2007 annual report. Miscellaneous Report 444. Orono, ME:
Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment Station: 20-24.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2006. Cool and Clear: CFRU Studies Water Quality in the Maine Woods. CFRU
Spotlight #2. 4 p.
Meyer, S.R., R.G. Wagner, and R.S. Seymour. 2006. Commercial Thinning Research Network. In:
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: 2005-2006 annual report. Miscellaneous Report 440. Orono, ME:
Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment Station: 24-27.
Meyer, S.R. 2006. New Hardwood Growth and Yield Model (GNY) Can Help You Manage Your
Stands. CFRU Results #4. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2006. Partially Harvested Buffers Maintain Stream Temperature. CFRU #3. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2006. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report – 30th Anniversary – 20042005. MAFES Misc. Report 438. 91 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2006. Marten Can Be Used as an Umbrella Species to Plan For Landscape-level Wildlife
Conservation. CFRU Results #2. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2005. The Maine Woods – Maine’s Cooperative Forestry Research Unit:
Understanding Tomorrow’s Forests Today. CFRU Spotlight #1. 4 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2005. Nitrogen Fertilization of Balsam Fir Stands Produces Good Financial Return. CFRU
Results #1. 1 p.
Meyer, S.R. (ed.) 2005. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report – 2003-2004. MAFES
Misc. Report 435. 96 p.
Meyer, S.R. 2005. Leaf Area as a Growth Predictor for Picea Rubens and Abies Balsamea in Managed
Stands in Maine. M.S. Thesis. University of Maine. Orono, ME. 117 p.
Meyer, S.R. and R.S. Seymour. 2003. Leaf Area as a Growth Predictor for Picea Rubens and Abies
Balsamea in Managed Stands in Maine. Summary report in: Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: 2003
annual report. Miscellaneous Report 2684. Orono, ME: Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment
Station: 31.
Land Use Planning In Hanover: Policies and Mechanisms for Implementing the Open Space Priorities
Plan. 2001. A publication by the students of the Environmental Studies 50 (includes S.R. Meyer)
course at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 117 p.
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Grants
The Nature Conservancy, NatureNet Science Fellowship, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies. 2014-2016. $231,000 (PI: D. Skelly; Recipient: S. Meyer)
Maine Forest Service, The Maine Woods Dashboard, Phase I: An Accessible Forest Resource
Assessment for Maine. 2014-2015. $5,000 (PI: R. Lillieholm; Co-PI: S. Meyer)
University of Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, Analysis of Alternative Futures in Maine Using
Spatial Models of Coupled Social and Ecological System. 2013-2014. $148,000. (PI: R. Lilieholm;
Student Co-PI: S. Meyer)
University of Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, The Maine Futures Community Mapper: A
Decision-support Tool to Foster Economic Growth and Healthy Landscapes for Maine’s
Communities. 2013-2014. $18,161. (PI: S. Meyer)
University of Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, The Maine Futures Community Mapper: A
Decision-support Tool to Foster Economic Growth and Healthy Landscapes for Maine’s Communities.
2012-2014. $10,000. (PI: S. Meyer)
U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern States Research Cooperative, Potential Impacts of Alternative Future
Land Use on Forest Management and Wood Supply Across Maine. 2012-2016. $58,201. (PI: S.
Meyer)
Elmina B. Sewall Foundation , The Maine Futures Community Mapper: A Decision-support Tool to
Foster Economic Growth and Healthy Landscapes for Maine’s Communities. 2012-2013. $40,000 (PI:
S. Meyer)
University of Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, Analysis of Alternative Futures in Maine Using
Spatial Models of Coupled Social and Ecological System. University of Maine Sustainability Solutions
Initiative. 2012-2013. $137,139. (PI: R. Lilieholm; Student Co-PI: S. Meyer)
Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund, The Maine Woods Outreach Network. 2012-2014. $15,000 (PI: S.
Meyer)
University of Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, Analysis of Alternative Futures in Maine Using
Spatial Models of Coupled Social and Ecological Systems. 2011-2012. $63,369. (PI: R. Lilieholm;
Student Co-PI: S. Meyer)
U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern States Research Cooperative, Response of Tree Regeneration to
Commercial Thinning in Spruce-fir Forests of the Northeast. 2010-2012. $10,414. (PI: M. Olson; CoPI: S. Meyer)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, Response of Tree Regeneration to Commercial Thinning in
Spruce-fir Forests of Northern Maine: First Decade Results of the Commercial Thinning Research
Network. 2010-2011. $10,040. (PI: M. Olson; Co-PI: S. Meyer)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, Commercial Thinning Research Network. 2008-2012. $187,613.
(PI: S. Meyer)
Maine Economic Improvement Fund, University of Maine, Maine ForCAST: Forecasting Maine’s
Future Forest. 2007-2010. $300,000. (PI: B. Wiersma; Co-PI: S. Meyer)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. Maine ForCAST: Forecasting Maine’s Future Forest. 2007-2009.
$30,000. (PI: B. Wiersma; Co-PI: S. Meyer)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, Capturing the Value of 30 Years of CFRU Research. 2007-2008.
$44,880. (PI: S. Meyer)
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, Commercial Thinning Research Network: Analysis of 5th Year
Growth and Yield Responses. 2006-2007. $24,736. (PI: R. Wagner; Co-PI: S. Meyer)
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Teaching and Mentoring
Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Science to Solutions (FES 610). Guest lecture: Stakeholder Engagement for Wicked Problems.
September 16, 2015.
Science to Solutions (FES 610). Guest lecture: Of the People, By the People, For the People:
Stakeholder Engagement Lessons. September 30, 2014.
University of Maine
Acadian Program in Regional Conservation and Stewardship. Development of a Stakeholder-Based
Decision Support System for Landscape Planning. August 1-2, 2014.
Forest Landscape Management (SFR 477). Guest lecture: Alternative Futures Modeling: Understanding
the Past, Envisioning the Future. September 30, 2013.
Acadian Program in Regional Conservation and Stewardship. The Lower Penobscot Alternative Futures
Program: Landscape Conservation Visioning July 19-20, 2013.
Forest Resources Policy (FTY 446). Guest lecture: Conservation Yesterday and Tomorrow. February
20, 2012.
Forest Economics (FTY 444). Guest lecture: There is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: A Conservation
Finance Primer. February 2, 2012.
Forest Resources Policy (FTY 446). Guest lecture: Conservation Yesterday and Tomorrow. April 15,
2011.
The Lower Penobscot Alternative Futures Program. Guest instructor: Designing and Managing
Conservation Projects. UMaine and The Nature Conservancy. January 3-7, 2011.
Mentoring
Elizabeth Marsters (2015),Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Julia Anderson (2015), Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Malia Carpio (2015), Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Dane Sherman (2012-2013), UMaine undergraduate research assistant
Kayla Pelletier (2011), UMaine undergraduate research assistant
Jill Tremblay (2010-2011), UMaine professional research assistant
Sam Blatchford (2010-2011), UMaine undergraduate student
Kyle Gay (2008-2010), UMaine undergraduate research assistant
Matthew Russell (2008-2009), UMaine professional research associate
Benjamin Gannon (2007), UMaine professional research assistant
Plus mentoring and supervision for about two dozen summer research assistants from 2003-2009
Outreach and Presentations
Invited Seminars and Roundtables
Paying Dividends: UMaine’s Investment in Sustainability Science. Boston Executive Club of University
of Maine. Boston, MA. October 28, 2015.
A Perspective on Implementation of the Colorado Conservation Exchange. Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, CO. October 1, 2015
Mainstreaming the Value of Nature. Moderator for panel with Heather Tallis, Bradford Gentry, Stephen
Polasky, Eli Fenichel at Yale University. New Haven, CT. February 23, 2015.
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Closing address, Local Wood WORKS Conference. Augusta, ME. November 14, 2014.
Forest Landowner Research Panel, Local Wood WORKS Conference. Augusta, ME. November 14,
2014.
Whose Models Are These Anyway? Stakeholder Engagement Lessons from The Maine Alternative
Futures Project. Harvard Forest Scenarios to Solutions, S3 Workshop. Casco, ME. October 28, 2014.
Yale Forest Forum. Invited lecture: Moving Beyond Opportunism: Development of a Stakeholder-based
Landscape Planning System. September 25, 2014.
Maine Forests: A Conservation Roundtable. Invited panelist. Hosted by The Nature Conservancy, Maine
Coast Heritage Trust and Kennebec Land Trust. Holden, ME. February 12, 2014.
Maine’s Land Conservation: What’s Past is [Not] Prologue. University of Maine School of Forest
Resources Noontime Seminar. February 7, 2014.
The Nature Conservancy, Aquatic Resource Management Strategy (ARMS) Workshop. Brunswick, ME.
January 16, 2014.
New Brunswick Forest Collaborative Silviculture and Conservation Best Practices Workshop.
Community-University Research Alliance, University of New Brunswick. November 21, 2013.
(expenses paid)
Forest Conservation in Maine: Past is Prologue? Dartmouth Club of Maine. Portland, ME. September
18, 2013.
Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative: Of the People, by the People, and for the People [and
Nature]. Maine Woods Forever Roundtable. Unity, ME. March 15, 2013.
Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results: Why We Need Strategic Approaches to
Conservation Design. Harris Center for Conservation Education. Hancock, NH. March 8, 2013.
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of a Landscape Conservation Portfolio. University of Maine, School of
Forest Resources Noon-time Seminar. Orono, ME December 14, 2012.
Linking Development and Conservation Suitability Mapping with Watershed Risk. Presentation to the
Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Augusta, ME. November 15, 2012.
Response of Softwood Regeneration to Commercial Thinning in Two Northeastern Spruce-fir Stand
Types. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. Orono, ME. October 17, 2012.
The Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: Working with Landowners Since 1975. Plum Creek Mud
Season Training. Plum Creek Timber Company, Bingham, ME. May 21, 2010.
Spruce Budworm: Lessons from the Trenches. CFRU Research Workshop. Orono, ME. May 20, 2010
Working with Landowners Since 1975. A Presentation to the Milliken Family, Baskahegan Company
Annual Meeting. Weston, ME. July 1, 2009.
From the Lab to the Lands: Four Decades of CFRU Research. School of Forest Resources. Orono, ME.
November 7, 2008.
Building Partnerships for Forest Research in Maine. USFS Northern Research Station. Orono, ME.
July 10, 2008.
A Partnership for Sustainable Forest Management: CFRU. Wagner Forest Management. Rangeley, ME.
May 6, 2008.
Addressing Forest Management Challenges for Landowners. Maine Land Use Regulation Commission.
Augusta, ME. May 22, 2007.
An Overview of the CFRU. J.D. Irving Deersdale District public stakeholders group. Florenceville, New
Brunswick, Canada. April 24, 2007.
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President’s Address to the Graduate Students. Association of Graduate Students, Graduate Hooding
Ceremony, University of Maine. May 7, 2004.
Leadership of Workshops, Focus Groups, and Conferences
Maine Association of Conservation Commissions Workshop. The Maine Futures Community Mapper.
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME. October 30, 2014.
Bay to Baxter and Maine Futures Community Mapper Workshop. Hosted and led seminar for Eastern
Maine Development Corporation and stakeholders. Orono, ME. June 19, 2014.
Southern Maine Alternative Futures Workshop. University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME. November
13, 2012.
Forestry Futures Stakeholder Focus Group. Lisbon Falls, ME. April 24, 2012.
Agriculture Futures Stakeholder Focus Group. Falmouth, ME. April 5, 2012.
Conservation Futures Stakeholder Focus Group. Falmouth, ME. March 29, 2012.
Economic Development Stakeholder Focus Group. University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME. March
28, 2012.
Alternative Futures Stakeholder Workshop. November 18, 2011.
Conservation Futures Stakeholder Workshop – Development. March 15, 2011. Orono, Maine.
Conservation Futures Stakeholder Workshop – Agriculture. September 29, 2010. Orono, Maine.
Research - Extension Partnerships in Sustainability Science: Bridging Research-Based Knowledge with
Client-Based Needs. UMaine Cooperative Extension and Sustainability Solutions Initiative. Orono,
ME. December 3, 2010.
Lessons from the Past, Research for the Future. A CFRU Research Forum. Orono, ME. May 20, 2010.
Project Learning Tree Field Tour at the Penobscot Experimental Forest - Understanding Tree Growth
and Regeneration are Essential to Achieving Sustainable Forest Management. Bradley, ME. October
23, 2009.
Spruce Budworm: What’s Past is Prologue. A CFRU Fall Field Tour and Forum. Caribou, ME. October
29, 2009.
Northeast Forest Health Field Workshop. Downeast, ME. June 3-5, 2009.
Bio: Mass, Fuel, Products, Diversity – Resource Management in a Changing World. Portland, ME.
March 18-20, 2009.
Lynx on the Landscape: What you need to know. Greenville, ME. October 28, 2008.
Eastern Canada/USA Forest Science Conference. Orono, ME. October 17-18, 2008.
Maintaining Working Forests through Conservation Easements: The Katahdin Forest Case Study.
Penobscot River Watershed, ME. June 5, 2008.
Bridging Science and Stewardship. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. Bangor, ME. May 14, 2008.
Munsungan Deer Wintering Areas Workshop. Orono, ME. December 10, 2007.
Maine’s Cooperative Forestry Research Unit: Helping Landowners Address Forestry Challenges. Joint
University of Maine, Virginia Tech University, and North Carolina State University workshop and
tour. July 30 – August 2, 2007.
Deer Wintering Areas: Common Ground for CFRU Members. Telos Region, ME. October 10, 2007.
The White Pine Resource. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. Searsmont, ME. October 5, 2006.
Research, Results, and the Resource. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. Orono, ME. May 25, 2006.
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Fifty-five Years of Long-Term Research on the Penobscot Experimental Forest. Cooperative Forestry
Research Unit and the U.S. Forest Service. Bradley, ME. October 20, 2005.
Other Presentations and Outreach
(includes only those with Meyer as first author/presenter)
Conference Presentations
Meyer, S.R., J.R. Thompson, L. Morreale, B. Hall, J. Plisinski. 2015. Characterizing Recent Patterns of
Land Conservation as a Part of a Regional Land-use Regime. International Association of Landscape
Ecology World Congress. Portland, OR. July 8, 2015.
Meyer, S.R., M.K. Beard, C.S. Cronan, and R.J. Lilieholm. 2015. An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal
Landscape Patterns for Protected Areas in Northern New England: 1900-2010. International
Association of Landscape Ecology World Congress. Portland, OR. July 9, 2015
Meyer, S.R. Lessons from Maine Land Use Scenario Research. Invited speaker at Natural Capital
Symposium. Stanford University. Palo Alto, CA. March 24, 2015.
Meyer, S.R., S. Engle, M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, D. Owen, and T. Parr. 2014. The
Maine Futures Community Mapper Workshop. Maine Land Conservation Conference. Topsham, ME.
April 26, 2014. (Invited)
Meyer, S.R., S. Engle, M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2013. The Maine Futures
Community Mapper: Applied Alternative Futures Modeling. Maine EPSCoR Conference. Orono, ME.
September 30, 2013. (Invited)
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2012. Using Historical Patterns and
Drivers of Land Conservation in Northern New England: 1850-2010. U.S. International Association of
Landscape Ecology. Austin, TX. April 17, 2013.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2012. Using GIS to Support Maine’s
Sustainability Solutions Initiative. Panel Participant, Northeast Arc Users Group. Rockland, ME.
November 13, 2012. (Invited)
Meyer, S.R., M.G. Olson, R.G. Wagner, and R.S. Seymour. 2012. Response of tree regeneration to
commercial thinning in spruce-fir stands of Maine: 1st-decade results from the Commercial Thinning
Research Network. ECANUSA Forest Science Conference. Durham, NH. November 1-3, 2012.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2012. Of the People, By the People, and
For the People: Stakeholder-Driven Alternative Futures Research across the Maine Landscape. Future
Scenarios of Landscape Change: Tools and Tactics. Harvard Forest Conference and Webinar,
Petersham, MA. August 17, 2012. (Invited)
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2012. Land Use Conflicts and
Opportunities in Central Maine: A University-Stakeholder Partnership for Modeling Couple Human
and Natural Systems. U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape
Ecology. Coupled Human and Natural Systems Symposium. Newport, RI. April 8-12, 2012. (Invited)
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2012. Using Stakeholders to Develop a
Watershed-Scale Land Use Suitability Model. Joint Maine Municipal Association and Maine GIS
Users Group Technology Conference. Portland, ME. March 1, 2012.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2012. Using Stakeholders to Develop a
Watershed-Scale Land Use Suitability Model. American Association of Geographers. New York, NY.
February 24, 2012.
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Meyer, S.R., R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, M.L. Johnson, J.T. McCloskey, J.W. Wilson, E.G. Gallandt,,
J. Tremblay, D. Owen, T. Glidden, R. Judd, S. Hornsby, and S. Savage. 2011. Conservation Futures. A
Pecha Kucha presentation to the Maine EPSCoR Conference. Won 1st place in competition. Orono,
ME. April 15, 2011.
Meyer, S.R., R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, and M.L. Johnson. 2011. Temporal and Spatial Distributions
of Conserved Lands in Maine. Maine Water Conference. Augusta, ME. March 16, 2011.
Meyer, S.R.. Forging Relationships: Conservation, Challenges and Collaboration at the Center for
Research on Sustainable Forests. Maine Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting. Orono, ME.
October 19, 2010. (Invited keynote)
Meyer, S.R. Maine ForCAST Initiative: Forest Conditions, Assessment, Status and Trends New
England Society of American Foresters Winter Meeting. March 22, 2007.
Meyer, S.R. and R.S. Seymour. Leaf Area Estimation for Abies balsamea and Picea rubens in Managed
Stands in Maine. ECANUSA Forest Science Conference. New Brunswick, Canada. October, 2004
Meyer, S.R. Leaf Area Estimation for Abies balsamea and Picea rubens in Managed Stands in Maine.
University of Maine Graduate Research Expo. Orono, ME. April 2004.
Meyer, S.R.. Leaf Area Estimation for Abies balsamea and Picea rubens in Managed Stands in Maine.
Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference. Orono, ME. February 2004.
Scientific Poster Presentations
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, and D. Owen. 2013. Alternative Future
Scenarios in Maine: Using Stakeholders to Co-Develop a Land Use Suitability Model. National
EPSCoR Conference. Nashville, TN. November 3-7, 2013.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, and D. Owen. 2013. Alternative Future
Scenarios in Maine: Using Stakeholders to Co-Develop a Land Use Suitability Model. Maine EPSCoR
Conference. Orono, ME. September 30, 2013.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2013. Spatial and Temporal Distribution
of Conserved Lands in Maine and the Northeast: A First Look. Students as Catalysts for Large
Landscape Conservation. Colby College, Waterville, ME. March 1, 2013.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2013. Identifying Opportunities for
Watershed Protection and Regional Planning in a Mixed-Land Use Modeling Framework. Students as
Catalysts for Large Landscape Conservation. Colby College, Waterville, ME. March 1, 2013.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, J. Tremblay, J.T. McCloskey, E.G. Gallandt,
and J.S. Wilson. 2011. Alternative Future Scenarios in Maine: Using Stakeholders to Co-Develop a
Land Use Suitability Model. National EPSCoR Conference. Coeur D’Alene, ID. October 24-27, 2011.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, J. Tremblay, J.T. McCloskey, E.G. Gallandt,
and J.S. Wilson. 2011. Alternative Future Scenarios in Maine: Using Stakeholders to Co-Develop a
Land Use Suitability Model. Maine EPSCoR Conference. Orono, ME. September 26, 2011.
Meyer, S.R., R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, M.L. Johnson, J.T. McCloskey, J.S. Wilson, E.G. Gallandt, J.
Tremblay, T. Glidden, R. Judd, S. Hornsby, and E. Mallory. 2011. Using Bayesian Belief Networks to
Model Future Land Use in Maine. Maine EPSCoR Conference. 1st place poster. Orono, ME. April 15,
2011.
Meyer, S.R., R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, M.L. Johnson, and J.T. McCloskey. 2011. Using Bayesian
Belief Networks to Model Future Land Uses in Maine. United States-International Association of
Landscape Ecology Symposium. Portland, OR. April 3-7, 2011.
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Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, C.S. Cronan, A. Gray, M.L. Hunter, P. Lyons, K. Ravana,
E. Robertson, and B. Vickery. March 2011. Using the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation
to Assess Future Land Use in the Lower Penobscot River Watershed. NESAF Annual Meeting,
Fairlee, Vermont.
Meyer, S.R., M.L. Johnson, R.J. Lilieholm, and C.S. Cronan. 2010. Spatial and Temporal Distribution
of Conserved Lands in Maine and the Northeast. Maine GIS Educators Conference. Tied for 1st place
poster. Augusta, ME. November 19, 2010.
Meyer, S.R. and R.G. Wagner. 2006. Long-term Forest Ecosystem Studies of the Cooperative Forestry
Research Unit. Society of American Foresters Convention. Pittsburgh, PA.
Meyer, S.R. 2004. Leaf Area as a Growth Predictor for Red Spruce and Balsam Fir in Managed Stands
in Maine. Proc. of the NESAF 84th Winter Meeting. USDA Gen. Tech. Report NE-314. – Honorable
Mention Poster Award.
Popular Articles and Multi-Media Contributions
Impact Investors Find Value in Smallholder Agriculture. D. Yin and S. Meyer. Conservation Finance
Network blog about the Global Landscapes Forum at COP21 in Paris, France. January 18, 2016.
http://conservationfinancenetwork.org/2016/01/18/impact-investors-find-value-in-smallholderagriculture
The Maine Futures Community Mapper. 2014. 3-minute highlight video.
The Maine Futures Community Mapper. 2014. 15- minute training video.
Maine Futures Community Mapper. Led development of a web-based conservation and economic
development planning tool for practitioners in Maine. Jointly funded by Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
and the National Science Foundation EPSCoR program. Released April, 2014.
MPBN Sustainable Maine Podcast. September, 2013.http://vimeo.com/channels/574782/73963368.
Preserving Paradise. Key researcher highlighted in Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s Sustainable
Maine Series of films. Released October, 2013. Available at:
https://www.mpbn.net/Television/LocalTelevisionPrograms/SustainableMaine.aspx.
Meyer, S.R. 2010. Partners in Science: Maine’s Cooperative Forestry Research Unit and Spruce
Budworm: What’s Past is Prologue. North Maine Woods Magazine. North Maine Woods. Pg. 34-35.
Meyer, S.R. 2008. A Friendly, Working Relationship Keeps Landowners and Recreationists Happy.
Bangor Daily News, Experience Maine, Winter Edition. December 4, 2008.
Meyer, S.R. 2008. From the Lab to the Land: Maine Landowners Partner for Sustainable Forestry
Research. Bangor Daily News, Forest Products Week Supplement. October 23, 2008.
Professional Service
Peer-Review for Journals
Conservation Biology; Biological Conservation; Ecological Modelling; Journal of Environmental
Planning and Management
Research Working Groups
NSF RCN-SEES: “Scenarios, Service, and Society (S3)” Steering Committee, led by Harvard University
(PI: D.R. Foster; 2014-)
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Elected and Appointed Professional and Scientific Boards and Committees
Dartmouth College
Second College Grant Management Committee (2012-)
Forest Society of Maine
Advisory Committee (2012-)
Forests for Maine’s Future
Steering Committee (2010-2014)
Baxter State Park
Advisory Committee (2007-2014), Vice-Chair (2013-2014)
Society of American Foresters
New England Society of American Foresters Executive Committee (Elected 2006-2010); Program
Committee Co-Chair, NESAF Winter Meeting, Portland, ME (2009); NESAF Awards Committee
(2006-2010)
Maine Society of American Foresters Executive Committee (Elected 2006-2010)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Service
Conservation Finance Network, Center for Business and the Environment, subject area expert and colead (2015)
University of Maine Service
School of Forest Resources, Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Lab Committee (2012)
Sustainability Solutions Initiative Post-Doctoral Search Committee (Fall 2011)
Campus Communicators Committee, University Relations (2006-2011)
Graduate Board Representative (2003-2004)
President’s Student Government Leaders (2003-2004)
Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award Committee (2003-2004)
Student Achievement Award Committee (2003-2004)
Association of Graduate Students, President (Elected 2003-2004)
Association of Graduate Students, Grants Committee Chair (Elected 2002-2003)
Association of Graduate Students, Forest Ecosystem Science Representative (2002-2003)
Professional Memberships
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE)
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Community Service
Town of Hampden, Maine
Member of Citizens’ Comprehensive Plan Review Committee (2011-2012)
Appalachian Mountain Club
Maine Chapter, Leader (2003-2014)
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Major Excursion Leader (2006-2014); led two international treks in New Zealand and Mont Blanc
region of Switzerland, France, and Italy
Maine Chapter, Executive Committee (2006-2008)
Maine Chapter “Appie” of the Year Award (2008)
Dartmouth College
Outdoor Leadership Experience at Dartmouth (OLE), Founding member (1999-2002) and Chair (2001)
Leadership Experience at Dartmouth (LEAD), Teacher and Member (1999)
Media and Publicity
Cool Green Science Blog: Natural infrastructure: it’s not an oxymoron. October, 2015.
http://blog.nature.org/science/2015/10/16/natural-infrastructure-its-not-an-oxymoron/.
UMaine Today feature article: Alternative Futures: Modeling technique helps communities visualize
how, why landscapes evolve. May 2015. https://umainetoday.umaine.edu/archives/springsummer2015/alternative-futures/.
Featured for UMaine President’s Award. June, 2014. http://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/home/news/news2/spencer-meyer-and-advisors-win-presidents-research-impact-award/.
Conservation history research was featured on UMaine News wire. August, 2014.
http://umaine.edu/news/blog/2014/08/13/seeing-forests-through-the-trees/.
Featured researcher in UMaine Today magazine. Spring 2014.
http://umainetoday.umaine.edu/archives/spring-2014/future-scapes/.
Quoted in Portland Press Herald, Landowners cash in on timber they don’t cut. February 16, 2014.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Landowners_cash_in_on_timber_they_don_t_cut_.html?pagenum=f
ull.
MPBN Sustainable Maine Podcast. September, 2013.http://vimeo.com/channels/574782/73963368.
Preserving Paradise. Key researcher highlighted in Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s Sustainable
Maine Series of films. Released October, 2013. Available at:
https://www.mpbn.net/Television/LocalTelevisionPrograms/SustainableMaine.aspx.
Featured speaker - Maine EPSCoR Communication Science Forum. September 20, 2013.
http://vimeo.com/79700653.
Quoted in Bangor Daily News, Conference in Caribou Targets Pests. October 29, 2009.
http://bangordailynews.com/2009/10/29/news/conference-in-caribou-targets-pests/.
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