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Local Wood Identification
Guide Attracts Global
Attention
UMFK’s Forestry Technology’s on-line
Wood Identification Study Guide has an
appeal that spans the globe.
The guide is the work of Jeff Dubis,
instructor of Forestry at UMFK. The guide
is available on the UMFK website at: http://
www.umfk.maine.edu/forestry/woodid/
The Wood Identification Study Guide is
designed to assist forest technology students
in identifying the wood of different tree
species that are covered in classes at
UMFK.
In addition to assisting his own students
in the St. John Valley, Dubis’ study guide
also has been used accessed in such diverse
locations as: Tarbiat Modares University
(Tehran, Iran); the Howard County
(Indiana) Historical Society; the University
of Zagreb (Croatia); and the Helsinki
(Finland) University of Technology.
All photos in the study guide were taken
by Dubis using a point and shoot digital
camera. A recently-updated version of
the guide contains new, high-quality
images. Important macro-features, useful
for identification purposes, describe each
image.

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