Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

A June presentation at Maine Audubon Society’s Gilsland Farm in Falmouth by John Daigle and his Ph.D. students was featured in an article in Portland Press Herald and Centralmaine.com. Daigle is a professor in the School of Forest Resources and a Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow. The article, about the threats the emerald ash borer poses […]

Winter cold may not be what’s keeping ticks from spreading north in Maine, a new University of Maine study co-authored by Allison Gardner finds. Gardner is an assistant professor of arthropod vector biology and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow. The research shows that blacklegged tick nymphs are able to survive inhospitably cold winter temperatures with insulation […]

Kati Corlew is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Faculty Coordinator of Civic Engagement at the University of Maine Augusta, Bangor campus. Corlew also leads the community engagement component of the Barracuda project, an NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 grant led by the Mitchell Center’s Brian McGill. The project aims to understand the species adaptation process […]

In July and August high school students will have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. A research team based at the Darling Marine Center is inviting high school students to participate in shellfish surveys as part of an ongoing community science research program. Students accepted into […]

Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the Mitchell Center, recently spoke to Popular Science about compost management. Lee emphasized that although the environment may not always be on the top of everyone’s mind, saving money probably is. Sending less waste to the dump, and therefore lowering the amount spent on solid waste management saves taxpayers money. […]

Cynthia Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change, was interviewed by the Maine Monitor for an article, “An overlooked source of global warming: all our stuff”. Isenhour discussed how oversights in emissions accounting can lead to an unjust form of “global burden shifting.” She said that it’s essential to understand “not just where greenhouse gas emissions […]

An innovative new research project led by Kate Beard-Tisdale will explore the potential to use data owned by commercial lobstermen to map fishing effort. In this collaborative effort with Maine’s lobster industry, these data may be used to minimize conflict from potential future offshore wind development. Beard-Tisdale will work closely with partners from the Maine […]

The Portland Regional Chamber has partnered with the University of Maine for a 3-part series exploring innovation in Maine’s food systems. Workshop 2 – Rethinking Food Waste as Fuel for Growth Wednesday, June 8 from 12PM – 1PM Click here to register Innovation. Waste. Perception. These are universal considerations for any business, and in this […]

Mitchell Center Faculty Fellows Heather Leslie and Kate Beard-Tisdale have received funding from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the Northeast. Leslie’s project, “Building Capacity for Participatory Approaches to Community Resilience and Ocean Renewable Energy Siting” will characterize values and beliefs in three communities […]

Allison Gardner, assistant professor of arthropod vector biology and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, is the principal investigator of the Maine Forest Tick Survey, a multiyear, multidisciplinary project examining the link between forest land management and ticks. Recently announced 2021 study results indicate that nine southern and coastal Maine counties had a three-fold increase in ticks […]