The Maine Shellfish Restoration and Resilience Fund (MSRRF) invites proposals for projects to improve the management and conservation of clam flats and mussel beds in coastal communities. Proposals are due by January 19, 2022. Applications may be submitted by fishermen, shellfish wardens, town officials, or other stakeholders in partnership with a town or nonprofit. See the MSRRF […]
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Mitchell Center member profile Mitchell Center members share a passion for tackling complex sustainability problems that matter to people and communities. They do this by collaborating with diverse stakeholders and working together across different areas of expertise because that’s what’s needed to meet today’s complex challenges. They seek to connect knowledge with action to create […]
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Sharon Klein, associate professor in the UMaine School of Economics and Mitchell Center faculty fellow, offered a webinar in December on community solar in Maine with A Climate to Thrive (ACTT), a nonprofit based on Mount Desert Island. A recording of the webinar is now available on the ACTT website. The webinar focuses on what […]
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An article about research on archaeological collections from Wabanaki cultural sites in Acadia National Park was recently featured by UMaine News. The research is led by Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of anthropology and a faculty associate with the Climate Change Institute at UMaine, and was recently published in the journal Genealogy. “We hope to change […]
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Sara Kelemen, a UMaine master’s student in plant, soil and environmental sciences, co-authored a recent report published by Rutgers University on how agricultural practices can help mitigate climate change. Researchers found that “increasing adoption of agricultural practices such as cover-cropping, grazing management and agroforestry can increase the amount of carbon stored in soils to help […]
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On Monday, November 15, the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Lightning Talks event gave students from UMaine and other Maine schools the opportunity to present their sustainability research—with a five-minute time limit. The students work closely with stakeholders on issues that matter to communities, and they focus their research on solutions. In his introduction to the student […]
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John Peckenham, a Mitchell Center research associate, was quoted in a recent Bangor Daily News article on some of the issues associated with landfills established in old quarries, including two current ones in Rockland and Rockport. Peckenham has worked for decades on wastewater and water pollution in Maine and has direct experience with contamination of […]
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As reported recently by UMaine News, new research from the University of Maine and University of Vermont discovered that residents in their respective states grew, fished, raised, foraged or hunted more of their own food during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We should think carefully about how supporting our local food systems can help alleviate the negative […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, NOAA Fisheries and the University of Maine have initiated a unique partnership to better understand how U.S. fishermen market their catch. The partnership will increase understanding of the scope and scale of local and regional seafood marketing practices nationwide, and help remove barriers to direct marketing for the commercial fishing […]
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A UMaine archaeological survey team has received a grant from the Maine Historical Preservation Commission to use technology to update the status of four prehistoric coastal shell middens in Lincoln County that are now on the National Register of Historic Places. The $23,000 MHPC grant, which has been matched by UMaine, supports a three-part project […]
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