Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Maine Public Broadcasting Network rebroadcast of Sustainable Maine episode: Return of a River. This first episode in this season of the Emmy nominated series features SSI  researchers from the University of New England and the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, studying the Saco River Estuary.  The team is gathering extensive field data from the estuary […]

Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) rebroadcast of Sustainable Maine episode: Culvert Operations Extreme weather costs Maine communities millions of dollars in damage, and many experts predict that it’s likely to get worse. Some communities are finding out the hard way that their culverts are no longer big enough to handle the increasing size of floods. […]