Does the documented biological diversity of the Saco estuary deserve recognition as a critical natural area in the State of Maine? Five years of intense research suggests yes. As part of the Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, researchers and the Stewardship Network active in the region, learned about the estuary’s ecosystem health and how people benefit […]
Amphibians in complex landscapes: Quantifying habitat permeability and connectivity for juvenile wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) movements and dispersal
Senator George Mitchell and David Hart will appear at the Jesup Memorial Library on Tuesday, July 15 at 7:00 PM to speak about the economic and environmental conundrums facing us on MDI, and how we can work together to address these issues.
Collaborative Research on Finfish in Cobscook Bay, Maine Jeffrey Vieser Candidate for M.S. in Marine Biology and Marine Policy Monday, July 28th, 1:00 PM Room 107 Norman Smith Hall Polycom will be available
Effect of Urbanization on Dissolved Organic Matter: Composition, Bioavailability, and Ecosystem Health
The potential arrival of the emerald ash borer in Maine threatens ash trees that are central to Wabanaki basket making and ways of life. But students and faculty from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions are working with basket makers, tribal communities, state and federal government, the forest products industry, and many […]
How Models Influence Environmental Policy Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from Models of Nutrient Loading and Hypoxia Damian Brady, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center, New England Sustainability Consortium
Potential effects of climate change on stream organisms Bobbi Peckarsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, School of Biology & Ecology While increasing temperatures have received much focus of the effects of climate change, associated increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme events, such as droughts and floods, may have important […]
Development of Citizen Science Programs and Evaluation of Outcomes Rebecca Jordan, Rutgers University Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, New England Sustainability Consortium
Engaging Future Vulnerability and Adaptation Using Landscape-scale Iterative Scenario-Building Dan Murphy University of Cincinnati Co-sponsored by the Mitchell Center, the Dept. of Anthropology, the Climate Change Institute, School of Forest Resources and the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program
