The 6th annual Northeast Biomass Heating Expo & Conference will be held in Portland from April 9 - 11, 2014. Since it was launched in 2009, over 1,450 individual attendees and 320 different businesses, agencies, and organizations have attended one of America's fastest growing biomass energy conferences.
A day focused on improving passage for sea-run fish on Maine’s Kennebec RiverKeynote: Dr. John Waldman, noted author and aquatic conservation biologist at Queens College, CUNY, makes his first public appearance in Maine after publishing Running Silver: Restoring Atlantic Rivers and Their Great Fish Migrations• A comprehensive look at the Kennebec River’s past, present and […]
Desperate Alewives And Culvert Operations: Connecting Science with Television Frank Ferrel, Independent Film ProducerBrett Plymale, Videographer As a scientist or researcher, how do you tell your story? What you present in a peer conference may be very different from how you tell that same story to a television audience. Frank Ferrel, awardwinning writer, producer and […]
Ties that Bond: Collaboratively Strengthening Maine’s Winter Maintenance Programs
Marine Multi-Use Concepts: Visions for Integration on Maine's Coasts Join us for a morning exploring the potential for Multi-Use Systems on Maine's coast. Dr. Bela Buck and Dr. Gesche Krause from the Alfred Wagner Institute will be joining us to discuss systems integrating offshore wind power generation and production of high quality seafood; along with […]
Acceptance of and Support for Environmental Policies
Jingle Wu, Arizona State University Landscape sustainability science: Improving ecosystem services and human well-being in changing landscapes Jianguo (Jingle) WuGlobal Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State UniversityFounding Director, Center for Human & Environment System Sustainability, Beijing Normal University Jianguo (Jingle) Wu is the Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Landscape Ecology andSustainability Science at the School of Life […]
Shellfish Management in Maine: Managing Natural Resources at the Intersection of Economy, Ecology and Policy
Sustaining Maine's Forests Through Social, Environmental, and Community Psychology Constructs.
UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center together with UMaine grad students will offer this free short course for individuals without previous grant writing experience. This customized introduction will include many topics such as “How to Find a Funder,” “How to Write a Letter of Inquiry,” “Budgets and Timelines,” and “Program Evaluation.” To reserve your space, […]
