Please join us for the 2015 State of Casco Bay Conference at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in South Portland, Maine on October 13. Every five years Casco Bay Estuary Partnership holds a State of the Bay conference. At this year’s conference, we will be highlighting efforts to protect Casco Bay, reporting on current knowledge […]
Waubenewquay Dorene Day Waubenewquay is Waubizayshee Oídodaym (Marten Clan), a Third Degree Midewiwin and Lead Woman singer for Center Fire in the Three Fires Midewiwin (Heartway), Lodge. She is a MidewanniquayóWater Line Womanó those who vow to take care of the water For more information, please contact: Bethany Haverlock - 581-1417 - Bethany.haverlock@umit.maine.edu
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Roger Pielke Jr., University of Colorado This event is free and open to all. Tickets are required and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to the Mitchell Lecture web page for details. The lecture will be held in Hauck Auditorium with a reception to follow at the Collins Center for […]
The New England Landscape and Futures Project is hosting a workshop in each New England state, and this one in Maine will offer the opportunity for conservation professionals to explore future scenarios of the Maine landscape, and how those can inform current management and policy decisions. You will also learn about the latest research and […]
SPEAKER: Meredith T. Niles, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, University of Vermont *See below a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar. Agriculture is both a potential victim and contributor to climate change. Ensuring food security in the future while minimizing environmental impacts from agriculture will fundamentally involve farmers who can […]
SPEAKERS: UMaine Environmental Stewardship Service-Learning Group (Claire Sullivan, Dan Dixon, Cindy Isenhour, Sandra DeUrioste-Stone, Bridie McGreavy, Sharon Klein) * See below for a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar. The University of Maine’s comprehensive sustainability efforts improve lives and communities throughout the state of Maine and beyond. One of UMaine’s educational goals is […]
SPEAKER: Mark R. Haskell TITLE: Federal Regulation of Oil and Natural Gas
SPEAKERS: Solid Waste/Materials Management Working Team (participants have included Karen Bieluch, Travis Blackmer, Jack Brannigan, George Criner, Cindy Isenhour, Jean MacRae, John Peckenham, Avi Rude, Jena Rudolph, Linda Silka, and David Hart) *Please see below a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar One of Maine’s most pressing sustainability problems is materials management. What […]
SPEAKER: Joshua Stoll, Doctoral Candidate, School of Marine Sciences, Robert and Patricia Switzer Fellow * See below a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar. Many scholars have called for a paradigm shift in fisheries governance away from management approaches that require definitive information about stock size and dynamics to those that build social-ecological […]
The biennial Maine Stormwater Conference brings together municipal, state, and federal employees; engineers; planners; academics; and other professionals to learn about and discuss stormwater management. The 2015 Conference will feature: Relevant, real-world examples of innovative stormwater management. Topics applicable to decision makers and practitioners, alike. A trade show of vendors to provide stormwater solutions. An […]
